Monday, April 04, 2005
Cultural Tid Bits from the diaspora
The Arabs get a slap in the face by Indian Pick up Trucks! The Arabs turn the other cheek.
I don't know how I missed this story - where Tony Blair praised India, for its sense of adventure. Would never have expected this from USA's George Bush! Then again British diplomacy charmed India into being a colony.
An interview with Murtaza Vali, a Ph.D student in Art History, Indian citizen, raised in the UAE and studying in the USA with some scholarly interest in Bollywood. This guy is my man!
In India, I still have to hear of University students taking "Bollywood dancing" as seriously as their Western counterparts. We take Bollywood for granted, and they
take Bollywood for culture.
JoSH has been ripping up the MTV World Chart Express with a popular mix of tracks inspired by bhangra (the folk music and dance from the Indian state of Punjab) and Urdu ballads with a North American sensibility.For more ...bhalle bhalle North American sensibility Ummm! ??????
I don't know how I missed this story - where Tony Blair praised India, for its sense of adventure. Would never have expected this from USA's George Bush! Then again British diplomacy charmed India into being a colony.
An interview with Murtaza Vali, a Ph.D student in Art History, Indian citizen, raised in the UAE and studying in the USA with some scholarly interest in Bollywood. This guy is my man!
In India, I still have to hear of University students taking "Bollywood dancing" as seriously as their Western counterparts. We take Bollywood for granted, and they
take Bollywood for culture.
JoSH has been ripping up the MTV World Chart Express with a popular mix of tracks inspired by bhangra (the folk music and dance from the Indian state of Punjab) and Urdu ballads with a North American sensibility.For more ...bhalle bhalle North American sensibility Ummm! ??????
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