Comments on: India: The Ups & Downs of the Genetic Homeland

By: deeptrouble » Liner Notes for My 30s

deeptrouble » Liner Notes for My 30s — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:30:37 +0000

[...] Salaam-e-Ishq – Sonu Nigam, Sherya Ghosal, Kunal Ganjawala, Sadhna Sargam & Shanker Mahadevan (from “Salaam-e-Ishq”): I also spent a lot of time figuring out and coming to terms with being Indian or near Indian, or really a poser Indian and growing up OTHER in the South. Bollywood has been a big part of that transition. These next two songs were played incessantly. The vocal in Mitwa starting at around 3:55 still almost brings me to tears. And the whole “Lagaan” soundtrack is one of my favorite albums. As for Salaam-E-Ishq, it took over my life & those of more than a few friends after my last trip to India. [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:53:43 +0000

How completely misunderstood. Its a third world economy with a lot of people and a lot of them have a bad work ethic, period. Don’t generalize, I’m sure latin america, east europe, south east asia would’nt be too far off either.

Shiva cheated so its OK for everyone else to cheat, what’re you smoking dude?

Well I’d still thank you for not bringin up the caste system, sati and gender inequality, for some reason most people I come accross go “oh wow youre from India, gosh…its so exotic, where’s a good indian restaurant….and then down we go into the caste system.

f’n annoying.

DesiJay

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:49:00 +0000

Thanks for taking me on a visit back to the land of three million deities! The food is sublime, and if you were taking antibiotic anti-malarials, then they help. But take the warnings seriously- my western friends who got food poisoning thought they were going to die. I’m intrigued that you didn’t mention the horrifying and splintering influence of class. I think with the cheating (and the lying) that you just have to learn to not take it personally. I didn’t while I was there, but it’s something to strive for. Definitely take the trains next time- of which, I hope for you, there will be many!

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:27:11 +0000

You brought me right back as if I were there again myself. From the sensory feast of colorful clothing, loud music and horns, delicious tastes (including first tastes of S. Indian food) and omnipresent smells (some good, some not so much) all the way to the rising feeling of anger and indignation when I felt cheated without recourse. Thank you for sharing. Wonderful stuff.

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 20:11:17 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Maybe next time you should bring a digital recorder too so that you could add some audio to pictures, etc.

it’s a sophisticated techie way of justifying talking to yourself.