To paraphrase Goodness Gracious Me, "Fish and chips? Indian. Shakespeare? Indian. Star Wars? Indian."

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A big article on Spiderman India and the differences between him and regular Amrikan comic characters. (i.e., "replacement of science with magic," Pavitr's fulfillment of karma, evil being as powerful as good, etc) It's only a matter of time before Nerm has this done to his body. (warning! male nekkidness)

Speaking of art, this guy in Birmingham went from graffiti rude bwoy to representin' Islam with spray paint. Here's a movie clip of him on Desi DNA.

NuttahRaja has uploaded the soundtrack. Now bloggers beware the wallpapers are coming...

The sets from the first Mahatma's Revenge are up and ready for download

NOTE FROM INDIA:

Dee (Nu-Trix) and I went to Mumbai City Zoo and there saw an endangered Indian Gorilla. We were told by it's keeper that it was very rare, endangered and was a female on heat. And that the Zoo authorities where trying to find a mate for the gorilla, and had been for the past five years.

An idea crossed my mind. Dee was known for being sucessful with the ladies, no matter how much they resembled various animals - what if we got him to mate with the gorilla? I asked the Zoo authorities and they agreed on offering Dee 5 lakh rupees (500 000) for his services.

The Zoo manager asked Dee if he would have sex with the gorilla for 5 lakhs.
Dee meditated on this for a while and said, "Ok. I'll do it. But on three conditions. The first condition is that you leave us alone for a period of 2 hours, uninterrupted. The second is that no-one will ever hear about this deal..."

"Ok. No problems there," said the Zoo Manager. "What's the third condition?"

"You need to give me a couple of weeks to raise the 5 lakhs."

Most people we meet around the world think Brits are obsessed with sex and crudeness and are slightly mad. Well this just confirms it all.

Nuff love to the lovely Lara for the link.

Typewriter-computer fusions: the ElectriClerk (a la Brazil), an actual working keyboard model, and a guy who gutted and combined one with a PC. I seem to remember my fave comic-book hero having one, but I think it morphed into a regular laptop by the end of the series, alas.

I am a geek. And LOVE comic books. And Films. So take your pick from the slew of upcoming stuff. My hopes lie with Batman, HellBlazer (now called Constantine) and Sin City. Not too sure about Elektra and The Fantastic Four though. Actually Keanu Reeves plays Constantine and I'm not too sure about that either...

Debugging Indian Computer Programmers is a self-published first-person take on the situation of Indian geeks imported to the U.S. Review here (have to watch ad first).

Spiderman India circa 1987

Link from Alura who's boyfriend was a TV Presenter in one of his many, many incarnations.

Julie Burchill gives the Royals a hiding, nice.

a bit delayed but hey this ones for the bloggers

Scottish Asians (say yo to Tigerstyle, Clyde Asia Radio and Lord Iqbal Singh) are a different breed, man. (unfortunately, the bad news is that a huge chunk of Scottish Asian marriages are said to be forced, and of course the usual suspects deny the label Scottish Asian altogether) Anyway, Sainsbury's accounced today that for the first time ever they have sold more haggis to the English this month than the Scots. A spokesman said "Burns Night has been taken up by the entire nation, and people of all nationalities love taking part. The success of our hot and spicy haggis means the British love of Indian food is even having an effect on this traditional dish. It may not be long before we see our first tandoori haggis." ah ha ha ha ha ha...

Anyway, on a totally separate tangent, I saw a screening of The Rock Star & the Mullahs last night, with the director and lead man of Junoon there to answer questions. The music wasn't half bad, although I'd have to say if an American band was singing similar religious lyrics in English, I'd totally gag. Amazing what a little language barrier can do. Kinda like when an Asian promoter in Chicago told me that he could never play something like "Shiva Theme Tune" because it was too religious. Huh? I guess my little gori brain didn't consider the "Om Shiva" sample as particularly divisive for the brown folk.

Music that's Asian Influenced? Or good music by Indians?

So Kid Kurry came back with this purchase today, but whose chest should bear this slogan?

A post that should have come from the Laydee Finger herself:

Caste the nastiest thing that Guru Nanak Devji Fought against 500 years ago we hypocritical Sikhs still have revived today amongst the gurdwara's.

Click this link for Funny, but serious mini video clip made based on a true story (broad band recommended) on the Everyday Relational Marriage problems that many young Sikhs have to deal with

Yoyoyo peeps give some love to Chirag for his kik ass pics on the "Notes From India" Supersonic Buddha poster

Asian Writer Fatigue?

Warning: This is Disturbing - Link

Herbalism & Supersonic Buddha - One Weekend

Herbalism :: Shiva crew House it up - Saturday, 15th January
Supersonic Buddha :: Notes from India - Sunday, 16th January

When i was in india last year i gave me camera for the day to Raja, the office boy who used to bring us tea. He shot some lovely pics with a unquie perspective of smple life in bombay.
These guys take the concept to the next level http://kids-with-cameras.org
im really feeling the intro track as well..

And this week's winner in the "damning with faint praise" category is DJ Ritu, writing in the Eastern Eye. In her article "Asian Invasion Continues into 2005," she raves about Asian musicians hitting the mainstream and how the Bollywood scene is here to stay "and thank goodness for that." But then she snarks:

"Maybe the tiny Asian underground scene will expand a little. They have good opportunity to do so because non-Asian and 'coconut' journalists continue to give priority to every movement and player working within that genre. We'll have made more significant progress in terms of mainstream when it becomes palatable for these folks to write as consistently about some hardcore bhangra bands."

MEOW! Boy, she's right, the Asian Underground is just ALL OVER the mainstream media these days! Posters of breakbeat artists plastered throughout London promoting their bestselling albums, covers of Mixmag and DJ devoted to the explosion of the scene, hearing Shiva Soundsystem remixes while you do your grocery shopping...puh-leeze. And who are these 'coconut journalists'? Friend of SSS Rahul Verma, who had a feature on Bobby and Nihal's India tour in today's Independent? True, perhaps the mainstream hasn't caught up to Asian musicians other than Jay Sean and Raghav, but no need to hate on the Asian Underground, woman! Maybe she's mad 'cause Talvin won the Mercury Prize FIVE YEARS AGO, but come on, Bollycheese and bhangra still get more press, fans and money than these peeps.

Conan O'Brien's take on Indian outsourcing, as one of his writers tries to get tech support. Great TV. (7min, 14mb wmv file)

We bumped into our friend and professional photographer Jason Taylor in Goa who told me that the Driven exhibition that we worked on together last year to raise awareness of HIV transmission between MSM was being shown in Delhi supported by the British Council. Anyone in the area wanting to know details should drop Jason an email through his excellent website.