Tamilian goes global

On the eve of the release of the movie being touted as the greatest thing to happen in Hollywood in this decade, with special technology created wholly for its benefit, the people in the news are not James Cameron or any member of the Avatar special effects team, it is one man. But not any man, he is the one, the one with the greatest fan following in the current generation, the one whose movies are awaited with baited breath and huge expectations, Joseph Vijay.

And not just any news. The producers of Avatar had thrown the gauntlet by releasing their movie on December 18th, clashing with potential blockexploder Vettaikaran. Vijay has gracefully accepted the challenge and his movie is now being released worldwide too.

Going by current feel and vibes from the people around me, Avatar seems to be a little ahead in Coimbatore. So maybe it will win out tomorrow. But what would be a wonderful ending to this great fight?

Avatar runs amok in south India and becomes a huge hit here, but flops out in the U.S of A and Vettaikaran does the same but vice versa.

Gad! I'd go to America and see talaivar's movie then...

Mercenaries no more

English fast bowlers have a penchant for being in the news. First it was Freddie getting out of the national contract because of a clause against banjee jumping. Now Anderson and Broad have declared that they would not be part of IPL 2010. Well that should put the talk of cricketers becoming mercenaries on hold for sometime...

Thankyou Anderson and thankyou Stuart Broad (you have shown that you can contribute more to cricket than just being a bowler hit for six sixes in an over). I think though Broad may have been selfish in making this statement. Maybe he just doesn't want to face Yuvraj in a twenty twenty match...

For the full article on this great decision visit: http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/439349.html

Indians are not racists

After a really boring day at home the least one expects is to watch some decent programs on the tube. But all you get is Burkha Dutt. And not just any Burkha Dutt, this is the Burkha 'are Indians racist' Dutt. Booooring.

Well to settle this issue once and for all let me present a lucid and watertight argument on why Indians are not racist. Race is predominantly considered to be a cultural divide based on country of origin, color and other physical or external attributes. For further clarification you can refer this particular link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/race.

Thus it can now be concluded with a certain degree of (for want of a word) certainty that we Indians belong to a single race. Since the whole talk is about discrimination based on race, it is impossible in India. There can be no racism between people belonging to the same race. So from this day onwards no one can call us racist.

But to give an interesting twist to the argument let me present to you the typical conversation in an Indian household looking for a groom:

Facing the computer, specifically a matrimony website, (where else but in India), are sitting two girls. They have just finished editing their profiles:

"Female, age 23 (oh! I am so old), height 5 4" (am I too tall?), weight 53 kg, complexion : fair, working with good salary, BA., M.B.A (Overqualified, never gonna get married). "

Some days later one girl gets a reply in her inbox. And she finds that she has as many as 16 applicants or should I say suitors. So she gets her friend home and they decide they will look over the profiles before they call her mom. Following are the reactions to the various suitors:

1. No, he is Tamilian. Nope! Tamilians are too talkative. They drink too. And I bet he is ugly.
2. Hell no! Not a golti (slang for Telugu people). They never bathe.
3. What a gujju!! ( gujarati) EWE the smell.
4.A mallu (malayali) never. All they do is smoke beedis and loll around..

The conversation goes on in a similar vein.. untill..

5. Look theres a photo in this profile. But it doesnt say where he is from, or what caste he belongs to. Who cares, He is FAIR. But we dont know if he is any good. Who cares he is FAIR. But, but.. Yeah I know he is FAIR.


So the real question that we must be asking ourselves is " Is Fair and Lovely the most successful branding and advertising exercise or is India the perfect ground for any fairness cream?"
Not 'Are Indians racist?' because we are not. You can call us casteist or colourist or regionist or linguist (sorry i don't know any other word for language based divides) but one thing we are not and thats racist.

P.S Generalizations are always misleading and incorrect so injured souls please forgive me. I am tamilian and I have found the above opinion of tamilians being drunkards and ugly on the inside useful in breaking a lot of bad dates and even worse fights.....