Bollywood and Global warming

Over the Thanksgiving holiday I watched a Hindi movie on DVD that made me think of the impact of global warming on Bollywood. No, seriously… The impact of global warming was clear – heroines wearing really skimpy outfits because of the rise in temperatures. Then, no images of flowers touching each other in the breeze to cover the kissing – I am guessing the environmental destruction has made it cost prohibitive to find flowers. And, the lack of rains meant no more songs in the rain.

Desis and the Laxman Rekha

I was there at the Indian Consulate in Chicago today to get a visa for a friend. Boy, the place is like any other desi office – chairs strewn all over, staff ambling in well past 9 a.m., one person behind the window to accept the applications and people made to wait to submit their application. But, I did manage to get out there in 25 minutes with my sanity almost intact.

I had to return in the evening to collect the passport. The place was a mess. There were at least three lines and I had no idea why. I picked the longest line. Not that I love lines but years of standing in lines in India has helped me figure out that usually the longest one is the one that I should be in. There was so much jostling and confusion – three people at the window at the same time and everyone else right behind them. It made me wonder why desis can’t form a single line, stand behind the yellow line. Then it hit me – we have had this problem for eons. Had Sita stayed behind the line there would have been no Ramayana.

About time

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Finally… some sense prevails. WTF were they thinking? How about a level playing field for all? Nothing more and nothing else.

Selling it...

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How is that this does not extend to the like of Benny Hinn and other marketers?