But these guys take it to the next level. I invite you to visit the Universal Life Church of Daler Mehndi –

You must visit the Daler Sacrifice.

GNXP is a fine, if controversial, blog. Razib notes the following about ethnic movements–

any political movement or organization designed to expand freedom(s) or redress injustice for any given group is at a certain point hijacked by the self-interested and selfish subset within that group.

Uh, I guess that would be the Sepia Mutineers?

Hello Mutineers – I’m en route to a biz trip so posting will continue to be light BUT, I did want to point out this list of “Hard to Translate Words” from Marginal Revolution.

1 ilunga [Tshiluba word for a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time; to tolerate it a second time; but never a third time. Note: Tshiluba is a Bantu language spoken in south-eastern Congo, and Zaire]

Alas, this list appears far from comprehensive – there’s only a single Desi word –

8 selathirupavar [Tamil for a certain type of truancy]

I have no idea what it means… any candidates for other devilishly hard to translate terms from the homeland, beta?

Comment on Political Animal:

I’m not at all surprised by #4 [most popular blog language] being Farsi. Yes, a lot of people have never even heard of the Faroe Islands, but they are VERY net-savvy there.

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p dir=”ltr”>From Dumb and Dumber:

Lloyd Christmas: That’s a lovely accent… New Jersey?
Lady at bus stop: It’s Austrian.
Lloyd Christmas: Austria! Well, then. G’day mate! Let’s put another shrimp on the barbie!

Hilarious…

Behind every sucessful and powerful Whitey, there is a team of brown actually getting the shit done. In the 1800s that meant tea for the British Raj, in the 1900s that meant fighting in the Burmese jungles, and in the 21st century, it means we run the Net, the banks, and everything in between… I gotta tell you, I once had a serious conversation about how it was inevitable that Indians would pretty much be running the world by 2025.

Paul Varghese made it to the semifinals on Last Comic Standing (via MD). Varghese is a Texan Malayalee who started doing stand-up comedy in 2001. More here:

Growing up was a struggle, Varghese had roving gangs of Malayalee doctors and aeronautical engineers brandishing slide rules in da hood. So, to stay off the streets, he kept it real at comedy clubs… My favorite desi stand-up is still the inimitable Russell Peters, a big, chubby Canadian upon whose dewy lashes perches the daemon of unapologetic cruelty.

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This is just weird. But, there’s clearly a commercial motivation here cuz otherwise, god knows, there are other places to shine the investigative spotlight – Indians say no kissing with dandruff

Most Indians wouldn’t kiss their partners if they had dandruff, according to an ACNielsen survey.

Ninety three percent of the women and 80 percent men spoken to during the survey said they wouldn’t even touch the hair of someone who has dandruff.

Nearly half of Indians have suffered from dandruff in the last three months, said the survey, which was commissioned by Head & Shoulders.

Now generally, one might be tempted to say this would cause a procreation problem out there, but… then again, maybe dandruff, kissing, and sex aren’t quite so closely linked in the motherland 😉

And he shall don striped leotard legs and bells on slippers….

The Brits, who brought us “Monty Python,” Jonathan Swift, and other such wits, has now revived the role of court jester.

Everybody sing with me: “What the world needs now, is love, sweet love…..”

Nancy Gandhi quotes a Hindu article offering advice to Indian’s finding themselves in the US for the first time

Americans are fussy about personal cleanliness. Body odour makes them shudder in disgust. Personal care products such as shampoos, deodorants, dental floss and mouthwash are multi billion dollar industries. Put these down on your shopping list and use them liberally and frequently…

My favorite one would cure some of the giggles I had when visiting my cousins in India back in the day & helping ’em on their school work –

Don’t ask for a rubber, what you want is an eraser.

A friend of mine from Pakistan sent this to me –

This picture, taken in a small town in Pakistan, symbolizes what some of us deal with at work on a daily basis. The project load, that familiar expression of helplessness, the lost belief in struggle, supervisor’s indifference, the …