{"id":6054,"date":"2009-12-21T13:14:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T18:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=6054"},"modified":"2009-12-21T14:23:51","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T19:23:51","slug":"end_of_decade_p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/21\/end_of_decade_p\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Decade Poll #1: Desi Popular Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

It only just hit me that this is the end of the 2000s decade — the “aughts,” as they are sometimes called, though mainly in meta-journalism articles about what the decade should be called<\/a>. (Most people I know simply say “the 2000s,” and don’t think twice about it.)<\/p>\n\n

Critics have begun posting<\/a> their “best of” lists for the year and the decade, and I’m thinking that over the next two weeks we’ll do something similar (see ex-SM blogger Siddhartha Mitter’s “Best World Music” album of 2009 here<\/a>, for instance). Only, I’m not so interested in explaining how great I personally think certain people are; I would rather hear opinions from readers. It’s a blog; we can do that. (To be clear, I don’t have anything against critics’ best of lists.)<\/p>\n\n

The first poll is music. In the next few days, we might do: most influential desi novel, best desi film, most overrated celebrity, and most influential desi politician. (Suggestions for other polls?)<\/p>\n\n

In the comments, please feel free to ‘write in’ the names of people who ought to be on the list but aren’t, or to discuss why you voted as you did.<\/p>\n\n

Poll is below the fold.