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The good, the bad and the delicious
May. 29th, 2008 01:05 pmThe Good:
This video, Ghanan ghanan from the movie Lagaan. A shining example of Indian movie song and dance with beautiful music, lovely lyrics, nice dancing, an actual Indian setting and a sequence that fits perfectly into the narrative. Handy subtitles included.
The Bad (really bad):
This story about a couple who went through in vitro fertilization, then abandoned the twins when they found out they were girls. And have the temerity to ask when they could start trying for a boy. The couple is of Indian descent,(ETA: Apparently not of Indian descent, just in India to get the in vitro procedure done since it would be illegal in Britain because of the woman's age. Consider this now a rant at those British who are so immensely unenlightened as well then :/) which is sadly unsurprising. It's always been a huge problem in families with lower income, areas with lower literacy rates but it's not like the upper echelons of society have done much better either. Obviously, decency does not depend on literacy or social status. I hope this couple is shunned by everyone they know here and in India given how easily they'll probably be identified by their age, and are made to pay for child support after they're made to find a loving family for the twins. Bastards.
The Delicious:
Since this post seems to be rather India-centric anyway, I'll round it off with Indian style egg rolls. It's nothing at all like Chinese eggrolls, and once you see the recipe, you can imagine my surprise at the first eggroll I bought from a Chinese food cart. This is easy and fast and can have as many variations as strikes your fancy, and the main ingredients are flour tortillas, eggs and tomato ketchup, along with whatever you want as the filling.
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This video, Ghanan ghanan from the movie Lagaan. A shining example of Indian movie song and dance with beautiful music, lovely lyrics, nice dancing, an actual Indian setting and a sequence that fits perfectly into the narrative. Handy subtitles included.
The Bad (really bad):
This story about a couple who went through in vitro fertilization, then abandoned the twins when they found out they were girls. And have the temerity to ask when they could start trying for a boy. The couple is of Indian descent,(ETA: Apparently not of Indian descent, just in India to get the in vitro procedure done since it would be illegal in Britain because of the woman's age. Consider this now a rant at those British who are so immensely unenlightened as well then :/) which is sadly unsurprising. It's always been a huge problem in families with lower income, areas with lower literacy rates but it's not like the upper echelons of society have done much better either. Obviously, decency does not depend on literacy or social status. I hope this couple is shunned by everyone they know here and in India given how easily they'll probably be identified by their age, and are made to pay for child support after they're made to find a loving family for the twins. Bastards.
The Delicious:
Since this post seems to be rather India-centric anyway, I'll round it off with Indian style egg rolls. It's nothing at all like Chinese eggrolls, and once you see the recipe, you can imagine my surprise at the first eggroll I bought from a Chinese food cart. This is easy and fast and can have as many variations as strikes your fancy, and the main ingredients are flour tortillas, eggs and tomato ketchup, along with whatever you want as the filling.
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