I found this strangely moving…I mean…perhaps it is a question of mind over matter? I mean, I think most of us assume we’re going to kick the bucket a lot earlier than this guy…but if you knew your body was going to be your home for that long…well personally it might encourage me to take [...]
August 22, 2008
Categories: RAJASTHAN, STRANGE DESI NEWS, THE LOST & FOUND, WORLD RECORDS . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: 1 Comment
When her majesty Queen Harish graced ROTD with her presence in an earlier comment…we felt compelled to invite her to dance…I give you Queen Harish “the whirling dancing desert drag queen”:
Queen Harish is my alter ego – drag is in my blood, and while I am dressed as her I can [...]
December 24, 2007
Categories: CULTURE VULTURE, QUEER DESI, RAJASTHAN . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: Leave a Comment
and an old soul stepped out of the desert lands…and he brought with him a small forked metal instrument that was the whole of the desert…and time got distracted by his playing and made the universe stand still for a moment…and it sounded something like this… (only obviously much much cooler in person)
Morchang:
the fadereu:
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December 24, 2007
Categories: CULTURE VULTURE, MUSIC, RAJASTHAN . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: Leave a Comment
images from world jat raja rohit gupta
In this increasingly sanitized media landscape of clean-shaven men…we have forgotten the old ways…Remains of the Desi is here to remind you of…the powers of…moustache…Salvador Dali…talented man-yes- but did you ever see him paint WITHOUT his moustache? …Frida Kahlo…also a great artist…and she never painted herself ONCE WITHOUT a [...]
June 4, 2007
Categories: DESI COMEDY CORNER, RAJASTHAN, WORLD RECORDS . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: 1 Comment