Is it offensive? Is it cute? Uh? My lofty minded cultural theory teacher once told me “if its silly its not orientalism” well that certainly “cleared things up” for me by making them less comprehensible- uh I don’t know and I don’t really care- I think people decide to be offended if its convenient for [...]
July 26, 2008
Categories: DESI COMEDY CORNER, DESI FILM & MEDIA, MUSIC, MYTHOLOGICAL DESI, SNAKES R US, THE LOST & FOUND . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: Leave a Comment
If you haven’t heard of the mythic tale of Nagamandala…the tale of a snake who falls in love with a woman and seduces her in the form of a her husband…then you probably weren’t as surprised as I was to read of an actual woman, Bimbala Das, who fell in love with a snake, and [...]
December 12, 2007
Categories: MYTHOLOGICAL DESI, SNAKES R US . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: Leave a Comment
image from thehotspotonline.com
Its a lazy Saturday afternoon…and the perfect time to try out some cheap and sultry dance moves with these Lollywood sex kittens of yesteryear. Shaggadelic Baby Yeah….So lock your door, drink some caffiene or what have you, smoke some of dat wacky tobacky and let it all jiggle about like jello…what no one [...]
October 6, 2007
Categories: LOLLYWOOD, RETRO POSTERS, SNAKES R US . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: Leave a Comment
Check out how “Raj” gets duped into telling a talk show host about his girlfriend “Nykki” who has shown him the “ways of American love”…who is his favorite “Buddha call” …then his wife gets on the line…check it out…lol.
September 29, 2007
Categories: DESI COMEDY CORNER, SNAKES R US . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: Leave a Comment
For some reason I have snakes on the brain lately…so here’s what I dug out of some cyber snake holes:
Oh look…the only two headed albino rat snake known to man…from theAge
Everyone’s been going on and on about what a BIG deal it is for this baby to be playing with a cobra…everywhere I look this [...]
June 17, 2007
Categories: SNAKES R US, THE LOST & FOUND . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: 1 Comment
Shah Rukh Khan plays snake-charmer flute to seduce pepsi-snake-bottles into dancing…the only thing I can’t figure out is why he’s dressed like Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean…but why?
A commercial for mentos candies…they appear to be laced with some sort of psychedelic instrument-mutating substance causing the snake charmer to [...]
June 17, 2007
Categories: DESI ADVERTISEMENTS, SNAKES R US . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: 1 Comment
Definitely DO NOT CLICK on these. These are possibly some of the worst, most pathetic snake dances ever:
A disgusting remake of Nagina- 1990- with a repulsive pair of sleazy snakes dancing, frolicking, and making out…Sridevi must have really cringed when she saw this dude in blue eyeshadow and red sequined dhoti shorts kissing this greasy-faced [...]
June 17, 2007
Categories: DESI FILM & MEDIA, SNAKE DANCE, SNAKES R US . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: Leave a Comment
image from Janusmuseum
While searching for snake dances I discovered a stunning dance by American actress Debra Paget in the Orientalist German film, Indische Grabmal, Das -1959, directed by Fritz Lang…Debra wears a long black Indian braid and a nude coloured leotard that gives the impression she is just barely covered by a few pieces of [...]
June 16, 2007
Categories: DESI FILM & MEDIA, SNAKE DANCE, SNAKES R US, THE BIOSCOPE . . Author: remainsofthedesi . Comments: 1 Comment