<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> ravi wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4489A1F1.5010608@exitleft.org"> <pre wrap="">Oh come on! Indian classical music/dance is boring! This is absolutely hilarious stuff! ;-) --ravi</pre> </blockquote> Actually I think Indian classical music/dance is ravishing. I can appreciate the humor of the Indian beatles...except I assume they were not doing what they were doing to be humorous. But it touched a sore spot: I eat at a neighborhood Indian restaurant as often as I can and they have their TV permanently tuned to some bollywood-type station. And on that station I see something which, I don't know, seems a silly imitation of Western pop and dance, and it's heartbreaking when I think of how much richer the native traditions are. I come from a country that has always been a wannabe, at least in the urban centers, and its urban culture is pretty vapid too. Joanna <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4489A1F1.5010608@exitleft.org"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>