Comments on: I want to be the three-wheeled scooter

By: mike

mike — Sun, 29 May 2005 05:45:23 +0000

The original pieces each represent major industries. The iron represents the steel industry. Maybe the sweet is food processing? agriculture?

By: Saheli

Saheli — Sat, 28 May 2005 16:13:30 +0000

You’ve never been married to a desi man (I hasten to add, neither have I.)

Chokes on her croissant.

Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much.

Hey Mutineers, I find myself in Europe (the continent, not the oft-visited UK) and I am shocked at the number of desis everywhere who seem to actually live here. Zurich apparently has a large Sri Lankan community, for instance. I don’t know if you take requests, but I’d love to see more posts on desi-European angles. I’ll keep an eye out for the apparently irate Sikh community here in Paris.

By: Tilo

Tilo — Sat, 28 May 2005 03:47:27 +0000

I guess you all know the desi version of Monopoly – TRADE. Even before I got to Bombay I knew Zaveri Bazaar, Charni Road,etc.

By: vurdlife

vurdlife — Sat, 28 May 2005 00:37:24 +0000

the only thing that even comes close to a samurai sword (and the samurai way of life) in india is the Kalarippayatu martial artform of Kerala.

Paranoid, that boy's got some hops! Reminds me of S Robinson, aka Robin, India's version of Vince Carter

By: cssw

cssw — Fri, 27 May 2005 23:27:56 +0000

...samurai swords too. the only thing that even comes close to a samurai sword (and the samurai way of life) in india is the Kalarippayatu ...

Nice to see a mention of Kalari, but me thinks it was more of an artform and less of a (samurai-esque) way of life.

Does any one else think that Rich Uncle Pennybags should be replaced by a SardarJi?

I second the motion or maybe replace Pennybags with him

By: deepa

deepa — Fri, 27 May 2005 20:20:46 +0000

Punjabi Boy – you’re singing my song. I was the WORST cheater at Monopoly. My parents decided that as the eldest, I should be the banker. I was Enron++ A hundred for the bank, and a hundred for the banker – if you know what I mean. And the trash talking!!!! The game ended in tears (from my brothers) so often, that Mum and Dad declared a moratorium.

By: DesiDancer

DesiDancer — Fri, 27 May 2005 19:57:28 +0000

Does any one else think that Rich Uncle Pennybags should be replaced by a SardarJi?

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Fri, 27 May 2005 19:43:11 +0000

You can see a photo of the board game and nominate UK streets for inclusion here.

... what happened to the "Shorts"?

They're all there, in the main column.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Fri, 27 May 2005 19:32:53 +0000

um, what happened to the “Shorts”?

By: DesiDancer

DesiDancer — Fri, 27 May 2005 19:29:59 +0000

Field trip to Punjabi Boy’s house for board-game night!!