Comments on: ‘Divas and Dusham! Dusham!’

By: Pardesi Gori

Pardesi Gori — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:12:33 +0000

One of the most boring books that I have ever read...left you limp and bored. Especially, since it comes from the land of Khajurao and the Kama Sutra. India and it's women are highly sensual and sexual, as I have encountered. And, if you get a "Tantric"...woe betide the hours of fun. The Desi women and men in this book, had sad lives and their repressed sexuality reflects that of a damp squid...not real Indians.

OK, I'd like to know who wrote that, as well as WHO were these highly sensual and sexual women (or men) of India that s/he talks about. And tantrics engagind in "tantric sex" in India? S/he must've explored the interior wet-lands of West Bengal but those tantrics are not known for their great love making as far as I have understood from the Bengalis there, even though they do utilize the sex act in their sadhana, as do the sahajiyas of Bengal as well. Otherwise "tantrik" in the rest of India more or less means hocus pocus type person who will give you a mantra to chant when you are facing difficulties in life of some sort - or a particular day to fast on, etc.

Funny, but I've noticed two things;

a. when Indians are exoticized for their "sexuality", desis get pissed. b. when Indians are not exoticized but thought of as being bad lovers, desis get pissed.

Of the two, it is far better to be thought of as actually being good in bed, as opposed to being bad. I mean who in this world would actually take offense at being thought of as a good lover - whether it's true or not?

By: cicatrix

cicatrix — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:47:03 +0000

cicatrix, but don't you love the indian female's kama sutra/exotic quality?

Dude, I'm fucktastic, didcha know? One night with me is the equivelant of rafting down the Amazon dodging crocodiles... you barely live to brag about it, you brawny studly orientalist-fantasizer you!

By: allmixedup

allmixedup — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:50:46 +0000

cicatrix, but don't you love the indian female's kama sutra/exotic quality? i for one love the fact that i get pick up lines ALL the time. it's the best!

not!

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:48:21 +0000

Desiderata, flesh it out and email it on over: submissions@masalatrois.com

By: desiderata

desiderata — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:44:19 +0000

Here’s a candidate for the explorations of villainy category-

http://sublime-samosa.blogspot.com/2005/08/bollywood-butchery-part-i-insane.html

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:41:16 +0000

If anyone needs submissions delivered in person and in style then I’m all yours!

Will you please deliver my submission in gold lamÃ© and a white feather boa while singing ‘Jawaani Janeman‘ a la Parveen Babi?

Thanks, dear

By: Neha

Neha — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:51:08 +0000

Cicatrix - you just got me thinking of the S.O. 2001 title track: Paa paa paaa PAA PAA, bongbong bongbong...with some crazy dhol and tumbi thrown in. I dunno how I feel about that mix.

Perhaps a dash of Johnny might make it sound better.

By: cicatrix

cicatrix — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:34:38 +0000

Neha - 2001: Space Odyssey with bhangra!!!

(the kids'll be so confused about which drug to take before watching it..pot just won't be enough!!)

By: Jai Singh

Jai Singh — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:31:59 +0000

Moornam -- Fan-tash-tic !!

By: Neha

Neha — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:27:12 +0000

Their contact info provides an address that's about 3-4 buildings away from mine. If anyone needs submissions delivered in person and in style then I'm all yours!

Also, Gurbir Singh Jolly is amazing:

currently pursuing a PhD in Humanities at York University. One day he hopes to figure out what Leonard Cohen meant when he wrote, Â“There's a blaze of light in every word.Â” He also aspires to make Bollywood adaptations of Stanley Kubric films.