Comments on: There’s no monopoly on cliched orientalism http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/04/theres_no_monop/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sunny http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/04/theres_no_monop/comment-page-1/#comment-37058 Sunny Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:53:46 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2616#comment-37058 <p><i>Who needs white people when we exoticize ourselves so thoroughly, for so little. </i></p> <p>Ain't that the truth!</p> Who needs white people when we exoticize ourselves so thoroughly, for so little.

Ain’t that the truth!

]]> By: Guru Gulab Khatri http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/04/theres_no_monop/comment-page-1/#comment-36934 Guru Gulab Khatri Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:33:17 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2616#comment-36934 <p>Theres a board game in india called vyapari which seems quite similar to monopoly.</p> Theres a board game in india called vyapari which seems quite similar to monopoly.

]]> By: Ennis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/04/theres_no_monop/comment-page-1/#comment-36921 Ennis Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:09:01 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2616#comment-36921 <p>Our earlier post on the subject said:</p> <blockquote> The traditional counters of top hat, dog, racing car and boot are to be replaced with three-wheeled scooters, tigers, cricket bats and Indian sweets. [<a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/001646.html">Link</a>]</blockquote> <p>No paan, and near as I can tell, no mention of cows or Kali either, although I haven't actually seen the game myself.</p> Our earlier post on the subject said:

The traditional counters of top hat, dog, racing car and boot are to be replaced with three-wheeled scooters, tigers, cricket bats and Indian sweets. [Link]

No paan, and near as I can tell, no mention of cows or Kali either, although I haven’t actually seen the game myself.

]]> By: chick pea http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/12/04/theres_no_monop/comment-page-1/#comment-36920 chick pea Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:02:38 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2616#comment-36920 <p>hmm... now what about the pawn pieces...can we have a cow, a rickshaw, a pan, hmm.. a tabla or sitar.. hehe.. come on... the pawns are the best part of the game...</p> hmm… now what about the pawn pieces…can we have a cow, a rickshaw, a pan, hmm.. a tabla or sitar.. hehe.. come on… the pawns are the best part of the game…

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