Comments on: WaPo’s Front Page: “Redskins Heat Up in December”

By: ads

ads — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:50:25 +0000

Speaking of dastar-spotting, I think I caught a brief glimpse of Vikram Chatwal in the new Notorious B.I.G. video.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:08:48 +0000

No offence to Desis, I am all Rah-Rah for them.....However, we have to wait for a 2nd or third generation to see another Brandon Chillar-NFL( half-desi), Manny Malhotra (NHL), or an Emmanuel Sandhu (figure skating). My kids can do what ever makes them happy... I am not going to push them towards the Med school/Law school/Software thingy. Bigger Salary and job security is not gonna buy you peace of mind and satisfaction.

Go Desis!!

By: Reincarnation

Reincarnation — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:02:20 +0000

Desis are not built for NFL, Daal-Roti and Vegetable makhanwallah will not make the cut

Au contraire, I would say it has more to do with the desi mindset, where we want our children to be more recognized in academia as opposed to sports, that could explain the practical non-representation of desis in most major sporting leagues at least in the US.

“Beta, what is there in sports? If you become a software engineer, you will bring home a bigger salary and more job security.”

By: dogday

dogday — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:36:21 +0000

Desis are not built for NFL...

Good lord, you've obviously never seen the man-mountains from Yuba City.

Maybe it's a West Coast thing (the Man-mountain Range runs from California to B.C.).

By: Sahej

Sahej — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:44:04 +0000

apart from Yuba, people might be interested to read what some of the European members of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s court had to say about the physical stature of the people they saw

By: Bong Breaker

Bong Breaker — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:28:48 +0000

Ray, don't get Manish started on this...he'll prove you wrong! Trust me, I know. Quite an interesting thread that link is, and Manish mentioned Yuba then too! I want to go there now. Cos today I went shopping in Oxford Street and felt like Gulliver in Lilliput. Damn, shoppers are getting smaller.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 05:18:28 +0000

Desis are not built for NFL...

Good lord, you've obviously never seen the man-mountains from Yuba City.

By: Pattie Kaur

Pattie Kaur — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 04:48:07 +0000

most of us are going to be having kids, and i don't think most of us want to be limiting our kids potential by telling them they aren't made for this or that field of endevour

well put, sahej! and for those of us who can't have kids, there's always the nieces and nephews, and neighbours, etc. to look out for - and we only hurt them and society by squashing their potential.

By: Sahej

Sahej — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:59:44 +0000

forgot to say, sorry to double post

most of us are going to be having kids, and i don't think most of us want to be limiting our kids potential by telling them they aren't made for this or that field of endevour

By: Sahej

Sahej — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:41:59 +0000

Desis are not built for NFL, Daal-Roti and Vegetable makhanwallah will not make the cut

ach! Dal Roti makes for some big boys. give some of those young guys some time

its past time for all that “desis aren’t made for this and that” ying yang