Comments on: I know what I’m going to be for Halloween!

By: olivia

olivia — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:38:34 +0000

Would someone who speaks Telugu please transliterate? It’s terrible having a song in your head and not knowing the lyrics!

By: nidhi

nidhi — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:21:54 +0000

awesome. safe sex should be a fun and entertaining message. yay!

By: Nitya

Nitya — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:51:32 +0000

Poor sods who danced in that video are probably not going to want to put that on their resumÃ©s. I can see that one going well: "Could you tell us more about this social awareness project you did?". "Yes, I was a giant singing, dancing anthropomorphic condom."

@pingpong - ROFL!!!!

By: ak

ak — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:21:08 +0000

wow. just wow. i loved every second of it. even better would have been to see this in person, on the streets of AP.

i think this video hits several key points - and caters well to a certain segment of the population. i hope it has the intended effect on at least some. i know a lot of NGOs already have social awareness street performances, but this (w/ some modifications) would be a great one.

O/T but what was up with the bhangra-esque/basanti(kite-flying) moves by the backup dancers?

By: AG

AG — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:28:00 +0000

@ Ravi Re: #63 – My guess is it’s shown during intermission in movies. Re #60: It’s not particularly Telenganish. I’d imagine any Telugu speaker (used to talking about such subjects) could follow it. Should we start transcribing it?

By: Ravi the Lurker

Ravi the Lurker — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:07:24 +0000

Yes Anna, but how does it reach the intended audience? How is the video shown? That’s my question.

By: nala

nala — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:59:23 +0000

AG – I’m just glad the First Lady didn’t grab one of the dancers, kiss them, and cause national outrage!

By: AG

AG — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:50:02 +0000

The organization that produced this had a website, which is down now, but which Google kindly cached for us: The best part: "Nrityanjali academy has performed a street show on HIV/AIDS in front of Ms.Laura Bush." And here's a picture of Laura playing a tambourine along with these obviously abstinence-only activists, on the White House's own site. Telugu has what must be the strongest tradition of activist folk music in South Asia. The biggest star of the last few decades is undoubtedly Gaddar.

By: nala

nala — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:38:22 +0000

Damn, I thought my Telugu comprehension was pretty good, but my mom must be from a different region or something because I can only understand bits and pieces of the song! Anyway, this is a good link to email to my mom... ha!

Is your mom from Telangana?

It's interesting that this was produced in Secunderabad (which is right next to Hyderabad). I thought the high HIV rate in AP applied mostly to the rural areas (there are quite a few HIV/AIDS cases in my dad's village, and the lack of education about it is stunning, e.g. people don't even know that they have HIV/AIDS, they just know that they're 'sick.' I believe there is a lot of stigma attached to it too).

By: Brij

Brij — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:24:08 +0000

Ha Ha Ha