Comments on: Desi Hipster Olympics — Blegging for Ideas http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/ 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: Zen http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-187873 Zen Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:47:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-187873 <p>Mother$%^@ing Sudhir Khandelwal stole my thunder today! I was all excited that not one but THREE SMers had commented on my blog. Surely that makes it a desi blog they read and hence eligible for the uber-sexy, elusive right hand column link, right? But no, I guess I'm disqualified from the ranks of the establishment for life. <em>sniff</em></p> <p>Thanks anyway for my 14:59 via this desi hipster post, Amardeep, much appreciated :)</p> Mother$%^@ing Sudhir Khandelwal stole my thunder today! I was all excited that not one but THREE SMers had commented on my blog. Surely that makes it a desi blog they read and hence eligible for the uber-sexy, elusive right hand column link, right? But no, I guess I’m disqualified from the ranks of the establishment for life. sniff

Thanks anyway for my 14:59 via this desi hipster post, Amardeep, much appreciated :)

]]> By: h-man http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-175161 h-man Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:31:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-175161 <p>The desi hipster olympics would have to include offering your white loftmates samosas, best use of indian iconography never used to pray to, MIA trivia, Who can read SepiaMutiny the fastest?, Most stylish Bata chapal, most mentions of MF Husain in a conversation, Who can buy a white friend a Lahiri or Roy or Rushdie book the fastest, the phonecall with parents was good, and something involving satyajit ray maybe?</p> The desi hipster olympics would have to include offering your white loftmates samosas, best use of indian iconography never used to pray to, MIA trivia, Who can read SepiaMutiny the fastest?, Most stylish Bata chapal, most mentions of MF Husain in a conversation, Who can buy a white friend a Lahiri or Roy or Rushdie book the fastest, the phonecall with parents was good, and something involving satyajit ray maybe?

]]> By: nala http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-175035 nala Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:14:24 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-175035 <p>also, pretty much all the desi hipsters I know hang out with white people only. I guess I just haven't been fortunate enough to meet this 'kill whitey' 'proud to be brown' brand of desi hipsters. And I never got the impression that SM was a 'kill whitey' blog (despite being a play on the Sepoy Mutiny).</p> also, pretty much all the desi hipsters I know hang out with white people only. I guess I just haven’t been fortunate enough to meet this ‘kill whitey’ ‘proud to be brown’ brand of desi hipsters. And I never got the impression that SM was a ‘kill whitey’ blog (despite being a play on the Sepoy Mutiny).

]]> By: Sonali http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-174957 Sonali Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:09:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-174957 <blockquote>Is it like a "pomo" - back in the day when I was in college, there were "pomos." </blockquote> <p>I'm in uni now, and pomo is still the word thrown around by segments of the hipster academic set</p> Is it like a “pomo” – back in the day when I was in college, there were “pomos.”

I’m in uni now, and pomo is still the word thrown around by segments of the hipster academic set

]]> By: sk http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-174787 sk Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:24:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-174787 <blockquote>7 train? :)</blockquote> <p>Nala, not the 7 train, I take the R to 63rd Drive.</p> <p>I have to confess I had never heard of the word "hipster" until recently so this thread has been fairly educational for me.</p> 7 train? :)

Nala, not the 7 train, I take the R to 63rd Drive.

I have to confess I had never heard of the word “hipster” until recently so this thread has been fairly educational for me.

]]> By: GB http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-174786 GB Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:54:19 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-174786 <p>Re <b>Lakshmi</b>'s question at #4</p> <blockquote>So what does this "hipster" word mean? Is it simply a person who is hip?</blockquote> <p>Some descriptive clues for who/what a hipster might be can be found <a href="http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/white_noise_superficial">here</a>, and <a href="http://origin.theonion.com/content/node/28525">here</a>. For a more taxonomic approach, see <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/features/urbanhipster/">this</a> excerpt from Josh Aiello's "A Field Guide to the Urban Hipster" :-)</p> <blockquote>Aah hipster jeans - aka peekaboo thong jeans - that's interesting to know...thanks for the info.</blockquote> <p>You'll find the notion less interesting when you discover that 50% of all wearers are hairy-ass hipsters. The type who you'll find working part-time at places like "The Bottomless Cup of Coffee".</p> Re Lakshmi‘s question at #4

So what does this “hipster” word mean? Is it simply a person who is hip?

Some descriptive clues for who/what a hipster might be can be found here, and here. For a more taxonomic approach, see this excerpt from Josh Aiello’s “A Field Guide to the Urban Hipster” :-)

Aah hipster jeans – aka peekaboo thong jeans – that’s interesting to know…thanks for the info.

You’ll find the notion less interesting when you discover that 50% of all wearers are hairy-ass hipsters. The type who you’ll find working part-time at places like “The Bottomless Cup of Coffee”.

]]> By: jayson http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-174770 jayson Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:46:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-174770 <p>Hey , Hi . I stumbled on your blog and i simply cant push away from it. I am enjoying your writing immensely.</p> <p>I am not Asian but i am BROOKLYN !</p> <p>..so..i thought i would say hello.</p> <p>take care - Jayson</p> Hey , Hi . I stumbled on your blog and i simply cant push away from it. I am enjoying your writing immensely.

I am not Asian but i am BROOKLYN !

..so..i thought i would say hello.

take care – Jayson

]]> By: nala http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-174767 nala Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:10:52 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-174767 <blockquote>"Ha ha you take the Orient Express to work"</blockquote> <p>7 train? :)</p> “Ha ha you take the Orient Express to work”

7 train? :)

]]> By: vivo http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-174765 vivo Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:40:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-174765 <p>how's the trickle of nyc hipsters (i guess who are m mostly transplants?) to philly doing? is there much of a hipster trickle to the bmore, whose metro areaa i grew up in? from dc maybe so far. hey it's the cheapest major city in the megalopolis.</p> how’s the trickle of nyc hipsters (i guess who are m mostly transplants?) to philly doing? is there much of a hipster trickle to the bmore, whose metro areaa i grew up in? from dc maybe so far. hey it’s the cheapest major city in the megalopolis.

]]> By: iABD http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/10/26/desi_hipster_ol/comment-page-1/#comment-174746 iABD Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:38:44 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4816#comment-174746 <blockquote>(I have never done anything very ironic with a kurta, for instance, other than perhaps actually ironing it.) </blockquote> <p>Good one :)</p> (I have never done anything very ironic with a kurta, for instance, other than perhaps actually ironing it.)

Good one :)

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