Comments on: Salsa Raja http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/ 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: sunaina http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-286747 sunaina Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:08:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-286747 <p>Love the spirit! Desiz!</p> <p>Just wanna share about a career fair in US in San Jose in November...calling all Indians!!</p> <p>http://indiahiring.shine.com/newregistrations/?vendorid=11610017</p> Love the spirit! Desiz!

Just wanna share about a career fair in US in San Jose in November…calling all Indians!!

http://indiahiring.shine.com/newregistrations/?vendorid=11610017

]]> By: Raj http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-281487 Raj Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:32:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-281487 <p>wow that is embarrassing. salsa is cool but that video....yikes.</p> wow that is embarrassing. salsa is cool but that video….yikes.

]]> By: Deez Nuts In Yo Mouf http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-211572 Deez Nuts In Yo Mouf Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:29:48 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-211572 <blockquote>“During the day I’d go around and do my salsa workshops,” he says, “at night I’d log onto my network.” He says his bosses are very understanding.</blockquote> <p>Thats wicked; I want a boss like that to let me lead a life like batman. In this case, he's salsaman.</p> “During the day I’d go around and do my salsa workshops,” he says, “at night I’d log onto my network.” He says his bosses are very understanding.

Thats wicked; I want a boss like that to let me lead a life like batman. In this case, he’s salsaman.

]]> By: SAC http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-211399 SAC Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:41:12 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-211399 <p><i>3 · <b>Sholon Si, Sholon Si</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005321.html#comment211238">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>Here's the video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4bB_sMCZY" rel="nofollow"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4bB_sMCZY</a> </blockquote> <p>K as in "Kundi"? lmko indeed!</p> 3 · Sholon Si, Sholon Si said

Here’s the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4bB_sMCZY

K as in “Kundi”? lmko indeed!

]]> By: kal http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-211391 kal Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:46:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-211391 <blockquote>desis are good dancers. we have a sense of rhythm. i have geeky friends who never go out who have shocked me by moving effortlessly well on the dancefloor.</blockquote> <p>I agree!. Desi girls are pretty good at dancing, but guys not so. I guess..its to do with the fact that guys are not encouraged to take up dancing (even as a hobby).</p> desis are good dancers. we have a sense of rhythm. i have geeky friends who never go out who have shocked me by moving effortlessly well on the dancefloor.

I agree!. Desi girls are pretty good at dancing, but guys not so. I guess..its to do with the fact that guys are not encouraged to take up dancing (even as a hobby).

]]> By: shangri la http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-211379 shangri la Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:40:07 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-211379 <p>an english friend of mine who is dance teacher in london taught ballet, modern and salsa in delhi for 6 months. her students were from the general public and were mainly kids and teenagers. she said that their standard was just as good as people who go to good dance schools in london. desis are good dancers. we have a sense of rhythm. i have geeky friends who never go out who have shocked me by moving effortlessly well on the dancefloor.</p> an english friend of mine who is dance teacher in london taught ballet, modern and salsa in delhi for 6 months. her students were from the general public and were mainly kids and teenagers. she said that their standard was just as good as people who go to good dance schools in london. desis are good dancers. we have a sense of rhythm. i have geeky friends who never go out who have shocked me by moving effortlessly well on the dancefloor.

]]> By: Meena http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-211368 Meena Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:56:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-211368 <p><i>4 · <b>Ardy</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005321.html#comment211242">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>Salsa has grown quite big in India in recent years along with some other western dance forms, so much so that I have heard of classes and clubs for the same in even smaller cities. All thanks to disposable incomes and advent of the call center college culture. I have always wondered though how good these instructors are on an average - the salsa one sees in Bollywood flicks is quite terrible. </blockquote> <p>In Madras there are salsa nights at several of the major upscale clubs(think Raintree hotel etc)</p> 4 · Ardy said

Salsa has grown quite big in India in recent years along with some other western dance forms, so much so that I have heard of classes and clubs for the same in even smaller cities. All thanks to disposable incomes and advent of the call center college culture. I have always wondered though how good these instructors are on an average – the salsa one sees in Bollywood flicks is quite terrible.

In Madras there are salsa nights at several of the major upscale clubs(think Raintree hotel etc)

]]> By: ritu http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-211294 ritu Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:50:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-211294 <p>Were you referring to this when you mentioned movie sets in San Jose?</p> <p>The set looked like a Bay Area architectural firm, furnished with white drafting tables and piles of blueprints, and neat stacks of office storage boxes. <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10101542?source=email">View Full Story</a></p> Were you referring to this when you mentioned movie sets in San Jose?

The set looked like a Bay Area architectural firm, furnished with white drafting tables and piles of blueprints, and neat stacks of office storage boxes. View Full Story

]]> By: Kolmogaurav http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-211272 Kolmogaurav Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:43:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-211272 <p>Yay, mallus rock the dance floor!</p> Yay, mallus rock the dance floor!

]]> By: Vineeta http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2008/08/05/salsa_raja/comment-page-1/#comment-211270 Vineeta Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:37:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=5321#comment-211270 <p><i>5 · <b>Ardy</b> <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/005321.html#comment211243">said</a></i></p> <blockquote>Never mind. Most of the dancing per se one sees in Bollywood flicks is terrible.</blockquote> <p>I think that's because their naive and unsophisticated (albeit energetic vertigo-inducing movements) are infected with unbridled optimistic fantasy... the leads and their back-up dancers happily flail about, seemingly uncorrupted by the acknowledged Tragedy of the modern world.</p> 5 · Ardy said

Never mind. Most of the dancing per se one sees in Bollywood flicks is terrible.

I think that’s because their naive and unsophisticated (albeit energetic vertigo-inducing movements) are infected with unbridled optimistic fantasy… the leads and their back-up dancers happily flail about, seemingly uncorrupted by the acknowledged Tragedy of the modern world.

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