Comments on: [NSFW] MIA’s new happy upbeat video about a boy and a girl in love

By: SM Intern

SM Intern — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:30:41 +0000

This thread is off-topic, contains ad hominem attacks, sexist and racist comments, and poor argument. Sorryâ€”you’re done.

By: puraskar

puraskar — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:24:31 +0000

hmm yes, far better to type up a one liner without any counter evidence and then scurry off with your tail between you legs...

yajnavalkya, i'm not interested in responding to your taunting - your game in your posts and your shilling for the vile parts of the bjp is quite transparent.

By: Shilpa

Shilpa — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:15:53 +0000

The dirty reality of Bharat is that it’s not the USA or Europe. Given the weakness/failure of the state, Muslim violence is (can be?) only kept in check with the threat of a disproportionate, violent mob-like response by Hindus. That is what happened in Gujarat–Hindus on the train were fire-bombed, and the break with the prevailing social order was met with ultra-violence. Not pretty, but the threat of it does deter violence and keep the peace most days of the year. In some ways better than in Lebanon or the UK.

By: Yajnavalkya

Yajnavalkya — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:03:13 +0000

4. The fetus story was found to be false and apocryphal by the Special Investigation Team of the Indian Supreme Court. As you can tell from the news org, this was a CNN-IBN story--not exactly your friendly neighborhood center of Saffronized journalism. Indeed, there are allegations to the contrary. In any event, Teesta Setalvad concocted many macabre stories due to her agenda against the BJP and was the cause for a number of innocent gujarati muslim victims being charged and sent to jail for perjury due to her intimidation, browbeating, and abuse of position. Additionally, what happened in Gujarat was not ethnic cleansing. comment wins the award for packing maximum number of fairy tales in the smallest space.

hmm yes, far better to type up a one liner without any counter evidence and then scurry off with your tail between you legs...

By: puraskar

puraskar — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:18:17 +0000

4. The fetus story was found to be false and apocryphal by the Special Investigation Team of the Indian Supreme Court. As you can tell from the news org, this was a CNN-IBN story--not exactly your friendly neighborhood center of Saffronized journalism. Indeed, there are allegations to the contrary. In any event, Teesta Setalvad concocted many macabre stories due to her agenda against the BJP and was the cause for a number of innocent gujarati muslim victims being charged and sent to jail for perjury due to her intimidation, browbeating, and abuse of position. Additionally, what happened in Gujarat was not ethnic cleansing.

comment wins the award for packing maximum number of fairy tales in the smallest space.

By: Yajnavalkya

Yajnavalkya — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:34:54 +0000

74 Â· Tigray on April 28, 2010 6:50 PM Â· Direct link #59 wrote: Those of us on the "other side" enjoy Sepia because it provides a forum for intellectual exchange and promotes cultural interchange. We are tolerant, open-minded and modern people Pseudo-intellectual South Indians/Tamils. 1. "persian colonialism" is an inaccurate choice of words. The streets of khiva and other central asian cities were lined with markets teeming with persian slaves. The Turks who invade and conquered northern India certainly were persianized; Oh shutup you dirty Tamil Tiger screaming for attention.

Umm, I'm not a tamil and if my posts were any indication to those who can read, I certainly have no inclination towards the ltte. That said, you can be against the ltte, you can be against separatism, you can even be against autonomy, and still support some type of political reconciliation between the sinhalese and the tamils and fair rehabilitation of that population.

On the topic of literacy however, please note Tigray, it's barbarism not "barbarianism", which you apparently are practicing here. And her music may suck, but MIA is not an unattractive woman. Not everyone goes for the "Scythian" look...

By: Tigray

Tigray — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:58:14 +0000

Just kidding. She’s legit.

By: Yajnavalkya

Yajnavalkya — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:56:24 +0000

For the record, Mustafa, one of my fave movies of all time is Khuda Gawah. Great story, Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi double-action (one role is never enough when it comes to her), indo-afghan bonhomie, and a money soundtrack...

And to stay on point, yes, MIA's music doesn't really appeal to me either. As for the political aspect, she was on Real Time a little while back and she didn't really seem to rep her cause (the post-war condition of sri lankan tamils--many are still in camps) all that well.

By: medicine man

medicine man — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:55:56 +0000

I don't think the video is very deep but the way it presents its one point is interesting. It's worth remembering that MIA didn't make the video, this guy Gravas (or something) did. He's made similar stuff before and his dad directed some very pointed films too.

So about the song, the thing that's MIAs, I actually heard it a while back and thought it sucked. On hearing it over this video I thought it was great, almost like a different song.

By: Tigray

Tigray — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:53:02 +0000

Regarding the thread at hand, I know her tactics appeal to a lot of butterz people, but she hasn't helped the perception that all Sri Lankans are guerilla warfare barbarians who can't integrate into society at the core because of physical insecurities. Maybe she can use the money from her latest album to buy lessons to Cotillion.

I think there's a fine line between political activism, artistry and barbarianism. She's proven she has no clue about what works but chooses to look past this and continue to "push the envelope with political metaphors" for the sake of album sales. This bitch is just as ugly and just as phony as Oprah.