Actually she kinda stinks and you don’t get it then you should move on “keep it ral”

As long as his music is thought provocative, entertaining, soothing, appreciated and peace prevails, who cares? As they say in Asia “Who cares, who hulls the paddy or how it is hulled, as long as the peasants get the rice?” Who cares how Bhi is classified as, as long as his songs are music to our ears?

So, Bhi can be a Jaffanese(coll. for a person from Jaffna), Sri Lankan, Sri Lankan American, American Sri Lankan, Tamil American, Sri Lankan Tamil, Eelam Tamil, Illankai Tamil, Ceylon Tamil, World Tamil or Global Tamil. After all, who cares?

During predominant British presence in the world, famous saying was ” I will walk a mile for a Tamil.” Camel plagiarized to “I will walk mile for a Camel.” Many misdeeds all the time. Let us all get along. Let it Bhi. Let it Bhi

“And yes, Tamil-American WOULD be more precise. Unfortunately, most people have never even heard the words Tamil, Sinhala, or Ceylon.”

translation? the “sri lankan” ref on his website profile is for peeps like you.

i wrote “why don’t you ask him” & you came back with some witty douchebaggyness about a “power failure” – but as Bhi’s answer (see quote above) shows… even tho u did interview him you didn’t ask dat question – which i’d guessed and thus mentioned that you should ask so that in your forthcoming publication of the interview you’d address this issue…

not sure if a lot of you know it but the govt of sri lanka is in a major push to attempt to redefine the ‘diaspora’ from that island as “sri lankan diaspora” in order to negate the ‘tamilness’ that some may or may not feel… most Tamils (on the island & off) see (due to the war or just cuz?) themselves as Tamil rather than sri lankan…

BUT NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH Bhi’s MUSIC WHICH IS INCREDIBLE… i downloaded the album from itunes after reading your article and haven’t been able to stop listening to it for the past few days… it is really, really great songwriting, his voice is amazing (which doesn’t come across in the live youtube clips due to sound quality) and i’m definitely looking forward to his next release… & hoping he comes to the UK sometime soon…

but i do still have a bone to pick wit you DJ…

viz thiz:

“@going to listen 1) I thought I explained myself in the last paragraph”

you didn’t… in fact i think you made “going to listen’s” point – your evident dislike of MIA comes across & actually could impact the readers view of Bhi – why do you need to slam her in an article about him? why not just write about him? and by mentioning that you’re not mentioning her you actually make more of it than if you had in fact mentioned her… it’s the ol’ elephant in the room thang… leave your desi insecurities about MIA out of it… she’s brilliant and if you don’t get it that’s fine, move on… don’t let it corrupt your review of Bhi – which is what he originally wanted you to do seeing as he requested that you not bring her into it, no?

and your convoluted explanation of why you mentioned call centers etc reveals your own hang ups about “ethnic authenticity” – MIA had a very different life to Bhi’s and that is reflected in her story – she lived in Jaffna & experienced the war whereas he did not (you can hear it in her accent which is not entirely british & not entirely Tamil – a bit of a mix o’ both), and she actually worked in a call centre… thus she mentions it… like an actress saying she waited tables… YOU’RE the one giving it a ‘ethnic’ slant because you’re insecure about your own brownness… this whole website/blog is a buncha brown peeps whining about being brown and not ‘appreciated’ by the ‘mean white people’ and ‘marginalized’ and, and… waaaaah (as artie lang would say) get over yourselves people!!! (for example making us type ‘brown’ to prevent spam rather than just having a random word generator)

BUT AGAIN THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BHI’S MUSIC WHICH IS FANTASTIC… LOVE IT…!!!

And yes, Tamil-American WOULD be more precise. Unfortunately, most people have never even heard the words Tamil, Sinhala, or Ceylon. That is not SWPL. Sri Lanka is more instantly recognizable to the layperson, and that is why its in my bio. Politics, man. Politics.

@Nilanjana, @V.V.Ganeshananthan, @Vivek, @Vidya, @Darth Paul, @rohit, @Ashvin, @KalaRaja, @anyoneImissed – THANK YOU. Hearing your kind words makes it all worthwhile. It is much appreciated.

Viva la DesiPride!