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River:Thanks for pointing it out. I think it was some piece of css running amock, and Firefox was showing the site alright so I hadn't noticed it. :) Hopefully it's fixed now. It's interesting. In Delhi University, there was a whole different North East thing - people called Chinkys. They were supposed to be apart from the Behenjis, but were seen as though they were Behenjis with a better dress sense. That always got to me!!
The Behenji-turned-Mod is my favorite topic of them all, and her attempt at crossing over to fit in damns her further. The success ratio in life is so completely misrepresented in cinema! Ooh! Feels like I have a dissertation topic creeping in upon me! Love your incisive posts, N. Would be great to talk to you. Do mail me if you like. writetoinkspill(at)gmail(dot)com
This post makes me cringe at the situation you portray and at the same time, proud of my college because we didn't have this stereotyping. Nobody ever called me a dehaati or whatever. There was a healthy respect for people who were good at something regardless of whether they were 'affluent', 'western cool' or just 'from down the road'.The ones who tried too hard to be something they were not comfortable with - the behenjis / bhaiyyas trying to be mod - were laughed at. Strictly speaking, that was not nice either. But very few of us are wise at 17 and 18. (Which of course leads to your post about under-age marriage ..)J.A.P.
Wow,nice blog and a very rigorous exposition, Behenjis/Ally Mc Beal. Both very well written posts. I must say.Are you a journalist by any chance. And you were at TISS?Maybe you know my sister, Shivani she was at TISS too. And you seem like you are the same age.Well, very well written and well thought out blog, very nice,Thanks.
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