Re-definition
Way back in 2000, the Times of India decided to make the most of the Dot-Com revolution and came out with Indya.com. Big banners, hoarding and print ads declaring the renaming of India from the 52 year old nomenclature to a hep, new, snazzy, cool name, were in circulation. This time some others (of course, not without acerbity) have taken up the task. I absolutely loved the creativity and angst that was stuffed into each carefully chosen word and thought they deserve a wider audience. So I immediately took up the task of publicisizing them.
Uncyclopedia, Wikipedia’s evil, satire-laden twin has this to say about India. Read the full wiki entry here.
“I thought we killed them all…but I guess I was an idiot”
~ Oscar Wilde on India
….Everyone in India is born computer genius superior to any other loser race on this planet (Mars). They all can do calculus before thay can speak.
….History
The people of India used to be very civilized until they got bored of it. Then, some Europeans saw India and decided they wanted it. When the Queen heard them whine for it, she decided it was ok for them to have it if they would fight the French. Then, one very old bald man said that we must not fight for independence. That will confuse the British. This Reverse Psychology worked as the British got confused and left.
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In another corner of the web UrbanDictionary.com has come up with a lot of interesting definitions for the land of swamis and snake charmers where elephants roam on the streets and hukkas are the latest in-thing.
I used curse the west for such a cliché notion they had about us, but jab se hosh sambhala hain, I seem to concur.
Absolutely hilarious article
Also enjoyed the piece on Bangalore…
Comment by Krishna — December 23, 2005 @ 9:00 am