As I have seen in Delhi for the last 12 years, the punjabi weddings are
truely depicted in these films.
Mridul
>From: "Anjan K. Nath" <
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>To: "umesh sharma" <
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>Subject: Re: [Assam] Monsoon Wedding and wife beating--old
images of India
>Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:38:56 +0800
>
>I liked "Monsoon Wedding" and especially Mr.
Dubey. I wonder why all three movies by the Indian directors, "Bend
it Like Beckham," "Bride and Prejudice," and "Monsoon
Wedding," have the same theme of marriage?
>
>And, are Punjabi weddings the way they are depicted in the
movies?
>
>AKN
>----- Original Message -----
> From: umesh sharma
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> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 5:23 AM
> Subject: [Assam] Monsoon Wedding and wife
beating--old images of India
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I just started watching this movie by Mira Nair -
not as bad as Gurinder Chaddha's it seems - I like that comedian wedding
organizer - who was tyhe scare crow character in the movie "Run" - of Bachchan
Jr. where I had to run to the police station in the middle of the film -the
police called on my mobile- to save my skin - for someone had complained to
police that I was begging through press (advts) to purportedly go to Harvard.
>
> I'd like to see the face of the retired Chief
Engineer ,Mr Chandra from Raipur - if he could see me now - really at Harvard.
>
> The movie - is going as suspected - the corrupted
Burgousie face of "elite" Indian yuppydom.
> And I suspect this is how most of Western youth
view Indians who land up at places like Harvard. Even a so called school time
"friend" is here - who doesn't wish to be reminded that only elites or roayal
from Jaipur or India do not land at Harvard.
>
> Sometimes while cleaning classrooms I hit upon
interesting seminars. Earlier one was by Indian Ambassador to US Mr Sen - I
was waiting to clean the room, if they chose to leave. This Tuesday in the
same room (Fong Audi) three women presented a documentary of Pluralism -
supposedly on different relgions. It turned out that Shamita - the Indian
(Hindu) was highlighting about wife beating - ofcourse blaming the males.
>
> My comment made her become pensive. I said that I
am (name, Harvard GSE etc) a son of a wife beater, when we grew we
realised it is not good and made my father stop it - and how somehow it led to
some female luring away my father from our family. So South Asian sons should
be trained to take up cudgles on behalf of their moters. Ms Shamita
had no answer to that. She started making defensive statements that she
doesn't want the family to break but the hand to stop. Well No risk No gain.
>
> i think she didn't like the idea of a son standing
upto his father - again she wanted tradition to continue - you can't have
everything. If u want west - have it in full!!
>
> Am I wrong?
>
> Umesh
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