Comments on: Did you know.. http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854 Current affairs for a progressive generation Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: razib_NOT_muslim http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41761 razib_NOT_muslim Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:28:45 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41761 1) his mother is german. from his <a href="http://www.jawed.com/resume/" rel="nofollow">resume</a>: <i>LANGUAGES German (native), English</i> 2) his younger brother looks a lot like my younger brother 3) <i>Just to remid 3 nobel prize winners of the Indian sub-continent are all Bengalis:</i> perhaps it is a typo rezwan, but raman & chandraksekar were tamil iyers, khorana & salam punjabis. 1) his mother is german. from his resume:

LANGUAGES German (native), English

2) his younger brother looks a lot like my younger brother

3) Just to remid 3 nobel prize winners of the Indian sub-continent are all Bengalis:

perhaps it is a typo rezwan, but raman & chandraksekar were tamil iyers, khorana & salam punjabis.

]]> By: Rezwan http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41737 Rezwan Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:20:55 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41737 Just to remid 3 nobel prize winners of the Indian sub-continent are all Bengalis: 1) Rabindranath Tagore 2) Amartya Sen 3) Muhammad Yunus It reminds me of the saying... what Bengal thinks today.. India thinks tomorrow. Just to remid 3 nobel prize winners of the Indian sub-continent are all Bengalis:

1) Rabindranath Tagore
2) Amartya Sen
3) Muhammad Yunus

It reminds me of the saying… what Bengal thinks today.. India thinks tomorrow.

]]> By: Jagdeep http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41662 Jagdeep Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:35:28 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41662 Bollywood doesnt count sonia! Anyone can make it in Bollywood, plus I have a theory that Bollywood is actually a conspiracy by homosexuals and drag queens to soften us up for the big civil war, in which we will be forced to accept the principles of wearing tight t-shirts and dancing like an Asian boy from Birmingham visiting Heaven nightclub in Charing Cross for the fist time, as over made up shrieking drag queens, also known as Bollywood actresses, pretend to be virgins as they grind their hips over us. Bollywood is like cornershop owners turned billionaires --- too common for words :-) Bollywood doesnt count sonia! Anyone can make it in Bollywood, plus I have a theory that Bollywood is actually a conspiracy by homosexuals and drag queens to soften us up for the big civil war, in which we will be forced to accept the principles of wearing tight t-shirts and dancing like an Asian boy from Birmingham visiting Heaven nightclub in Charing Cross for the fist time, as over made up shrieking drag queens, also known as Bollywood actresses, pretend to be virgins as they grind their hips over us.

Bollywood is like cornershop owners turned billionaires — too common for words :-)

]]> By: sonia http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41590 sonia Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:22:41 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41590 :-) all this sort of stuff seems to focus on some funny ideas of 'success' in any case. of course we indians are all obsessed with being 'first' in this that and the other. 'first class first' boy you never hear the end of that from anyone who's ever had it. obsessed. and 'roll no.'s - what a strange concept. :-)

all this sort of stuff seems to focus on some funny ideas of ‘success’ in any case. of course we indians are all obsessed with being ‘first’ in this that and the other. ‘first class first’ boy you never hear the end of that from anyone who’s ever had it. obsessed. and ‘roll no.’s – what a strange concept.

]]> By: BevanKieran http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41580 BevanKieran Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:38:10 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41580 <i>Yeah sonia it’s not unusual, millionaire businessmen, doctors etc etc — *sigh* — so boring, give me SPORTSTARS! GREAT NOVELISTS!</i> How about climbers? Top climber in the world is a Sharma! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sharma OK, he's not Bengali but I don't think he's been acknowledged on PP before. Yeah sonia it’s not unusual, millionaire businessmen, doctors etc etc — *sigh* — so boring, give me

SPORTSTARS!

GREAT NOVELISTS!

How about climbers?

Top climber in the world is a Sharma!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sharma

OK, he’s not Bengali but I don’t think he’s been acknowledged on PP before.

]]> By: sonia http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41575 sonia Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:21:30 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41575 but jagdeep, surely one only has to look at bollywood..no? or does that not count. :-) anita desai's father was bengali, im surprised that the bengali fetishists didn't pick up on that one given the recent kiran desai booker business. ;-) but jagdeep, surely one only has to look at bollywood..no? or does that not count. :-)

anita desai’s father was bengali, im surprised that the bengali fetishists didn’t pick up on that one given the recent kiran desai booker business. ;-)

]]> By: Sid http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41573 Sid Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:09:46 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41573 Yeah, admittedly the story's not as romantic as the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0106611/Ss/0106611/fcs_lt_0431.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0106611" rel="nofollow">Jamaican Bobsled team</a>, but for Bangladesis who have few current pop cultural references, shit like this does register quite highly. But its more like home videos of the last family wedding; Outside of those with an interst, it makes for a very dull afternoon in. So, from one computer nerd to another, Go Jawed. Yeah, admittedly the story’s not as romantic as the Jamaican Bobsled team, but for Bangladesis who have few current pop cultural references, shit like this does register quite highly. But its more like home videos of the last family wedding; Outside of those with an interst, it makes for a very dull afternoon in.

So, from one computer nerd to another, Go Jawed.

]]> By: Jagdeep http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41572 Jagdeep Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:07:36 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41572 Yeah sonia it's not unusual, millionaire businessmen, doctors etc etc -- *sigh* -- so boring, give me SPORTSTARS! GREAT NOVELISTS! MOVIE MAKERS! ACTORS! POLITICIANS! PORN STARS! MUSIC! All the rest...blegh, its so boring, another tale of Asian success in business or medicine, its like, whatever.... Yeah sonia it’s not unusual, millionaire businessmen, doctors etc etc — *sigh* — so boring, give me

SPORTSTARS!

GREAT NOVELISTS!

MOVIE MAKERS!

ACTORS!

POLITICIANS!

PORN STARS!

MUSIC!

All the rest…blegh, its so boring, another tale of Asian success in business or medicine, its like, whatever….

]]> By: sonia http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41571 sonia Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:04:00 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41571 jawed sounds like a very strange bengali name. is it meant to be javed? i thought the v/w syndrome didn't occur in bengali but hindi more like. (ya know - diwana/divana etc. etc. ) and besides, i can't really find too much enthusiasm for a bunch of techies funded by shit loads of money from some venture capital firms. much more respect for the open-source geeks out there. ( regardless of their ethnicity may i point out) jawed sounds like a very strange bengali name. is it meant to be javed? i thought the v/w syndrome didn’t occur in bengali but hindi more like. (ya know – diwana/divana etc. etc. )

and besides, i can’t really find too much enthusiasm for a bunch of techies funded by shit loads of money from some venture capital firms. much more respect for the open-source geeks out there. ( regardless of their ethnicity may i point out)

]]> By: sonia http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41570 sonia Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:01:26 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41570 heh heh good point Jagdeep, its hardly a big deal since the days of the dot.com boom bam shebang.. in any case surely desis are doing perfectly well in so many areas. does anyone write a post when they go to their doctor and find out they're asian? or go to university and find out a sizeable portion of the medics are asian? ditto for law, accounting and what have you. or are we used to that sort of thing. heh heh good point Jagdeep, its hardly a big deal since the days of the dot.com boom bam shebang.. in any case surely desis are doing perfectly well in so many areas. does anyone write a post when they go to their doctor and find out they’re asian? or go to university and find out a sizeable portion of the medics are asian? ditto for law, accounting and what have you. or are we used to that sort of thing.

]]> By: Jagdeep http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41568 Jagdeep Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:54:22 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41568 Yeah, but I still find it a source of interest when a desi does well in something, especially from the same background - Monty Panesar, Kiran Dessai, whoever. But this youtube thing, its all abot, blegh, you know, who cares? Just another desi computer nerd, they are ten a penny these days :-) Yeah, but I still find it a source of interest when a desi does well in something, especially from the same background – Monty Panesar, Kiran Dessai, whoever. But this youtube thing, its all abot, blegh, you know, who cares? Just another desi computer nerd, they are ten a penny these days :-)

]]> By: sonia http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41567 sonia Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:52:41 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41567 yeah i think it is an incredibly silly reason. who cares? are we so ethnocentric? if that's the case why is everyone so ready to jump down the throats of 'white people' for being ethnocentric ( of course that's always referred to as racism isn't it) such double standards. yeah i think it is an incredibly silly reason. who cares? are we so ethnocentric? if that’s the case why is everyone so ready to jump down the throats of ‘white people’ for being ethnocentric ( of course that’s always referred to as racism isn’t it)

such double standards.

]]> By: Nyrone http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41558 Nyrone Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:34:33 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41558 ...Amen Leon. Ditto …Amen Leon.

Ditto

]]> By: Leon http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41542 Leon Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:08:03 +0000 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/854#comment-41542 <i>Another reason why we love the website.</i> Er, not for me. The ethnicity of the founders of YouTube have absolutely nothing to do with my liking of it. Another reason why we love the website.

Er, not for me. The ethnicity of the founders of YouTube have absolutely nothing to do with my liking of it.

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