i went to the movies today...and joy filled my heart...i didn't understand a word said...but me and 300 of my closest bihari friends sang and danced through 3 glorious hours of a film i quite honestly don't even know the name of.
i took the family who lives downstairs from our flat to the sunday matinee...only to be shocked into realizing that perhaps i was actually sitting in the cast of extras and not just in the audience. i love india and their interactive role at the movies. every single time the hero strutted out on stage, flicked his collar up and gave the camera the eye people were screaming, whistling, yelling, applauding. i laughed outloud a number of times. the dancing and filming couldn't have gone much lower grade, but the enthusiasm, off the charts. heck, i wanted to start cheering and i didn't even know what was going on most of the time...
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also a highlight of my past two weeks...an interaction that took place at sari bari between one of our ladies we call the "sari bari ma" and kyle, who is currently sporting the winter season beard...ahem:
as we walked in to sari bari last friday morning with kyle's beard...
kyle: nomoshkar
ma: oooh komal (kyle's bengali name)...you look like jesus
kyle: what?
ma: yes, you look just like jesus...when you were born, your mom prayed "jesus, give me a son that looks like you" and God gave her you, komal.
kyle: ooooh, noooo.
beth: yep, don't let that go to your head...
2 comments:
love both these stories :) glad it worked out to take the neighbors to the movie :) and "ma" well...she's just amazing...
An interesting read..would like to delve further into how you've been adapting to the Indian culture..
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