Here’s my intro post.
I alternately bless and rue the day that Jenny and I found each other again on Facebook and I learned this weird new fact about her, that she was a Bollyfan. I mean, we were BFFs for 4 years 30 years ago and I thought I knew her, but who could have predicted it?
But I had my own fascination with India, which started in grad school where I was studying art history and learned a bit about Indian art and culture, enough to know that it was both strange (not weird, just new to me) and beautiful. Then I fell in love with movies about Indian people by NRIs and others (Bend it Like Beckham, Monsoon Wedding, Outsourced, Slumdog Millionaire, The Namesake among them), loving the song and color and drama. Which turned to a love of books by modern Indian authors, Arundhati Roy, Jhumpa Lahiri, etc. (yes, even the chick-lit, I will admit) Which naturally led to a predisposition towards The Evil One’s influence earlier this year (2011), first with filmi music, then the actual films. And it led to purchasing music on iTunes. And listening to the “Contemporary Bollywood” channel on Pandora. And considering naming my new kittens Didi and Bhaiyya. (don’t worry, I didn’t)
It’s all Jenny’s fault. And I cheer her for it every day, because who else would I talk to about it? So I guess I get to play the role of Totally Clueless Newbie to her Wise Guide, and you get to come along too.
Jenny Ketcham
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