Womzilla's link to a great Bollywood video made me think of my favorite Bollywood star, Amitabh, and how I haven't watched any of his movies in ages. Here's one of my favorite of his songs, from Muqaddar ka Sikandar. Amitabh clowns around on a motorcycle (which he is clearly actually driving, not being towed. woo!) This video makes me want desperately to visit Bombay. In 1976.
If I recall correctly, "Muqaddar ka Sikandar" means "Alexander the Conqueror" (Alexander the Great) who Amitabh's character is named after.
amitabh video: rote huye
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Ah, see, the beautiful thing is - you CAN.
Nothing ever gets taken away in India, they just add stuff on top of what's already there.
That's one of the things that makes travelling there so exhausting; you feel as if you're stuck in a dozen different time warps all at once, from medieval times to some kind of weird, off-kilter future, and everything in between.
Although I think there's probably *slightly* more traffic there now than in that video... ;-)
Wow, I didn't know you had been to India! When were you there?