Well I guess the title says it all, I was just wondering who ya'll thought were the most active 'forumers' in this part of the AG forum. Opinions, that what this Forum is going to be, pure opinions, and yes you can say 'Me'.
I'm still trying to pick up from Hindi from the various shows and movies we watch, it's annoyingly slow progress, but atleast I can understand it for the most part.
My dad's big on watching Hindi films. I don't know jack about television in India. Eh, we don't learn much though, because we have subtitles. A lot of Indians living here, from both the subcontinent and Fiji. That makes it rather easy to find Hindi media.
Bollywood is rubbish. But when I see people saying how much they know of Indian culture from watching it, I laugh and tell them to go there. I wonder how much bollywood makes internationally.
how life in the slums are difficult and how most girls resort to prostituting.
The class system is so obvious there no one tries to pretend that they are all equal. It's kind of sad really. I have nothing against the country, just most of their culture, religion, and the way they treat the place they live and each other. That makes me racist doesn't it? I don't think so, i've met a few people born and raised there that i've come to respect.
Bollywood is rubbish. But when I see people saying how much they know of Indian culture from watching it, I laugh and tell them to go there. I wonder how much bollywood makes internationally.
lol That really was one of the funniest things Ive read in a while. I may have to quote you on this.
Heheh. No, that actually sounded somewhat narrow-minded to me. I'm not praising the caste system, but you can't write off an entire country without actually going there. How much does Efan know about India again? By the way, the cheesy singing and dancing annoy me more than the caste system when I'm watching Indian films. I also don't like arranged marriage.
That I take offense too, Bollywood has many good movies, you just have to know where to find them. Knight the singing and dancing annoy just about everybody, all though the dancing is admirable, the forward button was invented for a reason.
At the bit about arranged marriage, even though I disapprove of the practice, you have to remember that the majority if not all of the world's civilizations have practiced arranged marriage. From what my parents have told me, tradition and status are huge in India, and a marriage is more to help the family as a whole rather than the benefit of the individual.
Bollywood has many good movies, you just have to know where to find them.
They do have good ones. Usually the station called 'IFC' broadcasts many Bollywood films and documentaries about India and most of them are decent enough to sit through and you'll learn something about the culture over there.
