Word: punjabi
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...were to create the perfect global pop star, the result would be nothing like Daler Mehndi. There's his look?black beard, bejeweled turban and belly surfing over his waistband. There's his halting English, his insistence on singing in Punjabi and his tongue-tangling name, pronounced "Dlurr Maindy." Then there are his '80s-style videos, pulsing with primitive arcade-game effects and joyful dancers in jumpsuits. And yet in the late '90s, fresh from a stint driving a cab in Berkeley, California, Mehndi became Asia's biggest-ever pop export...
...dollars per person to spirit them abroad. Panicked and alleging an elaborate conspiracy by the police to extort money from him, Mehndi hid out for six weeks in friends' houses and his own New Delhi villa. When he finally showed up for questioning at a police station in the Punjabi city of Patiala, a mob threw paint at his Mercedes. "It was very scary," says Mehndi. "Like a film story, and Daler Mehndi was Saddam or Osama, moving all the time, always between midnight and 4 a.m. ... People hated...
...film, shot entirely with handheld cameras—a throwback to Nair’s years as a documentary filmmaker—follows five stories through the days leading up to an upper-class Punjabi wedding...
...prolific writers. In addition to his previous four novels well known either for their wrenching portrayals of moral conflict or for their brazen, over-the-top eroticism, he has written scholarly works on the history of India's Sikhs, numerous short stories and newspaper columns, translated Urdu stories and Punjabi poetry into English, edited a famous Indian magazine (the Illustrated Weekly of India) and a prominent Indian newspaper (the Hindustan Times), and has also served as a member of India's Parliament. It's been a busy and fruitful life, and now, with his frosted eyebrows set between the deep...
...kick out of the Western shirts made out of sari material at the local Urban Outfitters, and an even better feeling when I buy similar shirts made by an Indian tailor (for one tenth of the price). Punjabi MC’s bhangra beats blend with Jay Z’s hip hop stylings to produce a top ten hit, bindis are the newest craze at pre-teen jewelry retailers and American movie stars take pilgrimages to India to try out the latest mehndi designs and yoga moves. In short, Indian culture has become trendy, and part of my quest...