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• [1] laura lebleu from Brooklyn October 20, 2009 - 11:13AM

  The first clip of this movie reminded me of Tim Minchin's "Peace Anthem for Palestine". Brilliant!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UO6YlkYNJQ

  
  
• [2] O. from Brooklyn October 20, 2009 - 11:16AM

  Interesting re: the hair. There was an incident in NYC a few years back when a large company of Hassidic women publically burned wigs they discovered were made from hair given at Hindu temples in India as part of Hindu ceremonies. This seems like a sweet film (haven't seen it), but a little over-romantisized.

  
  
• [3] MG from NYC October 20, 2009 - 11:17AM

  What does Suketu think of director/producer Karan Johar apologizing for a character in Wake Up Sid calling the city Bombay and not Mumbai?

  
  
• [4] Amy from Manhattan October 20, 2009 - 11:27AM

  And it's a good thing not all NY love stories are like Romeo & Juliet! In fact, their story may have more in common w/the one you & Mehta are talking about than you meant when you said that, Brian (& I don't mean the ending).

  But what I planned to write before I heard that was about Suketu Mehta's use of the word "miscegenation." I'm kind of surprised--& glad--not to see comments taking him to task for it (because I'm sure he didn't mean it in a racist way), but that might not be the case w/other audiences, & I was hoping to let him know it could be taken in a very negative way. Of course, for all I know this is mostly an American usage (& most Indians grow up w/something much closer to British English), or Mehta might even be entirely conscious of the word's connotation & have used it deliberately.