For those of you living in India, be sure to check out the beautiful feature on the Friends Without Borders project in the March issue of India Today. For the rest of you: sorry, the India Today website does not give free access to this article. Our project is so cool, they are making online readers pay for the story!
“Is she a model?” Lisa D’Costa with a fan.
All the world has a prurient, voyeuristic fascination with celebrity. In America, the process is so well-advanced that fame is self-reflexive and self-fulfilling. People like Paris Hilton, though lacking any talent or meaningful social value, are considered “famous for being famous.”
But India far outstrips even the American love of the famous. Americans thrill when chance allows them to brush-up against celebrities; Indians crave such opportunities. No event in India should take place without the “felicities” of a celebrity. And if the famous can’t make an appearance, the demi-famous will have to do.
... because the idiocy of manliness is an evergreen topic.
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... because Canada and the US will celebrate their Thanksgiving holidays and, regrettably and preventably, not 1-cook-in-10 will serve a decent turkey.
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... because everyday is Mother's Day.
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... because the American Dream seems but a distant memory, given the country's dominant ethos of small-mindedness.
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Serenity and Gratitude to Bring in the New Year
... to remind us that not every mix of Tibetans and Western spiritual seekers has to be nauseating.
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... to celebrate the new edition of Infinite Vision published in India.
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Expelliarmus! Harry Potter and the Path to Gandhian Nonviolence
... reprised because military strategy seems more cruel and less effective than ever -- and certainly there is a better way.
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... because cars are ruining Pondicherry, where I live. How badly are they fucking up your Indian town?
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Understanding the Gift Economy
... reprinted because more-and-more people seem want to understand the gift economy. (Yeah!)
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