“Guidebooks always write that South India, and Kerala in particular, is full of relaxed and laid back people; that it seems to be on a different schedule than the rest of India. That hasn’t exactly been Sapna and my experience, however. It is true that you spend a lot of time not doing very much [...]
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The “relaxed people of South India”?
Posted in Fetishisms and Imaginaries, Tourism, tagged Humor, Two worlds on 22 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
Varkala and Kovalam
Posted in Fetishisms and Imaginaries, Tourism, tagged Incredible !ndia, Trivandrum on 8 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t decide whether visiting Kerala beaches during the monsoon is a good decision or not. I know most people would advise avoiding them during this time of year (muddy and rough waters, rain, lots of closed restaurants and resorts), but I found the dearth of tourists and hawkers to be very calming. [...]
California white women + India
Posted in Fetishisms and Imaginaries, Orientalism, Race, Tourism, We All Live Downstream on 5 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
come together in an Incredible !ndia campaign!
I’ve blogged briefly about Incredible !ndia before.
In light of recent discussions on this and my other blog, I found an ad that appeared in last month’s Economist to be very timely:
The caption reads:
“Country of Birth *sideways heart* USA
Motherland *sideways heart* India
Julie Martin was born near Hollywood in L.A. [...]
Fetishizing India
Posted in Fetishisms and Imaginaries, We All Live Downstream, tagged Humor on 22 December 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Cross-posted on my other blog, We All Live Downstream.)
You’ve Got to be Kidding Me.
Didn’t I just complain about this?
From The Huffington Post:
Mother India
by Tabby Biddle
I am packing for my trip to India! I am leaving in a few days. This is not just any ordinary trip. This is a trip to get married!
My fiancé [...]
Torchbearer indeed
Posted in Fetishisms and Imaginaries, Orientalism, Tourism, tagged Incredible !ndia on 10 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Kerala State Council recently called Kerala as the “torchbearer” to the Incedible !ndia campaign (created to promote tourism in India).
Here is Incredible !ndia’s “Timeless India” clip — Kerala is featured in the first 3 minutes:
The script describing Kerala ends with the following quote: “Then as now, India was a place [...]
