26
Feb
2008

Live or let die?

A Brampton woman was recently accused of threatening the Premier of Ontario, in this article by Toronto Star.Did she? Click on the link above and see what you think for yourself.Send your comments. I'll give you my take on the

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25
Feb
2008
5:09 PM

But don't they all speak Indian?

Once again I am in debt to Harper's, without a doubt the best damn magazine in the world.In the February 2008 Harper's Index I discovered that Shaadi.com, an immensely popular matchmaking site for South Asians (or "matrimonials site", as we

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24
Feb
2008
22
Feb
2008
6:22 PM

Glossary: Cantopop

Cantonese pop music. Dominated by the Four Kings (Jackie Cheung, Leon Lai, Aaron Kwok and Andy Lau) in the 90s.Current stars include scandal-tainted Gillian Chung.Article: Creative Commons License 2008 Gavin Barrett This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial

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21
Feb
2008
3:03 PM

Glossary: Banana

Meaning Chinese outside, white inside.Pejorative. Usually employed by Chinese-Canadians to describe some second generation (or, occasionally, first generation) Chinese-Canadians (or -Americans or -Brits) who are thought to have lost too much of their culture or language. Like coconuts, a banana

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21
Feb
2008
2:17 PM

Glossary: Coconut

Meaning brown outside, white inside.Pejorative. Usually employed by Indo-Canadians to describe some second generation (or, occasionally, first generation) Indo-Canadians (or -Americans or -Brits) who are thought to have lost too much of their Indianness. A coconut typically has few Indian

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21
Feb
2008
1:38 PM

THE MULTICULTURAL GLOSSARY

Welcome to a new category in this blog. The world's first Multicultural Glossary. A handy-dandy web guide to meanings of mots multicultural.Jibes, jive talking, jargon. Patois, politically incorrect perambulations, pejoratives. In jokes, insider speak. I hope to cover it all.

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13
Feb
2008
12
Feb
2008
12
Feb
2008

Bollywood Showdown

A Bollywood villain runs up against a far greater power than himself: a remote control. A TV spot for Rogers Bollywood Oye! video on demand service from Barrett and Welsh. Directed by Robert Maya of Mad Films for Barrett and

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