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That's what the translator on Google tells me it is. I hope they're not fooling me into saying something like - well, never mind.

Any,way, we've got a doubleheader today in honor of the new undisputed world chess champion, the Indian Viswanthan Anand.

First some Bollywood! A video Spike Jonze totally wishes he made:

"Kalluri Vaanil," Prabhu Deva

And a) in honor of the peace that Anand's victory brings to the chess world after 15 years of division and b) because I don't know enough about Indian culture to know whether I'm unintentionally perpetuating an offensive stereotype, let's get highbrow:

"Rag Charukeshi," Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha

 Tags  Bollywood Ravi Shankar Song of the Day Viswanathan Anand

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Pamela Reinsel Cotter said:

Thanks, Rick. I gotta say -- I'll take Ravi any day over Bollywood.

Link | October 30, 2008 1:53 PM
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