On 1/25/06, Danese Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You guys are forgetting the erstwhile Kumar who loves White Castle > Burgers. > > Danese > > On Jan 25, 2006, at 4:46 PM, Thaths wrote: > > > On 1/25/06, A. M. Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The funniest thing I ever saw happen was when I was in a car with 3 > >> Indian coworkers on our way to a company meeting. The two in the > >> back were chattering happily in hindi at each other and the > >> driver, but > >> since I don't speak hindi, I was naturally excluded from the > >> conversation. > >> This went on for about 20-30 minutes, during the course of the drive. > > > > That IS rude and incosiderate. You think they were, maybe, bitching > > about work and colleagues and possibly even you? > > > >> List of Indians in US Media, just off the top of my head: > >> > >> Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, wife, and octuplets (Quik-E-Mart owner, > >> The Simpsons) > >> Ben Jabituya (engineer in the movie, "Short Circuit") > >> Dr. Neela Rasgotra (Parminder Nagra) > > > > I have /no/ idea who the latter two are. I think things are a little > > bit better in the UK. One sees many more Asian faces in the media over > > there. Virtually half of BBC and ITV talking heads seem to be of > > Indian descent. > > > >> I've seen a couple of tennis athletes too, and one golfer - Vijay > >> Singh. > > > > Vijay Singh is Fijian of Indian descent. > > > >> I vaguely recall a talented female powerlifter who medaled at the > >> Olympics a few years ago. > > > > Karnam Malleswari. > > > >> Any more Indian stars/celebrities/athletes visible in mainstream US > >> media? > > > > There is the colleague in Office Space - Samir Nagheenanajar (played > > by Ajay Naidu). > >
It was brought to my attention at work today that the actor who plays all Oompa Loompas in Charley and the Chocolate Factory is Indian as well. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746989/bio Anne Marie -- Nitimur in vetitum semper cupimusque negata. --Ovid, Amores, III, 4, 7.
