If anyone in the world should understand what ‘cheap‘ means, it’s the cheapo Indian SOBs.
In their relentless pursuit of cheap, Indian cheapos (both in India and even in America) have mastered not merely the art of bargain hunting but the lower arts of thieving and ripping off too.
Folks, no, we are not confused (in our lexicon, thieving and ripping off are merely extreme forms of cheap).
Indians shop for cheap pirated DVDs, scramble for cheap street-eats like Samosas and Chaat, scout for cheap satellite TV and hunt for cheap buffets in NYC.
Heck, desperate Indian housewives in NJ on H4 Visas scrounge around for cheap H1B Visas from desi IT shops.
Our Bollywood film makers get plots on the cheap by stealing from successful Hollywood films and Indian-American writers wing their way to cheap success by plagiarizing passages from other books (anyone remember Kaavya Viswanathan?).
And who amongst us from the semi-urban areas of Tamil Nadu has not patronized the weekly santhais (markets) in pursuit of cheap vegetables and an assortment of other cheap stuff.
But the allure of cheap is no respecter of geographical boundaries.
Americans are no less obsessed by cheap stuff (to cite but a few examples, the popularity of Vizio LCD TVs, Old Country Buffet and Acer PCs rest on their high bang to the low buck).
Yes, Yankees are merely cheapos of a different color. Continue reading »
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