Rumi Nations

A recent survey shows that China is home to nearly half a million millionaires … I don’t know but presume that these folks are dollar millionaires … I wonder how many similar millionaires are there in India … On a different note, lots of folks got married yesterday including an accidental celebrity who goes by the name of Shilpa Shetty. I don’t know how much the rituals and customs that are associated with marriage really mean to these folks … It’s good to see people choosing to live life on their terms like Kareena and Saif Ali Khan. Also, Lara Dutta saying that she’s ‘seeing’ Mahesh Bhupati but not only him … Sushmita Sen has always taken the road less traveled … So also Nandita Das. When you learn about what Amelia Earhart had written when she got married … some 80 odd years ago, you realize how backwardish Indian mentalities are …

Mira Nair's movie starring Hillary Swank has mostly drawn flak from critics for being too oversimplistic or too hagiographic or anodyne ... I saw one positive review in The Huffington Post though ... I think Amelia Earhart's story is an inspiring human tale ... perhaps, if not in the United States, it should be compulsory viewing in the rest of the world ... especially those countries where females don't get the sort of life opportunities that they deserve ... particularly in some Muslim nations may be. Even in Hindu, traditional India, females need to be more like Amelia ...