After surviving four pretty nasty days of Delhi Belly, I am finally feeling better—almost and could get off campus. We met up with Christine (our next door neighbor, a British film scholar) and her colleague Ira and took an auto rickshaw over to the Priya cinema near campus to see the movie. Jodhaa Akbar is a high profile Bollywood movie that is getting criticism from Rajput conservatives for a portrayal of her as a sexy young thing, as well as for the “historical accuracy” that she, a Hindu, was in fact married to the Muslim Indian hero Akbar, who is loved for his 17th-century religious tolerance. It was fabulous way to pass 4 hours—really! Ira helped us keep the plot straight since it was in Hindi, but the gorgeous cinematography, colors, light, beautiful people, and well placed song and dance were a delight. And it was a good movie to not have dialogue distracting you from the extravagance. I could have done without the early fight scenes that involved elephants squashing the heads of the enemy, however.
Here's a picture of some dragon fruit that is new to us. It certainly is emblematic of colorful India.
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