I would like to make it absolutely clear that the fantastic term "Globalia", used in my last entry was not created by me, but my witty brother Murphy. On our second night in Kolkata, five of us went to dinner in a nice restaurant in a mall. Yes, it is fairly normal to have nice restaurants in malls as it is where the upper crust go shopping. Opon arrival in the mall, we were all quite surprised that the stark difference between outside and inside. The mall and its contents could have been anywhere in the globe. When we entered the restaurant (Oh, Calcutta, it was named), Murphy declared: "oh, it's Indian Night at Globalia". By far one of the best quotes from the trip. I have now appropriated the term for the homogenising places around the world in my vocabulary. Thanks Murphy. And now it's clear who the term belongs to originally.
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Globalia is genius. and brilliant terms deserve appropriation.
ReplyDeleteand remember, there's such a thing as too clean, especially when it comes to countries.
When you're feeling overwhelmed by dirt and noise, I'm not convinced that there is a place in the world for the opposite. I don't want to say that it is always the best feeling, but when we needed an antidote to India it was perfect.
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