![]() However the most glittering insight into the bizarre “ Maaa main tera laadlaaa” national obsession may be the one below. ![]() Yes those mama’s boys that call their mother in India (gasp) everyday and those who even though they may be on the wrong side of 40 consider (double gasp) their mother to be their favorite person. There are nuggets of wholesome “teri ungli pakadke chala” motherly goodness everywhere in this article that exposes India’s infamous mama’s boys (I am not one of them however and this my mother assures me). In a piece of journalism that deserves the Pulitzer or at least an immediate Howitzer, New York Times comes up with a totally serious, dripping with analysis feature on the “Mere Paas Maa Hain” Nirupa Roy syndrome in the charming Slumdog Millionaire “Chamma Chamma” reporting style that we so admire, with the only criticism one can make of it being that it was published on April 3, 2 days too late for All Fool’s Day.
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