Hinglish and Miniatures

Metafilter has a link to Walrus, a new Canadian magazine. I found there an article, Lingua Franchise, about the way Asian languages are mixing with English. This is something that, at least in advertising, is very fashionable here right now. So I take the opportunity to post my favourite example of Hinglish, an advertising jingle -- with a very catchy tune -- promoting the drinking of milk (and one of the first to use a Hindi-English mix in this playful way -- I wrote it down in 1996):

Doodh doodh doodh doodh doodh hai wonderful
Pi sakte ho roz a glassful

Doodh doodh doodh doodh doodh, wonderful doodh,
Piyo glassful

Garmi me dalo doodh me ice
Doodh ban gaya very nice
Piyo daily once or twice
Mil jayega tasty surprise

Doodh doodh doodh doodh doodh, wonderful doodh,
Piyo glassful

Doodh hai must in every season
Piyo doodh for healthy reason
Rahoge phir fit and fine
Jiyoge past ninety-nine

Doodh doodh doodh doodh doodh, wonderful doodh,
Piyo glassful

Charon aur, mach gaya shor
Give me more, give me more!

Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme wonderful doodh
Piyo glassful doodh

In the same magazine, I also found an article, Small Worlds, about Pakistani miniature artist Saira Wasim. Wasim uses the ancient art of miniature painting to comment on issues of importance to her: the Musharraf regime in Pakistan, "honour" killing, the mullahs. She must therefore live in exile

More on Saira Wasim:

Saira Wasim's Free Artist Portfolio

Playing with a Loaded Gun: Contemporary Art in Pakistan

American Effect = Death Threat: The Art of Saira Wasim

Saira Wasim's Waterlilies, from the series 'Honour Killings'

Miniatures in another vein

Contemporary Miniature Paintings From Pakistan (Saira Wasim and others)

Manouvering Miniatures: Contemporary Art from Pakistan (Saira Wasim and others)

Yes, and also in Walrus, Margaret Atwood reviews a number of books about Iran: Resisting the Veil