Thursday, June 12, 2008

a thrilling science experiment

My sister asked me a long time ago to please post a video...And without further adieu, here is a very exciting video of me and Tamilarasi burning a piece of ciinikaaram (a sort of crystal usually found wrapped in a hair rope and hung in the doorway as a drishti prophylactic) to see if it would explode, or at the very least, snap crackle and pop as it is rumored to do upon the presence of the evil eye. In the end it did neither. But it did melt into a nice black blob on the front steps.

5 comments:

Laura Leigh said...

Yay! Thanks for posting a video! I watched it twice and enjoyed it both times.

Anonymous said...

Listen to you- speaking Tamil like a pro. Amazing!

Unknown said...

OMG your Tamil is AMAZING.

Lost_Marbles_37 said...

My husband is Tamil and I am white, his parents are not approving of our marriage. I did want to say we both enjoy your writing and thank you for your input here.

Kannan said...

A very good post.