And despite the popularity of her recipe songs, she cannot cook. Her Bong accent comes from watching Pranab Mukherjee and Mamata Banerjee videos. That is because I only have one blouse! And sometimes I wrap the sari around my shorts.” “If you notice, in every video, I am wearing a black blouse. “Maybe if I had lived in our North Kolkata house all my life, this is how I’d dress!” she laughs. What is our goal? To make macher jhol.”ĭutta’s vlog stereotypes Bengalis, not only using food, but other cultural constructs like Boroline (the ointment for everything) and the monkey cap.īut she has to really work at it.
It will be very bad, your potatoes will burn If every now and then you forget to turn, “Heat mustard oil, till it smokes in the panįry fish and potato as lightly as you can
Her vlog, called The Metronome, sees her dishing out traditional Bengali recipes through quirky songs sung with a typical Bengali accent, and has YouTubers drooling. But these days, she is the Machher Jhol girl. For the last 20 years, she’s been composing for ad jingles, TV shows, plays and even an occasional film. This is Sawan Dutta, 45, a graduate from the School of Planning and Architecture and one of the earliest members of the fusion band Indian Ocean. “I have lived my whole life in Delhi, so in real life, I am more Jat than Bong,” she laughs. She hardly looks 45 years old, and definitely doesn’t look anything like the Bong in my head. Instead, I am welcomed by a girl in a pair of shorts, a T-shirt and a hoodie. After all, what is a Bong without Godard and Godfather? So I am expecting to meet a Bong boudi in cotton sari, sleeveless blouse, huge red bindi, and monkey cap, holding a turmeric-stained khunti (a steel spatula without which no Bong can cook, and which doubles as a weapon against husbands and strangers at the door). The huge Godfather poster assures me that I have reached the right house. To Bong or not to Bong Sawan Dutta’s vlog, The Metronome, celebrates the quirks of a typical Bengali (Shivangi Kulkarni) Taking that thought forward, we’ve found three cultural clichés who are great at showing us who we are.
Because if there’s one thing that unites most Indians, it’s the ability to spot the funny in the real. Both sides have a point, but if you ask us, we’re all for sharing Santa-Banta jokes. On the other hand, you’ll find Sardarjis sharing Santa-Banta jokes and petitioning the Supreme Court to concentrate on serious cases. For instance, on the one hand, you’ll find Sardarjis fuming about Santa-Banta jokes and petitioning the Supreme Court to have them banned. Social media is a great place to explore contradictions.
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