The Bengal Issue

 Operation Hindi

                                                                            Punjabi Voices

Reading my posts, you may get the idea I am only interested in Hindi DVDs; this is not the case. I have movies from several regions of India.

I used the moniker Operation Hindi as Hindi is the most spoken language in the country.

I have no idea where most of the films I watch come from, and I am not overly bothered; the only region I am not keen on is Tamil Nadu, around Chennai (Madras); films from there tend to be about religion.

The story behind my title goes back to early last year when I bought a mystery pack of Bengali DVDs from a seller on eBay.

I am no expert on the languages of India, even at a quick glance I could see there were few DVDs from Bengal in the selection. I recognised some writing from Spain, and even some Coptic words from Russia. I recognised the Coptic writing as I went to Russia in 1970 on a school cruise, and returned with some Russian stamps.

When I contacted the sellers, they did not apologise, but said they would send another box of Bengali DVDs out, as they had already shown they had no idea, I asked for a refund.

I could tell you who I enjoy watching, and a few of the actors, and actresses I could tell where they came from, as a rule I am not bothered about their region as long as I enjoy their films.