Diwali mela in San Diego

The "Little India" corner on Black Mt. Rd. in San Diego hosted a Diwali mela on Saturday. There were plenty of food stalls, some from the restaurants there, and some set up by volunteers for Shri Mandir. The food was pretty good, with the exception of the offerings of the Rainbow Restaurant that has now occupied the Kerala restaurant location. Unfortunately, there was no fried fish, seekh kabab, tandoori chicken, lamb tikka or keema paratha .... but one can't ask for everything in life.

There was also a little stage where some kids were dancing to the latest bollywood hits. The talent level was abysmal, and these kids were clearly goaded into this for their parents' attempt at Indian culture. But I found if quite appaling that 7yr old girls were dancing to Bipasha's Beedi song from Omkara. And then the parents complain about western society sexualizing kids.

Indirectly related to this subject, is this book mentioned recently on Instapundit: "Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America, Too!)."