First, the Irish sunk the Pakis.

Then the Bangladeshis turned Indian cricket into a ‘Tu-Tu-Mai-Mai’ Soap Opera. Dravid scowled. Ganguly simmered. Sachin squealed. Chappel spilt the beans. Etc Etc.

Malinga took 4 wickets in 4 balls to scare the Afrikaaners. Then the Lankans beat the Poms by 2 runs. Not an underdog story I know, but worthy of a mention neverthless.

Then my mum told me about the Sanjaya phenomenon. For all those not in the know, Sanjaya Malakar is a good old desi boy who is on American Idol, season 6. All of 17, blessed with (lovely) long hair like me and a voice like a young Michael Jackson, Sanjaya Malakar is now in the last 8 or 9 contestants at the Idol show. Simon Cowell says he will quit American Idol if Sanjaya wins. I had to see what the fuss was all about and a half hour on youtube was well spent looking at the young fella.

It’s true you know. He’s the worst singer in the competition. I looked at his early stuff to his last two shows and guess what, he’s improved by leaps and bounds. He still is the worst singer though. And he survives. Every week. The judges don’t know what else to say. All the desis in the US are voting for him and keeping him in the competition, it would appear. Well done him!

The yanks however, are outraged. One woman is on a hunger strike till he is voted out. CNN dissed him like he was Hugo Chavez. Whiners. He is the fodder for a million stand up comics. America hates him. Some say there is a large group of people who hate American Idol and are purposely voting for the worst singer to win the competition.

Boo f00ken Hoo

He’s desi. He’s brown. He’s a horrible singer. He’s an entertainer. He’s 17. He’ll carry on in the contest as long as all the desis keep voting for him. First Shilpa Shetty. Now this. We rock!

And here’s the footnoted bio

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