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As you would expect, when something this simultaneously ridiculous and amazing happens, Rajinikanth, the South Indian mega-star with the fabulous moustache, is usually involved. In this case, he started it. I wrote a piece for Slate introducing Rajinikanth to Western readers who may not have heard of the tiger-nado from Tamil Nadu. It was the eve of the release of his mega-movie, Enthiran, and India was aflame with Rajinikanth fever. Articles on Rajinikanth were everywhere but mine happened to tickle Indian funny bones in just the right way and it got tweeted, retweeted, and e-mailed from inbox to inbox. And then, suddenly, the first 12 sentences of it appeared in India Today, the most widely read newsmagazine in India, under Aroon Purie's byline. Full story...
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