Icons, as they grow, typically present with the potential for conspiracy. Notice, for instance, the widespread myths that Riaan Cruywagen is either Chuck Norris, better than Chuck Norris, Norris' father, or (and therefore?) an alien entity.
To nip any such potential nonsense concerning Mahendra in the bud, I here present a list of things completely unconnected to our Mahendra:
1. Dashing as our Mahendra may be (sometimes - see racing pics below), he is not an aggressive right-handed batsmen and wicket-keeper for India. That cricketer is Mahendra Singh Doni, but you can call him 'Mahi' (What's with the hair though?).
2. He is not a film-maker named Balu Mahendra (a.k.a. Benjamin Mahendra).
3. Our Mahendra is definitely not to be confused with Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1920-1972), reborn or otherwise. He is therefore not the deceased King of Nepal, known as Mahendra of Nepal, British Field Marshal.
4. We have seen no evidence that our Mahendra is linked to Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. The latter is part of the Mahindra Group and manufactures cars, available, as you can see, also in South Africa. They are also the sponsors of Mahindra United, a football team in India for which our Mahendra is not a holding midfielder.
I call on all Mahendra watchers to also keep an eye out for any such potential conspiracies and make a note of them through comments on the blog (Note also the variants of the name).
Wednesday, July 4
The full reach of an icon
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4 comments:
Would that also extend to Miranda?
Perhaps. Have included Miranda in labels for this post
What about Marinda then?
I'd like to add that the character in Heroes that I thought was called Mohendra, is actually called Mohinder, just in case anyone else was confused. And he is a genetisist, not a news reader. However Mohendra's tie sometimes looks like a close up of a DNA strand, diagonal as they can be.
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