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For your kitschy pleasure:

‘Indian God.’ A music vid of Ganesh as petulant recording artist.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->     I’m a fuckin’ Indian god, baby that’s a fact
    I’m a fuckin’ Indian god, girl I want you baaack
    How can you leave an Indian god, baby that’s fucked up…

    Fuckin’ Indian god, man, you can’t leave that.
    It’s too good, mmm!
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<img src='http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/GaneshMusicVideo.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

He said he’s an Indian god, baby, not a fuckin’ songwriter. Watch the video.


‘Handy Hindus’ finger puppets. They’re Hindu gods done up Elmo / Sesame Street style in cheap plastic.

<img src='http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/HinduFingerPuppets.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

‘Hindi Bendy’ toy. Here’s a quick way to make money: take a boring old toy, slap on a bindi and add some extra arms.

<img src='http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/HindiBendy.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Here's their entire section of Hindu products; Archie McPhee sells novelty products by mail-order:

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->“I study customer’s actual orders. I see 100 voodoo dolls going to a software firm in Palo Alto. What does this mean? A Manhattan buyer wants every nun and Catholic religious item we carry and wants them by air. What’s the rush? And here’s yet another order to Japan. What are they doing over there with all this glow-in-the-dark string they order?”
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Lest you think they specifically tweak Hindus, you should see the rabbi punching puppet and the bobble-headed Jesus. They don’t sell Islamic novelties, can’t imagine why. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif' /><!--endemo-->