"Ramblings on the Beach" is right out of the Wordsworthian romanticism of children play book with a dose of post colonialism thrown in. The narrator suggests what he sees as the timidity, the reflexive submission to authority he claims is deeply ingrained in the Indian character is a result of centuries of rule by colonial masters and their local standins. He ties this in with a cultural tendency to teach children to submit to authority, to follow customs, to refrain from originality. Being childish becomes a pejorative term used to impart a colonial mentality to Indians.
The language is lush and lyrical. I enjoyed reading this story. I also liked his role in Octopussy.
Kabir Bedi (Punjabi: ਕਬੀਰ ਬੇਦੀ) is an Indian television and film actor. His career has spanned three continents including India, the United States and many European countries in three mediums: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role asEmperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story. He is best known in Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the highly popular TV mini series and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. He is very popular in Italy and is fluent in Italian.
Kabir Bedi is based in India and lives in Mumbai.
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