A co-worker and I were joking yesterday about how it would be funny if people wrote press releases about their lives, and posted it on their blogs. I thought that was a fun idea. I think though, that journalistic writing lends itself better to the sort of fun pieces I’m interested in. Thusly, I present the first fake news-story–
From left: Shonai (Mishri’s sister), Mishri, Mrs. Tonse, Mrs. Someshwar
An excerpt:
Few people know of the Amchi community. It’s a small coastal community in southwestern India, known for its distinctly lyrical language, and high consumption of sea-food. But what started out as a small impoverished community at the start of the 20th century has fast become one of the more prosperous Indian ethnic groups. Amchis have spread across southern and western India, and across the world. Many of them have advanced degrees in engineering, and medicine and the odd one in communications (Aka Mishri Someshwar).
But amchis are a fast dwindling bunch. There are only 250,000 of them left. And girls like Ms. Someshwar aren’t helping.
“I want to get married before I’m 30,” Someshwar, 23, notes. “But I’m not sure I want to marry an amchi.”
No amchi marriage= lower likelihood of amchi babies. Community size dwindles. Sound the alarm bells.