Tuesday, July 8, 2008

There is a voyeur inside...

There are voyeurs and then there are voyeurs! Getting addicted to home design websites with lots and lots of pictures of other people's houses is one thing. Looking at what others are buying at the cash register in a supermarket... ok ,well thats fine too. But it is a tad disturbing (and extreme) to want to look into other people's fridge to see what they are eating ( or not eating). You will find that its a regular pastime for many at www.fridgewatcher.com. They have pics of fridges from Argentina to Vietnam. Yes, I checked for India and thought I might see one choc-a-block with veggies and stainless steel "doodh ka bhagonas" but they don't have a pic from India. If you stop and think fridges are not as ubiquitous in our country ( or in Africa-totally under-represented at www.fridgewatcher.com).
Reminded me of a conversation I had with a newly wed 20 year old girl from a western UP village. She had recently moved to Delhi with her husband and among other things that excited her about being in the city, one was that she could finally send for her belongings from her husband's village. One of her dear possessions was a fridge her parents gave as part of the dowry. The thing is her village-in-law gets electricity only for a few hours every day and a fridge not being of much use in such circumstances had been taken over by her sister-in-law to store her husband's clothes and shoes! Now that's a picture I would like to send www.fridgewatcher.com!

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