Let Me Introduce You To My Son, Airplane

Imagine if you were named “Airplane” or “Screwdriver” by your parents or fellow villagers in a Third World country. I’m told that that is exactly what has happened in some Indian villages wanting to be identified with anything American and “Western.” Through the work of Western missionaries in these remote parts of India, uneducated peoples focused on something “civilized” to be remembered by; something important and “impressive.” And so, they are “Television” and “Camera.”

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