Che's the one

It's not official but, after months of casual observation, we have a winner in the most common person to appear on T-shirts and posters in India. I've walked past many Gandhis and several Kurt Cobains. Every now and then you see a vestigial Britney. A close runner-up would have to be a WWE wrestler named John Cena. Yet, taken as a whole, even the whole WWE stable including The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and some guy with an "H" in his name, their numbers still aren't enough to outpace the ubiquitous Che Guevara. From what I've seen around south Asia, for whatever reason, Che's the icon you have to have.

Quiet Game

A couple weeks ago we were walking down a street and we came to a sports stadium. The gates were open and I saw players running around on the field so I went in to take a look.


A soccer game was going on and the stands had a good crowd.


The play on the field was fast but...oddly quiet. I watched. I looked back at the stands. No one was talking - they were signing.