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{{Infobox webcomic
| title = Badmash.org
| image = [[Image:Badmash logo.png|200px]]
| caption = 
| author = Sandeep Sood, Nimesh Patel and Sanjay Shah 
| url = http://www.badmash.tv/
| status = Defunct
| began = June 30, 2003
| ended = May 11, 2011
| genre = 
| ratings = 
}}
'''Badmash.org''' was a [[website]] which hosted animations, sketches and video clips, as well as a regular [[webcomic]]. A weekly email and print-media newsletters reached over a million people. The works on ''Badmash.org'' had a mix of political and social [[satire]]. The website was started by three friends, Sandeep Sood, Nimesh Patel and Sanjay Shah.

Badmash is a [[Hindi]] [[neologism]], meaning "naughty".<ref>Maxwell, Kerry. ''MED Magazine'' (July 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014234/http://www.macmillandictionary.com/MED-Magazine/July2005/32-New-Word-Hinglish-print.htm New Word of the Month]. Archived from [http://www.macmillandictionary.com/MED-Magazine/July2005/32-New-Word-Hinglish-print.htm the original] on 2007-09-28.</ref>

''Badmash.org'' weekly South Asian-themed animations — such as an Indian spoof of ''[[The Simpsons]]''{{'}} opening theme, nicknamed ''The Singhsons'' — drew millions of visitors to the website. The success of Sood, Patel, and Shah helped them earn consulting work for [[MTV]], [[New Line Cinema]] and [[Sony]].

==Webcomic==
The regular webcomic strip on ''Badmash.org'' features various regular characters, including Raju, one of the comic strip creators who is a [[Indian American|Gujarati-American]] Hindu, his sister Beti, his traditional grandmother, his mom, his belligerent dad and his Sikh Punjabi friend who is also one of the comic strip creators.  Beti also has a Desi friend named Meena.   Also, there is an old [[Sikh]] taxicab driver and two culturally removed young Punjabi-American party boys named Motu and Chotu and Raju's dark skinned friend named Vivek.

The comic strip deals with racial issues involving [[Indian American]]s in the United States.  Some strips deal with South Asians being accused of terrorism.  Others involve White America's misconception and intolerance about India, [[Hinduism]], and [[Indian American]]s which usually are confrontational.  The misconceptions dealt with include negative stereotypes created by ''[[the Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''.   A few have Raju and Beti's interracial relationships with whites of the opposite sex.  Some strips involve Indian social dances and Indian social pressures to only marry other Indians.  It deals with some larger political issues.  It comments on [[Bobby Jindal]], [[Sonia Gandhi]], [[George W. Bush|President Bush]], and [[Mahatma Gandhi]].

==Current status==
The website moved to the [[domain name]] "badmash.tv" before becoming inactive in 2011.

==References==
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*Chris Parnell at ''[[Newsweek]]'' (2006-01-09). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070416111319/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10663353/site/newsweek/from/ET/ Right to the Top]. Archived from [https://web.archive.org/web/20060111141628/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10663353/site/newsweek/from/ET/ the original] on 2007-04-16.
*Ismat Mangla at ''Nirali Magazine'' (November 2004). [http://niralimagazine.com/2004/11/shameless-the-boys-of-badmash/ Shamless: The Boys of Badmash].
*Anand Shah at ''[[India Currents]]'' (2004-07-13). [http://www.indiacurrents.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=f3a553411c08ea129863b4cf4ee8d854 Pursuing Their Passion].

==External links==
*[http://www.badmash.tv Badmash.tv]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060204055107/http://www.badmash.org/press.php Badmash in the Press]

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[[Category:Cultural depictions of George W. Bush]]
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