Yoda Fire - Dhalsim T-shirts

One of the most intriguing characters in the video game Street Fighter is Dhalsim. We imagine that he was the product of some video game developer of Indian origin who felt that an Indian presence was required in Street fighter. Where else would could a diesel yoga master who uses his "Surya Namaskar" powers to kick some ass and throw fire come from? During my many travels to India, I have shockingly never come across this ability. I wish some yoga ashram tough how to become Elastic-Man and throw a kick from across a 50 foot room while levitating. Sign me up!!!

His skull necklace erroneously reminds me of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) when guests were offered chilled monkey brains. This is highly unlikely delicacy in, India. It did however conjure curiosity amongst my classmates (non-Indian). When the movie released I was asked if my family and I consumed chilled monkey brains? Needless to say I cursed Steven Spielberg for a long time. I wish I was wittier at the time. My response would not have been to shy away like I did. I wish that I could have had a spontaneous response like this one:

"Yeah, my family and I live in a teepee and consume chilled monkey brains during half moons. We buy the brains from the local supermarket. The monkey brains are only sold to "Indians" and we have a secret "bhoob...bhoob...bhoob" call that allows us to purchase the exotic meat in bulk. Sadly, as of recent there has been a shortage because the local zoo where they breed the monkeys is cracking down because the monkeys are now becoming endangered. If I keep eating monkeys, the next generation won't know who the hell Curious George is? Quite devastating. We are only allowed to eat monkey on Christmas because everyone celebrates Christmas.

What's amazing is that Street Fighter was released in August 1987 (Almost 25 years old) and people are still into it.

TeeFury a site with a 24 hour limited run of each design produced recently had two Dhalsim t-shirts produced by two different artists.

T-shirt design by SYNDICATE on TeeFury. Kind of hilarious and not playing off any Indian stereotypes which makes it fly or should we say float like Dhalsim can. Damn I want to learn that skill. Flying carpets and chilled monkey brain as so 1980!

T-shirt design by TeeKetch on TeeFury. This was produced second and not the better in my humble opinion. Does TeeKetch really need to use that Hindi-esque font that he/she probably snagged from some fonts'r'us website? The font doesn't work with the clean circular references in the rest of the illustration. TeeKetch almost, subtly created a "Chakra" which could have made everyone wonder why they have a feeling of wholesome one-ness. It could have been magical.

I wonder if Dhalsim had the ability to cook chilled monkey brains with a single blast of "Yoda Fire"?