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By: an open letter to our omniscient friend, Shahrukh Khan | Our Delhi Struggle

an open letter to our omniscient friend, Shahrukh Khan | Our Delhi Struggle — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:20:05 +0000

[...] readers will remember when we stumbled upon SRK. The letter below details what we now know to be the TRUE meaning of that [...]

By: ravi

ravi — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:44:15 +0000

i agree with rajesh, even in kerla where every one is dark skinned, you will find upper cast people totally white, like shashi tharoor. he is from kerla. this is same all over india. look at the people living in GK, they are fairer than the people working on streets or your watchmen, so people attach fairness with sucess, money, reputation etc.
people from north-eastern state are also white, but they face a lot of discrimination in this city.

By: the kid on the bike « Our Delhi Struggle

the kid on the bike « Our Delhi Struggle — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:09:48 +0000

[...] supplies for science teachers? a tree draped with movie film that, upon closer examination, reveals frame after frame of Shah Rukh Khan?—when a boy on a bicycle decided to practice his English on [...]

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:17:21 +0000

Light skin has less to do with colonialism than the fact that the the uppper castes are light skinned compared to the lower castes. Skin color is indicative of where someone stands in the caste hierarchy. And so the bias toward a lighter skin predates colonialism.

By: Ms

Ms — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:31:31 +0000

Dudes, your Bollywood poster got linked on Boingboing.

By: Ke

Ke — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:15:22 +0000

That ad for fairness skin cream is so sad. Why do Indians want to look white? not that there’s anything wrong with looking white, but their natural complexion looks more appropriate on them.

don’t they know that the darker you are, the better you’ll age? all that melanin protects the skin from the sun and other environmental toxins.

I’ve always found darker skinned indians to be so much more beautiful and exotic looking. People like Nandita das and Kunal Kapoor are gorgeous with their tanned complexions. They look much better than a saif ali khan and in 10 years, you’ll see the REAL difference in their looks.

Nandita Das is in her 40′s and you she looks 25! Thank God she never used those skin lighteners otherwise,she’ d be looking 20 years older by now.

By: Magpie Ima

Magpie Ima — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:58:42 +0000

What a great photo. And I’m thrilled that even I, a white girl in Oregon, could recognize Swades!

By: Sudeep

Sudeep — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:21:05 +0000

yep it looks like stills from Swades. Ad campaigns, SRK and subtlety won’t go hand in hand. If you are interested in cricket then watch out for the cheer gals campaign and show coming up.
Well even if not interested in cricket we can watch, right? hmm..

By: Sajesh

Sajesh — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:12:43 +0000

Is that a print of ‘Swades’? who would throw these away?