The Uncensored Household
My White Wrists (Chitiyan Kalayan) is the translation of a chorus of a Bollywood song that has been in the top ten in the BBC Asian Radio Charts and on radio loops in India non-stop.
Songs like this make me want to scream: is there no hope of evolution in the South Asian community’s mentality about skin
The Hindu festival of colour (Holi) was celebrated today and I was drawn to the story in the Indian Express of an NGO, Sulabh International, that arranged for 1000 widows to celebrate Holi in the City of Widows, Vrindavan. William Dalrymple dedicated a chapter in his book, The Age of Kali to this city and its unique population of cast out women.
In Hindu tradition, a woman is stripped of colour once she becomes a widow. She can only wear white irrespective of whether
We all know about Oprah’s shameful discriminatory experience at an upmarket boutique in Switzerland whilst shopping for Tina Turner’s wedding (Tina Turner’s wedding news is amazing). Oprah was being judged by the colour of her skin and, according to some journalists who have since analysed the story, the discrimination was also due to her weight.
This story broke in the same week that the New York Times published an article on the disgraceful racism in the fashion industry especially
A rather shocking tale from Germany. The author of the award-winning play Clybourne Park, Bruce Norris, has refused permission to a Berlin theatre company to perform the play after learning that a lead character would appear blacked up.
Managers at the Deutsches Theatre said a female African-American character in the play was being performed by a white actress and producers would “experiment with make-up”
Dear Diary,
I have been with my partner for over ten years. It wasn’t exactly love at first sight, in the beginning we were just friends but then one day I realised that we were not going out to dinner as friends: we were on a date.
I am from Pakistan, though I have lived abroad for many years. My boyfriend is white British. I knew it wasn’t going to go down very well if my parents found out about him, they made no secret of how they felt about inter-racial marriages. One day, while back in Pakistan on holiday, my mum found out about my boyfriend. She made me promise to break up with him which I, very reluctantly, said I would do.
But I didn’t as I never intended to. My boyfriend and I continued our lives in London but I kept him a secret from most of
I’m one of almost 7,000 members of a free Yahoo group in Delhi called Yuninet (Young United Nations Internationals Network). It’s a group generally made up of locals from Delhi and expats and it’s used for advice, travel tips, accommodation and for the sale of private household items – like a community notice board.
Last week I happened upon a shocking email thread posted by some members that was plainly rude and racist against Indians. Some white expats were annoyed
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released on bail and freed from house arrest as the case against him collapses thanks to his victim’s past and our prejudices.
The victim has a shady past and so now, according to an article in the New York Times, although the police privately believe DSK probably is guilty it will be a difficult case to win. The police compared it to cases such as when prostitutes are raped where the perpetrator can often get away.
Camera-punching, high-heel-falling model Naomi Campbell has complained this week that Cadbury have produced a racist ad comparing her to a chocolate bar. Campbell is shocked by the ad and upset to be described as chocolate, and she’s also upset on behalf of all black women and black people.
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