In the very first edition of the Indian Premier league (IPL), there has been string of pathetic displays of bad behaviour from the likes of players and team officials, from downright physical assaults, verbal abuses and dirt cheap treatment of the lesser known fringe players of the IPL by their team owners.
What has been even more shocking is the report on some black cheerleaders been asked not to perform quite simply because the Indian people don’t like to see dark people.
Dancers Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson were stopped by the pre-match show organisers ‘Wizcraft International Entertainment’ by apparent instructions by the boss before the opening match of the Kings X1 at Mohali.
Not so long ago, the net was flooded with overzealous Indians who cannot digest or understand the fact about Indians being racists. The statements you often hear is that Indians cannot be racists has to be a joke considering we have the crudest examples of the same in the caste system followed till date and the very obnoxious institute of marriage in India, which is nothing more than piled up cart loads of crude racial dung fest!
At the end of the day, one has to reflect on who these bosses are! Highly educated, affluent, savvy public figures, yet so naive and downright cheap! But then what else can you expect from bollywood film stars, whose industry is marred by only the fair and the affluent.
The mix between Bollywood entertainment and Cricket may be a good idea on the positives to get the housewives and some of non-cricket loving groups interested. After all much of prime time in the evening gets taken over by this segment in endless soap serials and filmy gossip. However what the administrators failed to see is that it would also bring out the muddy slush of the bollywood entertainment industry. After all, the Indian affection of anything white is well documented in society and is almost a norm in the film industry. How many dark skinned leading actresses are there in this industry?
The two cheerleaders reported that they were upset and cried and they could have understood it if at least the crowd was not receptive to them. The crowd was receptive to them but the highly educated, affluent public star bosses had other ideas in implementing their age old formula for bollywood success.
On the cricketing crowd as such, one would have expected some ’serious backlashes’ as some call, on the Australians, from the controversial Indian tour of Australia. On the contrary, they were warmly received and very well taken care. This crowd is typically what the affluent snooty snobs in India call the “front benchers”.
At the end of the day, it took a big public figure filled with snooty bigotry to bring the house down. So where are all those millions and billions of Indians here and across the world. After all when Shilpa Shetty from the same bollywood industry was racially abused by from unknown small time actor in the UK, the whole community across the world rallied for her.
So where are those rallies for these Uk girls? Where those taxi drivers with their stickers to support? Where are those websites harping on voting for Shilpa to kill racism?
Oh I forgot! Ellesha Newton and Sherinne Anderson are from the entertainment industry and are black. Indians don’t like seeing black people! I get it!
Here is Hally Berry for you. She is black, a good actor, acts in films better than any bollywood crap reel and most importantly well respected!
There was a commercial element involved…and since cricket is for the masses….the decision must have been taken….I think its a bit harsh to be labeling that way….
Yup Soulberry… there has been some strange twists in this case but the crux is still on this one.
H UTP… unfortunately it is an event with an international audience too involved and therefore one cannot get away by ignoring their sensitivities.
I enjoyed the subtle distinctions made in some of the comments about “wheatish” and “dusky” not actually being “all that dark”. My own thoughts on the subject are in a blog on the site
http://www.arguingindia.blogspot.com
Question for you? How many “dark skinned” actresses have had the same or even half the success that actresses like Halle Berry, Angela Basset or Beyonce Knowles had in Hollywood?
Discrimination and prejudice played a part in the incident with the cheer leaders in India. Discrimination and latent racism is by no means over in other parts of the world. Please do not conflate Halle’s success with Hollywood’s egalitarian culture. Every “ism” that describes discrimination of some sort is alive and well in Hollywood.
Average Indians are not aware of the “one drop” rule they’ve grown to consider darker skin color as not being beautiful and a good part of this self hatred stems from their colonial past, which India has not consciously and collectively examined or discussed. If the girls looked like Halle Berry the confused and twisted personnel at Wizcraft would have treated them very differently. Are you getting this?
Please do not conflate “discrimination and prejudice” with racism. Racism is systemic economic, social, legal oppression of one race by another. Using the term racism broadly, dilutes it and also distorts discussions such as this ghastly incident with the cheerleaders.
Welcome Jaysree to cricketfizz… your points are superb… perhaps you very aptly explained the concept of racism in India which is a lot different from what is in the west both in concept and culture. However I beg to defer on some your points.
On your thoughts and questions posed… Racism was there big time in Hollywood… Halle was only an example of somebody who fought through it and highlighted the roles and achievements of Dorthy, who was the best black actress into the awards foray. Let’s not read too much into the example as such but more for a metaphor.
You points on our colonial past being the reason for the self-hatred thoughts of the people is too far fetched and may I say a bit ridiculous. This has been the case way back into our history even before the colonial era where Kings seeked out fair damsels as their queens or concubines, while there were also cases of Kings marrying dark skinned princess, which you should understand was the way politics of co-operation and treaty worked back then.
On your thoughts that the company would have treated it differently if it was someone aesthetically pleasing like halle is strange for the following.
As a company, they should have or would have checked out their profiles and a preview of that team before spending money in getting visas, tickets and accommodation. If they didn’t like dark skinned people, they could have bypassed them right there before flying them out here and giving them a nose rub. If you and I would be in the same position, flown down to the UK to be rubbed off, we wouldn’t like it either. Your Shilpa Shetty didn’t like it either!
Second, there were brownish or dark skinned local cheerleaders in the superkings group. But let’s face it their skills were pathetic and they couldn’t dance or entertain for nuts! Compare their skills to those girls in question and one can see a huge professional difference, even better than any of those bollywood superstars who had their gigs at the event. At the end of the day, people are coming there to watch a match not the cheerleaders… and those cheerleaders did well to entertain with their dance moves… nobody in the crowd had a problem with those girls… the question here is professionalism and not aesthetic frills!
On your point on conflicting discrimination and prejudice is simply stuck to the Indian culture and thoughts which is somewhat understandable if this is an event ONLY for the Indian audience. But no… this is an event that is telecast worldwide to 140 countries… the audience here is INTERNATIONAL. And therefore, if this is a global event, you OUGHT to be sensitive to the International audiences, where this episode is a clear case of racism. In this context, it is irrelevant for us on what the Indian definition of racism is to those girls questioned. if one cannot open up to the sensitivities of the International audience, then do not do an event for any global audience… do not pitch for the olympics, commonwealth games nothing. Let’s all stick to our own hypocritical jingoism.
I am an african woman working in India and I am 100% black african. I have lived here for 8 months and I can tell you it’s totally true that Indians can be racist to Black people. I watch Indian TV and all the people you see there are fair skinned. My expat collegues who are white/European are treated nicer than me and I get stared at everywhere I go in a down right ogling-rude manner. I am not surprised that the IPL bosses did not want these black girls on. India has an obsession with fairer skin color. I sometimes feel sorry for the dark skinned Indians. Most of them have crap jobs and are treated rather bad. Regarding the Shilpa Shetty issue, I feel she has to now promote eliminating racism in her own country. The whole world rallied for her on the UK celeb big brother. Or wait.. maybe she can’t do anything about it… its fine to be racist in india to dark skinned indians but its not okay for others to be racist to fair skinned Indians outside of inidia. What utter BS!
I think it’s hilarious and very hypocritical that people on here deny racism occurring, when there is blatant racism on this forum.
This story does not surprise me one bit. And from someone who grew up in a very multicultural area of London, it disappoints me greatly
Welcome Awero… utter BS indeed
Welcome Olivia… how are things in London…. are there many multi-cultural conflicts.
I’m a black Indian man, residing in the USA, who is frankly tired of all the BS lighter multiracial Indians say about their proud yellow Aryans heritage which is often non-existent depending on the individual. To the other poster who was half African black and white who was bullied by other Indians, I feel for you. If I were there, a black-skinned Asian man, those racist multiracial Indians would have bullied me as well. The funniest thing about it is that these yellow-skinned Aryan Indians, by their own logic, must bow down to the white-skinned man of England. These malicious racists feel they can openly tell me that my black skin is ugly or my wide nose is ugly, then turn around and say we’re all Indians so it’s not racist. Shilpa Shetty, the yellow-skinned Aryan Indian, started crying when the UK Big Brother insulted her. Obviously, not used to racism herself but all these yellow-skinned Aryans are always willing to dish it out for the black Indian man. Something really needs to be done to uplift the view of black-skinned people in India.
Welcome Prithvi to cricket fizz… you certainly are on some tangent with the aryan talk.
You all fail to see the real picture, white women are the whores, so objectify them, they are our sex objects, respect all darker women, cover them up and rspect them. When will you all realise this!
You imebicle. You’re the racist one. You must be a paki, white or just some low life anti-indian loser. Indians are not racist you simple minded fool. Indians(hindus for the most part) have never invaded any land or people for over 5000 years. White people for the most part of started all WARS and wouldn’t double if they invented racism/caste. Oh yeah they did. British did! I digress also alot of indians are very dark as blacks so I don’t get how we hate people of dark skin. Makes no freaking sense to me. And I kinda understand that yeah some indians do perfer white as for dating,marriage or whatever. Thats because of the stupid TV,Magazines fault of this world.
Welcome real picture… how ironic is your real picture… as though a white women can be considered a whore but an Indian whore a saint. A woman is a woman. In case you did not know, India has the highest number of prostitutes and AIDS affected patients in the world… cover them up it seems! Your hypocrisy shows through.
Welcome Raj to cricketfizz… you completely amuse me with your comments due to your absolute lack of knowledge.
To start with, unlike you, who deserted India for a so-called better life in the US, I am very much an Indian… an honest tax paying, law abiding Indian, who contribute to the economy, soaking in everything good and bad about the country, grinding my way through life like all Indians here.
You say Hindus never invaded any land or people for the last 5000 years… I do not know how old are you but then where in this shitty world where you when your teacher was going through your 6th grade books!! Oh… let me guess, you were terrible in your studies and papa always passed your way through the exams with some stupid donation or an electronic type writer for the school!!
For your kind information, there is no such thing as a ‘hindu’ India… your India 5000 years ago basically comprised of 500+ “independent” Kingdoms ruled by Kings and like every part in the world, they constantly engaged in war, invading other Kingdoms… Please get your facts straight! It was under the British, that there was a united consolidated rule!
You say that you very much digress the fact that a lot of Indians are black and they don’t hate them. When was the last time you saw an ad in any leading paper in India in the matrimony section. Look how often you find one EXTREMELY GLARING WORD CALLED FAIR!
You attribute it to magazines, TV and film! True! So who runs these? The british? In case you did not get it, it is exactly the context of my post.
At the end of the day, let me tell you there are many ‘hindu’ dalits today who are discriminated daily for the caste they were born into “NOT BY CHOICE”. I laugh at the Muslims in India who claim they are being discriminated which is not true at all by a far mile and their so-called discrimination is something which an average Indian here goes through but has no problems to confirm to our system and amiably settle things under the protection arm of the system rather than react as stupidly or violently as the muslims do.
So for heaven’s sake, please grow up!! If you want to solve a problem, the first step is to acknowledge it! Some so called Indians like you have a problem in even acknowledging! Grow up people!!
OK I REALLY THINK THIS IS JUST DUMB COME ON NOW WHEN ARE PPL REALLY GOING TO GET OVER THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DIFFERNET COLOR PPL ALL OVER AND THEY R JUST GOING TO DEAL WITH THE FACT WHAT IF ONE DAY THEY HAVE A BLACK COACH COACHING THEM U NEVER NO WHAT MAY HAPPEN THATS Y TREAT OTHERS THE WAY U WOULD WANT TO BE N ONE MORE FACT MOST INDIANS HAVE THE SAME COLOR SKIN TONE OF SOME BLACK WOMEN SO THATS REAL BRIGHT FOR THEM TO SAY THAT AND HOLLY IS BLACK FOR A NOTHER FACT AND FOR ONE MORE GET A LIFE RACIST INDIA YALL JUST MAD BECAUSE BLACK PPL HAVE A NATURAL RHYTHM
OK I REALLY THINK THIS IS JUST DUMB COME ON NOW WHEN ARE PPL REALLY GOING TO GET OVER THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DIFFERNET COLOR PPL ALL OVER AND THEY R JUST GOING TO DEAL WITH THE FACT WHAT IF ONE DAY THEY HAVE A BLACK COACH COACHING THEM U NEVER NO WHAT MAY HAPPEN THATS Y TREAT OTHERS THE WAY U WOULD WANT TO BE N ONE MORE FACT MOST INDIANS HAVE THE SAME COLOR SKIN TONE OF SOME BLACK WOMEN SO THATS REAL BRIGHT FOR THEM TO SAY THAT AND HOLLY IS BLACK FOR A NOTHER FACT AND FOR ONE MORE GET A LIFE RACIST INDIA YALL JUST MAD BECAUSE BLACK PPL HAVE A NATURAL RHYTHM ONE MORE FACT IF U DONT WANT 2 SEE BLACK PPL DONT LOOK I THINK THIS IS SUCH BULL AND PPL R FULL OF IT ALL BLACK PPL ARE NOT THE SAME WE HAVE BRIGHT IDEAS BUT JUST CANT GET EM OUT BECAUSE OF PPL LIKE U N IF U DONT THINK WERE DIFF. THINK ABOUT THE PPL WHO INVITED THE STOP LITE OR THE HAIR BRUSH N U TELL ME IS IT DIFFERENT FROM A THUG OR WHAT ELSE NAMES WE SEEM TO CALL US AND COMMENTS LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE BLACK PPL FEED ON AND IT BUILDS US STRONGER EVERY TIME AND AS IT GOES ON WERE GOING TO KEEP BUILDING ON IT TO WE COME TO ARE LIMIT THEN YOU NEVER NO WHAT CAN HAPPE <bigbig>OBAMA 08 IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE!!!
THIS IS MY OPINON AND I AM A YOUNG TEEN AGE BLACK WOMEN
DON’T FORGET!!!! So when they come to our communites OR BLACK COUNTRIES ( AFRICA HELLO !! ) and try to set up shop, refuse to buy from them or do business with them.Let’s flex our $688 billion of spending power and stop seeking a seat at the other peoples table and start building our own house.
MOST INDIANS ARE DARKER
Indians do have color issues. it cannot be denied. They are hiding from the fact that they themselves are not white. It is often taught not to marry under you, race wise. Indians are in direct competition with themselves, with others.
i see this issue as i see the irish immigration into the united states in the 1800s. irish were seen the lowest white people and got the worst jobs, were abused…etc….but the way they got out of this was by becoming the oppressor..opressed becomes the oppressor. they turned everything on the blacks and became some of the nastiest racists in that time period because they wanted to be accepted into white society. Now today, there isnt really any mention of irish being hated, their used to be signs that said NO IRISH. connecting this issue to todays, i see the same thing. Indians feel they have to fight for survival so they are not seen as the lowest of all races. So they are racist. Also years and years of racism, sometimes is hard to change when you have ur family telling u not to marry beneath u a dark person, having them treat darker people different.
its such a shame because India is full of potential, yet they struggle with this racism issue. It makes me very sad that they cannot stop and accept themselves.
and forget shilpa shetty story…how about the story of Sparkle Rai. the one who was murdered by a hit man on the word of an indian father. his son married a black girl, they had a child…the mother was murdered right in front of the poor baby. i’m glad that asshole is being charged w/ this…meanwhile her hubby is sitting there nothing to say, doesnt see the child and i believe he has remarried.
oh and sparkle rai…she was in no way dark skinned….look up her picture…
the son and his lying and deceiving ways….
You guys are absolutely right- Indians love white supremacy and racism. You see it in every aspect of Indian culture in India and abroad. You could even start with our beloved caste system (sarcasm). Indians live for white supremacy and forever will drool and fall at the feet of whites. Hell it’s even in their religion- aka caste system, and worshiping the whiter skin or so called upper class. They love and take pride in being slaves- take for example outsourcing. Talk to any Indian and they will love it and not get through their thick skull that it is modern day slavery. I am Indian myself and have grown up with this BS ideology all around me, but have stayed immune to this self hatred and racism. While it’s a sad day in India moving backwards in time to colonialism, meanwhile the US has progressed forward, and elected its first black President. Stay in the dark ages and rot in hell if that’s what you Indians (the racist ones) want.
I am an indian and i am certainly not a racist i dont care if a person is black or white . i am Sorry about the ipl incident And i am a big fan of Will smith he is the best actor
I am Black-British and happen to love Indian culture food and music. I wasn’t treated well when I went to India but that doesn’t change my love for the people and the country. I am saddened that a post that was supposed to highlight a really important issue has turned into a black bashing thread and proved what we all know to be true – a hatred/ dislike/ dismissal of black people or Indians with very dark skin is encouraged in India, especially in Media and Arts. Light = Good, Pure, Fair and Dark= Bad, Evil and Ugly. And God forbid you mention it. It’s like the Elephant in room that everyone is trying to ignore but is making everyone hot and uncomfortable. I know why you had to close the forum for a while – one you let this cat of the bag, its difficult to get it back in and peoples true feeling escape.
The effects of collonialism is alive and well. India’s biggest selling product? Skin bleaching cream. It’s the same in Africa and the Carribean. In India, Austraila, America – colonialists went about trying to seperate the different shades of black. In Australia they desvised a sceme where children of Aborginals who were mixed with white would keep mixing with white until all of the black had gone. They did this by removing thousands of children from their homes forcibly and placing them in Orphanges, refusing them the right to speak thier lanuguage, where their clothes or ever see their families again.. To civilise them. Same in the Staes. House niggers (light skinned or mixed race blacks) were seperated from Field niggers (dark skinned blacks) in order to procreate with white slave owners and eventually look ‘fairer’ – and English word that used to mean ‘beautiful’. In the Carribean, these mixtures were called Mullatos and Brazil is full of them – another set of people who would kill you if called them black now. I am sure India has her own stories with regards to this caste system but the thread is the same. We have been taught to hate ourselves and each other based on skin color, with white skin seen as superior. And, young, educated people are perpetuating the same junk. For a people so rich in art, music, culture, knowledge and beauty, self hatred and ignorance prevails. Someone posted ‘if you call any of the Indians I know black, they would beat you with a stick’. I believe they would. But that is what you are. One of the 56 shades of black and there is nothing wrong. Your skin is beuatiful. So is mine. I may be lighter. You may be darker? So what? Beauty is beauty and I so wish we could all accept that but until Indians admit that it is a problem, it wont happen. I always say this to my white friends when they say they don’t have a racist bone in their body – if your only daughter brought home a big black man, what would be your first reaction? Hand on heart? And that is racism. It’s the hidden hatred inside that you don’t acknowldge every day because you don’t have to. But that is the stuff that needs to be faced in order to deal with racsim as that affect poeple choices in hiring and firing……..
I have no doubt the dancers were pulled at the last minute. The reason I know this is that I work in the music industry, know what it takes to vet, audition, reheerse for weeks ahead. Then there are the visas, work permits, hotels and flights. As well as the itineries, set lists…..do you get my drift?? The only people that could stop those girls from going on stage would have been the event organisers. At the last minute. They probably realised their mistake too late and that was the only way it could be rectified. In the UK, the entertainment industry is a small world so, people are called to do those jobs on the basis of their performance and professionalism on previoius gigs. To suggest that it had to be the girls fault is like saying it was Shilpa Shettys fault that Jade Goodie called her names?? Not fair.
I hope some of what i’ve said is useful in exposing this particular elephants presence. One we admit it is there, we can forcibly remove it, eh?
Anyway, with healthy respect for you all,
Harry
Ps: I’ve been researching about the child actors used in the Hollywood hit, Slumdog Millionaire. For the guy who said that blacks are always using the ‘race card’ – a favortie term in Britain, tell me, do you think Danny Boyle’s company would have dared pay a British child actor £700 for 30 days work? The figure would have been closer to that PER DAY!!! Blacks have been dealing with unfair treatment alot longer and have a better idea of how much one should get for certain jobs. If those children parents knew what the jobs were worth, they would have played the so-called race card too!! Instead, they are all still homeless. Know your worth.
Oh and by the way, I’ve heard the term ’soft racisim’ used quite alot. To the people on the receiving end, it doesn’t feel soft. I bet those dancers felt it was kind of hard actually. The idea that ‘knowing your audience’ and ‘giving them what they want’ – is being used as an argument for not allowing the black girls to do thier job is about as silly as putting every Indian man on TV in England in a turban. In the sixties and seventies, thats how all indians were thought of – as Sikhs. You don’t adapt to the ignorance of a people, you seek to change it. No matter who or where they are.
Indians I love you brothers – but isn’t a case of the pot calling the kettle black. Clean up your own backyard of racism and be honest about the hatred you have for the lower caste in India. I guess you’ve just had a little taste of what they receive everyday of there lives. Your lighter colouring from your darker indian brothers will not set you apart in western countries – here you are all Indian and no better than those that are mistreated in india everyday of there lives in India. So how does it feel. So quit your whinging and make everyone in india equal as you are in western countries.
Ok. dont hate indians. hate the goverment. im indian and i think black people are cool.
“have worked with many African Americans and to tell you the truth every issue becomes a race issue for them they play this card so well you won’t believe.”
Wasim, be careful when you use the word THEY. I am a woman of color and have never had to play the race card. What I hate about YOU PEOPLE is that you get a pass because of the positive stereotypes of Asians. I have seen and worked with so many incompetent Indian doctors, until I am surprised that anyone would hire them. They all come to America with this attitude of superiority because of their good stereotypes, and think they are better than any other person of color. The honorary white crap is not working and I thank God, that people are now profiling YOU PEOPLE in places like the south. Stay in your own country, if the RACE CARD has such a profound effect on you.
halle berry, black? doubt it. she is the product of, unfortunately, a white mother, which is why she has caucasian features instead of black african features, like a flat wide nose and huge puffy lips. afro-centrics always pick out mixed race girls when showing supposed “african beauty” why not oprah winfrey or winny mandela? they are real black african women.
Alex said:
”halle berry, black? doubt it. she is the product of, unfortunately, a white mother, which is why she has caucasian features instead of black african features, like a flat wide nose and huge puffy lips.”
She’s black nevertheless, and there’s no reason to suppose that yellow indian features, like bulging eyes, limp hair, pointy nose, and garlic breath would look or smell any better.
Here’s my two-cents. I’am an Negro woman, married for 24 years to a Punjabi Sindhi man. We have a wonderful 23 year old son. In Aug 2009 I retired at 50 and we moved from U,S.A to Pune ,India.I paid my $385 for my P.I.O card and I have every right to be in India. Same as Indians come to my country [ U.S.A ] for a better life, I’am in India for the same reason. Sure they stare at me with Disgust, Disdain, Hatred, Amazement. I’am 50 years old
have a thick skin. I’am shocked at the educated Indians !! With T.V internet Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Tina Tuurner,Barack and Michelle Obama you’d think they’d know that the U.S isn’t only made -up of ”milky white” people.
They only know two places to say I’am from ,Africa and West Indies.When I say U.S.A they’re taken aback !! Are there no multi-cultural studies taught at Indian colleges. My being married to an Indian just makes people recoil in disgust more. One shopkeeper even asked me where I lived. Duh , I live with my husband. When I’am treated nicely I always remember those people fondly. As for all the ”haters”that’s their problem. As for me Iam going to still love Geeta Dutt, Guru Dutt, Govinda, Konkana Sen Sharma, Pani Puri, Idli Dosa & a milllion other things about India
I’ll tell anyone that it’s not easy being of African descent here. Indians have turned ‘’staring ” into an art form. Unashamed
Unabashed, soul-shattering staring.But now I will call them out by staring right back. As long as they can hold a stare, I can hold it longer. Thanks for opening this discussion.
namaste
indians are racist, and i dont like them. light or dark. even the dark ones are racist to black people so until they can learn to be less racist maybe then GOd will help their country. i also think they arerather unattractive both light and dark. just because u see a few attractive girls does not mean they are all cute. Im a medical student and i have alot of them in my school. very very unattractive, and stupidly racist its disgusting. i had a couple of the guys hit on me, and i was very blunt. African women will never date an indian guy.
veena lala – just my 2 cents being an indian. people here stare at everybody, not just you. it’s one of our disgusting habit, along with public urination, and horrible driving.
so next time you find someone staring, there is no need to take it personally. they would stare at anyone.
Good evening All… I have read these comments with dismay. I am a Black woman of Caribbean heritage born and currently living in London. I am planning to visit India in a few weeks for the first time.
This issue of identity and Self loathing is endemic world wide. There is division within our black community regarding skin tone with fairer skin revered as more beautiful. I am pleased that many Black people around the world are now embracing Self, learning our heritage and rejecting the lies and rejects the notions of The Aryan race as Superior.
The issue is a lack of knowledge of ourselves and our history. Black people are subjugated globally. Yet the true evidence of our amazing contribution to history which has been plagerised is coming forth. You see in the tombs of Egypt the paintings are of Black people. For goodness sake the jewels of India are in The Queenof Englands crown and after all this pillage, rape, destruction you will still rever the Master as White? The effects of colonisation has left an idellible print on the minds of people. Subsequent generations who travel will embrace a multicultural society and hopefully in generations this issue will lessen.
I am not put off by visiting India. I will not be offended by stares because I know who I am and I am proud. I feel a deep sense of empathy for those who live under illusions that they would go so far to deny the beauty of Self and wonderful history,
Aryans go world wide in search of spirtuality and culture because they have none, they plagerise and copy. breasts implants, lip inaugaration, studying intently yoga, tantra. You don’t see the irony here?
One thing I applaud the Indians for they have a community and an excellent economic leverage everywhere they go,