Indians can't tell their genders apart...

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Verto
fugly, either way.

WHITE POWER!

It really depends, there are hot Indian girls and there are ugly Indian girls just like every where else. I for one wouldn't mind banging half the chicks in Bollywood films.

[KrazyHorse]

You had better hope that any Indian girl you date waxes her entire body every week.

[Dinner]

I've never dated an Indian girl and likely never will however that doesn't stop me from agreeing that many Indian chicks are hot.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Oerdin


It really depends, there are hot Indian girls and there are ugly Indian girls just like every where else. I for one wouldn't mind banging half the chicks in Bollywood films.

Hm, they must have British heritage. Or are all Indians that fair-skinned?

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Verto


Hm, they must have British heritage. Or are all Indians that fair-skinned?

Upper castes are usually fairer-skinned. The most extreme example is the Chitpavan Brahmins of Maharashtra - they don't look Indian, they look white.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Verto
fugly, either way.

WHITE POWER!

Originally posted by Pekka
wtf verto?

[aneeshm]

Let's see how many here can tell the gender of the people in the following photos (I crave in advance the indulgence of the new administration for turning this into a Babe thread ):



[img]www.taillightsfade.com/images/dolcevitash19cc.jpg[/img]

[DRoseDARs]

I'm preparing my artillery as we speak...





...mind you, I'm gay and babe threads are not allowed.

[DRoseDARs]

: nod : really needs a Santa hat.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Verto


Hm, they must have British heritage. Or are all Indians that fair-skinned?

I think it depends. Northern Indians tend to be lighter skinned while southern Indians tend to be darker skinned. Also the upper classes tend to be lighter then the lower castes. Lastly, modern society puts a lot of pressure on Indian women (in fact all women) to conform to ideals of beauty so many women are opting for plastic surgury or even skin lightening drugs like Michael Jackson used. With a billion people to choose from though Bollywood is pretty much free to choose what ever actors and actresses they want. Someone out of the billion people in India will conform to their standards no matter how outrageous.

[Impaler[WrG]]

Upper castes are usually fairer-skinned. The most extreme example is the Chitpavan Brahmins of Maharashtra - they don't look Indian, they look white.

Is this a post colonial british heritage thing a modern skin bleaching fad (Michael Jackson ) or the result of some other process?

EDIT: cross posted with Oderin and seems its the later guess in his opinion

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Impaler[WrG]


Is this a post colonial british heritage thing a modern skin bleaching fad (Michael Jackson ) or the result of some other process?

EDIT: cross posted with Oderin and seems its the later guess in his opinion

They're naturally fair.

[Jon Miller]

You have a lot of different types (ethnicities) of people in the subcontinent. Remember that there were a lot of invasions from the west also.

Jon Miller

[Dis]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
I'm preparing my artillery as we speak...





...mind you, I'm gay and babe threads are not allowed.

party pooper.

pictures . I'm only against pictures that stretch the web page.

[Impaler[WrG]]

Interesting, I'm wondering how this came about as you would think that at one point everyone was more homoginous. Given the Indian caste system its concivable that a selective preshure for fair skin could have over the centuries resulted in a significant genetic difference in the different castes.

This also reminds me of another interesting thing I had read. For most societies up untill the industrial revolution fair skin was considered desirable because the lower classes were taned by their work in the fields. Only the upper class stayed in doors enough to become pasty. Cosmetics were typicaly used to lighten the skin. Post industrial revolution the typical person works in a factory and gets little sun, now only thouse with sufficient leashure time get a nice tan particularly on their vacations to equitorial climates and the whole trend is reversed as tanning becomes a status symbol.