IPL and racism

Two black cheerleaders asked to sit out because of their skin color.

The agency denies allegations. The story is here

But knowing the Indian mentality, somehow I feel that they might have said that. We cry foul when we are subjected to it in other countries (and rightly so), but at the core of India there is racism and no one even attempts to realize it....... By the way, I think I have faced it more in India than in America (UTAH being the only incident).

Calling someone with darker skin moila (means dirt in Bengali), the multi billion dollar industry of "fairness" cream, the search for a "fair" skinned match, equating skin color to status and beauty quotient..... after seeing all these, would you be surprised if those darker cheerleaders were asked to sit out?

We want India to scale new heights every day, but with this rampant racism together with the age old regionalism, is it possible? No sir, it is not.

I want Barack Obama to win, not because I like his ideas (as his supporters claim) or something else. Just to see how the turncoats would change (I am not talking about,just India here.) and start looking at their darker countrymen afterall, the most powerful person in the world is dark.

And last but not the least, while refuting the allegations, some gone case Manjeet Sandhu said

"Stopping anyone from performing on the basis of colour of skin is not only illegal but unconstitutional. If such a thing has happened, especially against women coming from abroad, it should be condemned and action taken against those at fault," said Manjeet Sandhu, district secretary of the Chandigarh chapter of All-India Democratic Women's Association.

How can you say that? especially against woman coming from abroad.......

What is with these guys. I agree no one should be subjected to such horror, but why especially someone from abroad? Why cannot you treat your countrymen (rather women) well?
That statement although very apt minus that blunder reflects the thought process..... And you want India to scale new heights.....

A rare gem

Please click on the title to go to the story by Associated Press.

The article is about a picture that was taken in 1888. The picture of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. The first time I got to know about Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan was in the movie "The Miracle Worker". A friend had it so I watched it out of sheer boredom. After a few months, I heard about "Black". I definitely felt that the Hollywood version was closer to the truth. And what's Bollywood without masala anyway.

A picture is worth thousand words. This picture made my day. It tells you the story which is almost 130 years old. Am not saying anything about the story, because I am pretty sure everyone knows the story.

This 1888 photo released by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston shows Helen Keller when she was eight years old, left, holding hands with her teacher, Anne Sullivan, during a summer vacation to Brewster, Mass., on Cape Cod. A staff member at the society discovered the photograph in a large photography collection recently donated to the society. When Sullivan arrived at the Keller household to teach Helen, she gave her a doll as a present. Although Keller had many dolls throughout her childhood, this is believed to be the first known photograph of Helen Keller with one of her dolls. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Thaxter P. Spencer Collection, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society-Boston)