Let's have a bit more positive note, shall we? http://www.datingtheworld.

com/its-boom-time-for-indian-western-dating/ this would be cool if more desi girls were with western guys! and what is said is very true, unlike with western women....read on Its boom time for Indian-Western dating December 21, 2007 5:12 pm If you are intrigued by women from the Indian sub-continent, whether abroad or at home, then you should know that Indian women have grown to appreciate Western men as never before.The Indian economy is booming and the countrys women have followed after their Western sisters in the pursuit of equality in the workplace. For a new ambitious and strong minded generation of Indian women, a Western man who respects the independence and career of his female partner can be the ideal choice. Traditionally India has been a conservative country where family is prized above all else and gender roles are clearly defined: women take care of the house and children, while men support the family. Like other places in the world, these roles have been challenged by an increase in job opportunities for women outside the home. As Indias economy has grown at a rapid pace, women have increasingly pursued careers and many have enjoyed professional success for the first time. A recent survey for a major Indian news magazine revealed that 41% of young women living six of Indias largest cities have decided to focus on career over having a family. Many older generations of women encourage their daughters to support themselves before marriage, something that would have been unheard of in previous generations. With this familial support, many Indian women have decided to seek financial independence as their primary goal. This trend will persist as long as the country continues to develop. This means that the new working woman needs a partner who supports her ambition. Although Indian women have become more independent minded, this ideal is not shared by everyone. For many Indian men, a financially secure woman is a seen as a threat to his masculinity. Of course there are many Indian men who encourage their successful wives, but for some Indian women choosing a Western partner is a great option. More typically, Western men respect their female co-workers and value a partner who can contribute financially to the home. For the career-driven Indian woman, being valued as a woman and as a success will be the key to making her happy in her relationship. Although shell be interested in her career, for most Indian women their traditional family values will usually come through in many ways. Shell treat you as a valued partner and in all likelihood will want children down the road. This means you get the best of both worlds a woman who wants financial equality, but will want to respect family traditions and values For many Western men, this combination of important values and financial security go hand and hand. An Indian woman will be able to meet you between cultural differences to find common ground on these important subjects. No matter if you meet an Indian woman at home or abroad, shell admire your respect for women and this can help you to connect with her on a deeper level. Shell be a loving and faithful partner with strong family values, as well as a fierce and independent woman that will keep you feeling challenged, in a good way. http://www.thejavajive.com/blog/?p=479 - cool blog very cool http://www.indusladies.com/forums/married-life/99975-indian-women-and-western-men.html ThousandPercent

ThousandPercent is offline New ILite ThousandPercent Reputation Level is 0 (Yet to Receive Reputation) Join Date Jun 2010 City USA State USA Country United States Posts 11 Default Indian Women and Western Men I want to know what Indian women think about marrying Western men? Do you think you can be happy? Do you think your family or friends will be pleased or not? Are there reasons you like the idea? Are there reasons you think it is a bad idea? Share Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 24th June 2010 02:20 AM #2 ShilpaMa's Avatar ShilpaMa ShilpaMa is offline Gold ILite ShilpaMa Reputation Level is 2 (Very Good Poster) Join Date Sep 2009 City MyCity State MyState Country India Posts 1,277 Default Re: Indian Women and Western Men Love Marriage - doesn't need to think on any lines. Arranged Marriage -few ques Western born nd brought up Indian or nonIndian roots? Last edited by ShilpaMa; 24th June 2010 at 02:22 AM. Share Unbreak my heart, Say u'll love me again Undo this hurt you cause, When you listen to your mom ..... ... TB sorry for a twist to apply to my life Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 24th June 2010 03:30 AM #3 ThousandPercent ThousandPercent is offline New ILite ThousandPercent Reputation Level is 0 (Yet to Receive Reputation) Join Date Jun 2010 City

USA State USA Country United States Posts 11 Default Re: Indian Women and Western Men I am thinking of white men from Europe or North America. Do Indian women think about these men as husband potential. Why and why not, of course. Is this man attractive? Can they be happy after married? Are there problems with the family and friends? Share Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 24th June 2010 08:00 AM #4 Umlaut Umlaut is offline Junior ILite Umlaut Reputation Level is 0 (Yet to Receive Reputation) Join Date Feb 2010 City -State -Country Germany Posts 155 Default Re: Indian Women and Western Men Hi Thousand, Keep in mind that my answer is based on the interactions I have had with people with a certain level of education who I met in the W European town that I live in and therefore is not representative of all Indian women in general. Moreover, single Indian women are a rarity in my town as most Indian women are married and live here on spouse visas. From among the small minority of single Indian women, students mostly, a large fraction prefer an arranged marriage to a person who their parents would have chosen. Those single Indian women who would like to make their own choice of their life partner generally had a "type" of partner in mind. It did not matter which country the man belonged to as long as he was their "type", meaning he had a certain educational background, values they are comfortable with etc. A good friend of mine (Indian) is getting married to her European boyfriend. According to her, her family had no problem accepting their relationship. And we as friends, of course, wished them well right from the start. Another Indian girl who I knew, had an European boyfriend who broke up with her for the lame reason that she had to go away from Europe for a year of field work. Now she is wary of dating another European man because she has formed the opinion that most men here are shallow and look for only short term relationships. I don't know if this answers your questions. But I tried! Share Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 24th June 2010 08:17 AM #5 Manaswini08's Avatar Manaswini08

Manaswini08 is offline Silver ILite Manaswini08 Reputation Level is 2 (Very Good Poster) Join Date Nov 2008 City NY State New York Country United States Posts 551 Default Re: Indian Women and Western Men A marriage is a marriage...with ups and downs....fights, arguements, love, lust, problems with inlaws....everything goes into it regardless of being Eastern or Western. As long as the couple are happy with each other and are willing to let go of the small problems that arise in life, they will be happy and attracted to each other. Share Some of the greater things in life are unseen thats why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream... Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 24th June 2010 08:33 AM #6 april1981 april1981 is offline Senior ILite april1981 Reputation Level is 0 (Yet to Receive Reputation) Join Date Feb 2009 City mumbai` State maharashtra Country India Posts 264 Post Re: Indian Women and Western Men As far as Indians are concerned we are brought up in a certain manner as regards to traditions , eating habits culture etc; . We can't get into a marriage thinking that the other person is going to change for us. Certain adjustments from our side is also imp and this applies to indian men as well but as far as westeners are concerned there is a whole lot of culture gap which has to be overcome. I don't know whether I have answered your question, but this is my opinion. Share Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 24th June 2010 08:49 AM #7 asuitablegirl's Avatar asuitablegirl asuitablegirl is offline Platinum ILite asuitablegirl Reputation Level is 4 (Outstanding Poster) Join Date Feb 2008 City --

State Virginia Country United States Posts 3,377 Default Re: Indian Women and Western Men If you look in the New York Times weekend weddings/celebrations section, you often see Indian woman/White man couples. I've also seen Indian man/white woman couples. Maybe a month or two ago, I remember seeing an Indian man with a black woman and an Indian woman with a Chinese man. When me and my dh visited Washington DC for vacation a couple of years ago, we saw a lot of interracial couples. All of the above seemed happy. I think it's the people in the relationship who make it work, not the skin color or cultural background. For some, Indian culture is the center of their life... their identity comes from fitting into the different Indian functions, traditions, speaking the language, etc. Then there are others who belong to their culture, but don't let it define all of who they are. So I guess somebody who lives and breathes Indian culture, may not adapt well to a western man/woman since there would be a lot of cultural differences. But somebody who is open to learning about another culture and accepting differences in stride, won't find it too difficult to marry a western man/woman. My dh's cousin sister is marrying a white British fellow next year. However, she is not a big follower of Indian culture, so she doesn't mind having a spouse who is only a little familiar with her family's traditions. Although her parents are Indian, she calls herself a Britisher and is very westernized. So for her, it probably doesn't even feel like Indian woman marrying a British man. More like, two people just fallen in love and getting married. Share Finest Post winner - August 2010 Reply With Quote Reply With Quote 24th June 2010 06:55 PM #8 rosegirl rosegirl is offline Guest rosegirl Reputation level is 1 (Good Poster) Join Date Aug 2009 City Silicon Valley State CA Country United States Posts 606 Default Re: Indian Women and Western Men I have a friend who is married to an American guy whom she met in college. They are happy comparatively. She said that her husband is very loving, supportive and caring. She always wanted to have a love marriage and did not like the idea of arranged marriage. But never thought she would marry an American. But her marriage is great and I am happy for her. I am thinking its the couples no matter what nationality is responsible for the success and failure of a marriage. In laws, money, personality differences can always be solved if the couples stand by each and be supportive.

n here r some asian guys with desi n arab girls to top off our adorable feature http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8O3Stce6w&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ey_JxUKHvI&feature=related and this russian guy married an indian girl, and they have a child on the way! BIG HUGE APPLAUD FOR THEM! (notice though he is modest and doesn't show her off...) http://www.youtube.com/MrMadfacek give him another round of applause..... http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-18/news-andinterviews/29428133_1_splitsvillecraigmanasi-scott manasi is indian, her husband is white. the article below claims they may be divorcing, let's hope not! Rumour has it that Manasi Scott and her husband, Craig, have headed splitsville. The two are getting a divorce soon and we hear that things haven't been well between the couple right from the start of the marriage. A close friend says, "Manasi was just not happy with how things were going and how her marriage had shaped up. There were serious issues which the couple tried to sort out primarily because Manasi wanted the marriage to last. But there seemed to be no solution. We would like to keep the reasons a secret as of now and not wash dirty laundry in the public as only Manasi has the right to talk about them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Dhawan Sabrina Dhawan is an England-born Indian screenwriter. She was born in England and was raised in New Delhi, India. She currently lives in New York with her husband, Steve Cohen, who wrote Chris O'Donnell's The Bachelor, and their son, Kabir. http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/all-american-muslim/jeff-shadia-wedding-pictures.html http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-11-13/american-muslim-tv-show-tlc/51170778/1 Filmed this year, the series looks at five Lebanese-American Shia Muslim families in Dearborn, the city that has the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the U.S. Women are a big part of the show, which reflects the community's diversity: The female characters range from a conservative who frowns on bellydancers at Arab weddings, to a woman with an Islamic head scarf who's outspoken and who dances, to a married businesswoman who wears short skirts and tight tops when hitting the city with friends. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Rocha her husband is Michael Krikorian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Houssami former miss world australia, she rocks. She comes from a multicultural heritage. Her mother Alka is Hindu-Indian and her father Ahmad is Muslim-Lebanese. these are the cool desi women with western guys. http://www.livejournal.com/users/elizabethtx1l/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/_sweetlust/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/arctic_flame/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/scissorxhand/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/snakecharmur/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/brown_beauty/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/naya/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/jag_x0x/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/mitdebo/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/sarah1114/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/minofsin06/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/starburst316/

http://www.livejournal.com/users/goldenflames/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/selfcomposed/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/yinmoon/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/sevaloire/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/co_techie/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/idefixlechat/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/strnggrl/31635.html http://www.livejournal.com/users/sarah1114/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/illusionz84/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/ajaco/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/mydecember84/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/crazygoddess/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/tempestincup/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/divabat/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/soniyas/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/tejal2375/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/quirkybook/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/susheela/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/devibhakta/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/parallelwaves/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/ameena_acidz/ gay nepali guy http://www.livejournal.com/users/jesuisgringoire/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/prakriti/ and http://chrys20.livejournal.com/ http://www.livejournal.com/users/tallytubby/ http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13571 the thread on thsi site contains lots of asian women married to famous western men. go them! http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eydie_Gorme Her parents were Sephardic Jewish immigrants, her father from Sicily and her mother from Turkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Kwan Kwan is married to three-time U.S. pair skating champion and 1988 Olympic bronze medallist Peter Oppegard. They have two daughters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Wang She married Arthur Becker in 1989. They reside in Manhattan with their two daughters: Cecilia (born 1990), who currently attends the University of Pennsylvania, and Josephine (born 1993), who currently attends The Chapin School. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huma_Abedin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner Abedin, an American of South Asian descent, was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her father was of Indian descent and was an Islamic and Middle Eastern scholar who died when she was 17 years old, and her Pakistani-born mother is a professor in Saudi Arabia. She married Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) on Saturday, July 10, 2010 she's a very strong lady... In June 2011, less than a year after her wedding to Weiner, Abedin became the subject of widespread media attention amidst her husband's Twitter photo scandal in which he admitted he had engaged in sexually charged exchanges with "about six women" over the Internet during the past three years. In the press conference admitting the sexual liaisons, Weiner said he had revealed his online relationships to

his wife before their marriage. Regarding the new revelations, Weiner said, "She was very unhappy, she was very disappointed, and she told me as much. And she also told me that she loved me and we're going to get through this. http://niralimagazine.com/2007/06/custom-made/ great entry about a desi girl n a white guy. very adorable wedding. best of luck to them! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_James_(actor) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steffiana_de_la_Cruz Cruz dated and lived with the late actor Chris Penn from 19931999 and had bit parts in some of Penn's movies[citation needed]. She met actor Kevin James on a blind date in late 2001/2002, and moved in with him three months later. The couple got married on June 19, 2004. They have three children: Sienna-Marie (born September 30, 2005), Shea Joelle (born June 14, 2007) and Kannon Valentine (born April 24, 2011). very cool! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobna_Gulati She married the architect Anshu Srivastava in a Hindu ceremony on 10 November 1990 but the couple divorced in May 1994. She was four months pregnant with her son Akshay at the time. She did not reveal the identity of her son's father, but subsequently it was revealed that he was a man of Barbadian heritage. From 1999 to 2003 she went out with ex-Emmerdale actor Gary Turner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Farhi (born 25 July 1946) is a French fashion designer and sculptor born in Nice, France, of Turkish descent. She is married to the British dramatist and writer David Hare. she rocks! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Arend Arend was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City, to a Caucasian father and a Pakistani mother. that is very cool! unfortunately, he married a white whore and former playboy slut, christina hendricks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_Yamaguchi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hedican Since July 8, 2000 she has been married to Bret Hedican, a retired professional hockey player she met at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Yamaguchi and Hedican reside in Northern California with their two daughters, Keara Kiyomi, born in 2003 and Emma Yoshiko, born in 2005. Hedican is a TV analyst who covers the San Jose Sharks ice hockey team. In 1996, Yamaguchi established the Always Dream Foundation for children. another cool desi girl married to a western guy! rock on! http://niralimagazine.com/2006/12/captivating-kavi/ Every hero has her Achilles heel, and one would think Ladniers is her desire to be with her family. However, its just the opposite. Ladnier is a full-time mom to her three-year-old daughter Leela with husband Cooper Madison, a musician and composer. Many women struggle with balancing work and family, but Ladnier sees the two as complements. I actually instinctively knew my career would take off after the birth of my daughter, she beams. I feel Id be the best mother and role model to my daughter if Im happy with what Im doing and following my passions, Ladnier reflects. Between auditioning, taking Leela to preschool and being an involved parent, Ladniers plate is quite full. Fortunately, she is the multitasking type: both mother and daughter just landed a national commercial with Chevy, combining work and family. it's a shame he died...he was wild, and ugly as sin, but it appears he may have married a desi woman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kinison On April 5, 1992, Kinison married girlfriend Malika Souiri. On April 10, 1992, five days after he married his girlfriend Malika Souiri, Sam Kinison died after his white 1989 Pontiac Trans Am was struck on U.S. Route 95, four miles (6 km) north of Interstate 40 and

several miles west of Needles, California, by a pickup truck driven by a 17-year-old male who had been drinking alcohol.[10][11] An autopsy found that Kinison had cocaine, tranquilizers and painkillers in his bloodstream. His wife survived the accident. from http://www.mixedfolks.com/ Amerie - On her website it says, "Amerie's mother is from Korea and her dad is an African-American from North Philly". She is a new R & B singer on Columbia Records. Amerie was born to Korean mother, artist Mi Suk,[3][4] and African American father, Charles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameriie nina brosh - Her father is Russian and her mother is Chinese. She began modeling on runways and in magazine editorials. She also did advertising work, including work for Dim lingerie, Evian, Byblos, Givenchy, among others. She starred in an independent film entitled "Hollywood Salome". lisa marie scott - Her mother is Japanese and her father is of Scottish and Swiss descent according to the bio on her official website. pear fuyo gaskins - Her mother is Japanese and her father is European-American. maria p.p. root - Her mother is Filipina and her father is White jodi ann paterson - Her mother is Indonesian and her father is half Swiss and half English. johny damon - He has a white father and a Thai mother. rob schneider - His father is White and his mother is Filipina lindsay price - Her mother is Korean, and her father is German-Irish. lexa doig - From her website, "My mom is Filipina and my dad is, well, a WASP with Scottish ancestry." mark - paul gosselaar - His mother is Indonesian and his father is White (Dutch). catherine bell - Her mother is Iranian her father is White (British). shannyn sossamon - According to Askmen.com she is the daughter of an Anglo-German father and a Filipino-Hawaiian mother. keith cook hirabashi - His mother is Japanese, his father Caucasian with Scottish ancestry. debelah morgan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debelah_Morgan Debelah (pronounced Deb-a-lah) Morgan was born September 29, 1977, in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of an Indian mother and an African-American father, Debelah was introduced to the piano at age 3. http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/singer_60/84_debelah_morgan.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Pang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Visconti Pang married record producer Tony Visconti in 1989; the couple divorced in 2000.[1] They had two children, Sebastian and Lara. "Lost weekend" Lennon called his 18-month relationship with Pang his "Lost Weekend", a reference to the film and novel of the same name.[7] In summer 1973, Pang was working on the recording of Lennon's Mind Games album. Lennon and Ono were having marital problems and decided to separate, and Ono suggested to Pang that she become Lennon's companion.[4][8] Ono explained that she and Lennon were not getting along, had been arguing and were growing apart, and said that Lennon would start seeing other women. She pointed out that Lennon had said he found Pang sexually attractive. Pang replied that she could never start a relationship with Lennon as he was her employer and married. Ono ignored Pang's protests and said that she would arrange everything.[9] Ono later confirmed this conversation in an interview.[10] In October 1973, Lennon and Pang left New York for Los Angeles to promote Mind Games, and decided to stay for a while, living at the homes of friends.[2] While there, Lennon was inspired to embark on two recording projects: to make an album of the old rock 'n' roll songs that inspired him to become a musician, and to produce another artist. In December

1973, Lennon collaborated with Phil Spector to record the oldies album. The alcohol-fueled recording sessions became legendary. Every musician in L.A. wanted to participate, but soon Lennon's drinking and Spector's erratic behavior (which included his firing a gun in the studio control room) caused the sessions to break down. Then Spector, who claimed to have been in a car accident, took the sessions tapes and was unreachable. In March 1974, Lennon began producing Harry Nilsson's Pussy Cats album, thus named to counter the "bad boy" image the pair had earned in the media with two drinking incidents at The Troubadour: the first when Lennon placed a Kotex on his forehead and scuffled with a waitress and, two weeks later, when Lennon and Nilsson were ejected from the same club after heckling the Smothers Brothers. Lennon thought it would be a good idea for the musicians to live under one roof to ensure they would get to the studio on time, so Pang rented a beach house in Santa Monica, for her, Lennon, Nilsson, Ringo Starr and Keith Moon to live in. At this time, Pang encouraged Lennon to reach out to family and friends. He and Paul McCartney mended fences and played together for the first and only time after the breakup of The Beatles (see A Toot and a Snore in '74). Pang also arranged for Julian Lennon to visit his father for the first time in four years.[11] Julian began to see his father more regularly. Lennon bought Julian a Gibson Les Paul guitar and a drum machine for Christmas in 1973, and encouraged Julian's interest in music by showing him some chords.[12][13] Dad and I got on a great deal better then, recalls Julian. We had a lot of fun, laughed a lot and had a great time in general when he was with May Pang. My memories of that time with Dad and May are very clearthey were the happiest time I can remember with them.[14] In June 1974, Lennon and Pang returned to live in New York City. Lennon stopped drinking and concentrated on recording. As Lennon had previously had cats in Liverpoolwhile living at his aunt Mimi's househe and Pang adopted two cats which they named Major and Minor.[15][16] In the early summer, while Lennon was working on his Walls and Bridges album, the couple moved into a penthouse apartment at 434 East 52nd Street, where Lennon and Pang claim to have seen a UFO on 23 August 1974, from their terrace, which had a panoramic view of east New York. To gain access to the deck Lennon and Pang had to climb out of their kitchen window.[17] On the night in question, a naked Lennon excitedly called Pang to join him on outside and they both watched a circular object silently floating less than 100 feet away.[15] Lennon called Bob GruenLennon's "official" photographer and told him what had happened. Gruen suggested Lennon should call the police, but Lennon laughed it off, saying, "Im not going to call up the newspaper and say, 'This is John Lennon and I saw a flying saucer last night'". Gruen called the local police precinct which confirmed that three other people had reported a sighting, and the Daily News said that five people had reported a sighting in the same area of New York where Lennon and Pang lived.[15] Walls and Bridges rose to the top spot on the album charts. Lennon achieved his only number one solo single in his lifetime with "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night". Pang's is the voice whispering Lennon's name on "#9 Dream". Another song, "Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)", was written about her.[7] Julian played drums on the album's last track, "Ya Ya".[18] While recording Walls and Bridges, Al Coury, vice president of promotion for Capitol Records, got possession of the chaotic Spector session tapes and brought them to New York. Lennon would complete his oldies album, which would be called Rock 'n' Roll, with the same musicians he used on Walls and Bridges. Pang received an RIAA gold record award for her work on Walls and Bridges and continued her work as production coordinator of Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album, where she was credited as "Mother Superior". Pang also worked on albums by Nilsson, Starr, Elton John and David Bowie.[2] While visiting Mick Jagger in Montauk, New York (part of The Hamptons area), Lennon and Pang saw a Scottish-style cottage that was for salewhich was close to the Montauk Point Lighthouse. Lennon asked a real estate broker to put in an offer for it in February 1975.[19][20] Lennon and Pang were also planning on visiting McCartney and Linda in New Orleans in February 1975, where McCartney was recording the Venus and Mars album, but Lennon reconciled with Ono the day before the planned visit,

after Ono said she had a new cure for Lennon's smoking habit.[21][22] Although Lennon would lament this period, he did not do so in private. Journalist Larry Kane, who befriended Lennon in 1964, wrote a comprehensive biography of Lennon which detailed the "Lost Weekend" period. In the interview with Kane, Lennon explained his feelings about his time with Pang: "You know Larry, I may have been the happiest I've ever been... I loved this woman (Pang), I made some beautiful music and I got so fucked up with booze and shit and whatever."[23][24] [edit] Pang's books about Lennon The cover of Loving John. The cover of Instamatic Karma (a title that combines "Instamatic" and "Instant Karma!") After Lennon went back to Ono, Pang started working for United Artists Records and Island Records as a PR manager, working on albums by Bob Marley and Robert Palmer. Pang published her memoir, Loving John, in 1983. It was later updated and re-named, John Lennon: The Lost Weekend. The original 500-page Loving John book focused more on Pang's role on Lennon's albums and sessions.[7] It was edited down to 300 pages, concentrating mostly on the sensational aspects of their relationship. It also included postcards that Lennon had written to Pang during his travels throughout the world in the late 70s. Pang claims that she and Lennon remained lovers until 1977, and stayed in contact until his death.[25] Pang's book of photographs, Instamatic Karma, was published in 2008.[26][27] Besides the candid personal portraits, the book contains some historically important photographs, such as Lennon signing the official dissolution of The Beatles partnership, and the last known photograph of Lennon and Paul McCartney together. Cynthia Lennon also provided a back cover endorsement, acknowledging Pang's role in reuniting Lennon with his estranged first son, Julian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Copperfield_%28illusionist%29 Copperfield was born David Seth Kotkin in Metuchen, New Jersey,[2][3] the son of Jewish parents, Rebecca, an insurance adjuster, and Hyman Kotkin, who owned and operated a men's haberdashery in Metuchen called Korby's.[2] Copperfield's mother was born in Jerusalem, Israel, while his paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia (present-day Ukraine). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushka_Shankar anoushka's father, the famous ravi shankar, had an affair with a gori bitch before and after she was born, but later married anoushka's indian mother. anoushka rocks, however. she married joe wright. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Wright http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/71017/1135229/lordrobertnapier.jpg it's a cute depiction of lord robert napier in turban. time for another cool, nice story....Emmanuelle Chriqui http://www.moejackson.com/2009-is-this-the-dude-thats-sleeping-with-emmanuelle-chriqui-0918 (picture of her boyfriend and her) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuelle_Chriqui Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Moroccan Jewish immigrants.[3][4] Her mother was born in Casablanca and her father in Rabat,[5] and Chriqui has relatives in Israel. don't know his name, but he's white. she's awesome...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI8O3Stce6w&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI3lPLsbwjw&feature=feedrec_grec_index owen wilson has or had what appears to be an asian girlfriend. her name is jade duell. if they broke up, let's hope they patch up and get back together, na? http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/02btNauQKZr/FILE+PHOTOS+Owen+Wilson+Jade+Duell+Call+Qu its/ixCK5lVZ4Rhttp:// timesreview.com/wp-content/themes/timesreview/scripts/timthumb.php? src=http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/files/Duell_1.jpg&w=125&h=&zc=1&q=100

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeenat_Aman Her mother re-married to a German, Mr. Heinz (was constantly referred to as Mrs. Heinz in all subsequent articles film magazines would carry on Zeenat). Zeenat's mother obtained German citizenship, and took her to Germany, where Zeenat was very unhappy, returning to India as soon as she turned 18. for those shitheads who think we are anti interracial :), we present ragini and porus... gotta level with you, porus is not the most facially gorgeous but he does make an adorable hindu groom. i'm not sure where he's actually from, some kind of european i'd wager - he's definitely white...and of course, ragini is desi....there r 2 pic s of them here http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramitbatra/5368849567/sizes/l/in/set-72157624664942693/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramitbatra/5209438930/in/set-72157624664942693/ and a video http://vimeo.com/17048995 and a website full of gems! http://www.raginiporus.com/ * they got married in october 2010 ....bless them with a happy life together and wonderful, beautiful children....and a lifelong bong. you two rock! * sidenote, there r western girls in saris and salwar kameezes here, and they do look really dumb, but we'll let it pass because they are celebrating the wedding....ever notice though how the western men dress in indian clothes far less often than western girls? they just seem to be happier who they are.... Krusiec was born in Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.. She was raised by adoptive parents her Taiwanese aunt and Polish-American uncle, hence her Polish-sounding surname (Krusiec means "ore" in Old Polish). Her biological father's surname is Yang. very cool, that! The young kingfisher model who has dated ranbir kapoor is really cool! her mum is desi, her father is white from iceland. awesome.... http://www.anhourago.in/show.aspx?l=8563977&d=502 New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Born in Chennai to an Icelandic father and Mangalorean mother..... http://www.facebook.com/angela.jonsson.devan.kaniyakkattu?sk=info My mum is from Mumbai and my dad is from Iceland. I was born in Chennai. My family moved to an estate up in the mountains of Kodaikanal when I was four. I studied in the American School and spent my free time outdoors. http://www.zimbio.com/Bollywood+Movies/articles/vbu6mN_V34N/Angela+Jonsson+Ranbir+Kapoor +dated While she has dated Ranbir Kapoor, has attended parties and has gone out with him in public, Angela Jonsson has not interacted with Shahid at all beyond meeting him a few times at parties, one of which Ranbir accompanied her to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Rooks Born Pamela Juneja in an Army household, of Col A N Juneja and Gudi Juneja. She was married to director, Conrad Rooks and the couple had a son Ryan, before they divorced in 1985. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&xhr=t&q=preity+zinta+brett+lee&cp=17&qe=cHJlaXR5IHppbnRhIG JyZXQ&qesig=TxDfo6_UGmRGCjorwEHbA& pkc=AFgZ2tmiaP5uBNo21AzKHlF0McsJ75c4_59U76Q04_5W84o4JrouyLIeMV3HzXp3 uTnUtU0sllYUu1wszz6HVxUBYQUmbyRCQ& pf=p&sclient=psy&source=hp&aq=0&aqi=g5&aql=&o q=preity+zinta+bret&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=804c136e9e03bc4a&biw=1260&bih=887 http://www.google.com/search? hl=en&xhr=t&q=preity+zinta+brett+lee&cp=17&qe=cHJlaXR5IHppbnRhIGJyZXQ&qesig=TxDfo6_ UGmRGCjorwEHbA&

pkc=AFgZ2tmiaP5uBNo21AzKHlF0McsJ75c4_59U76Q04_5W84o4JrouyLIeMV3HzXp3 uTnUtU0sllYUu1wszz6HVxUBYQUmbyRCQ& bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1260&bih=887&um=1&i e=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi was preity in a relationship with a westerner playing cricket for punjab? (brett lee) http://desibabesandhunks.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html preity's then boyfriend Lars Kjeldsen (who went on to marry suchitra pillai later on) was out of town , rumour mills were strong about Abishek and Preity. Preity has been linked to hoards of men , desi bidesi from company heads like James Foster to models like marc robinson , to actors like aamir khan & sanjay dutt. Perhaps saving the best for the last - Ness Wadia, scion of the Wadia group. answers don't seem to be too clear, but one thing sure is! YOU ROCK, GIRL! U R AWESOME! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendi_Deng On 25 June 1999, 17 days after divorcing his second wife, Murdoch, then aged 68, married Chineseborn Deng Wendi (Wendi Deng in Western style).[74] She was 30, a recent Yale School of Management graduate, and a newly appointed vice-president of his STAR TV. Murdoch has two children with her: Grace Helen (born in New York 19 November 2001) and Chloe (born in New York 17 July 2003). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepa_Mehta In Canada she met and married filmmaker Paul Saltzman whom she divorced in 1983. The couple has a daughter, author Devyani Saltzman who chose to stay with her father upon her parent's divorce. Her daughter is an acclaimed author, curator and cultural critic. Mehta is currently married to producer David Hamilton. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devyani_Saltzman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Saltzman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hamilton_(Canadian_producer) she rocks! http://www.nytheatre-wire.com/ma04051t.htm <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nytheatrewire. com/ma04051a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; textalign: center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://www.nytheatrewire. com/ma04051a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> END OF YOU: Lit Live Productions and PenneySeal Productions are proud to present the world premiere of the one act play The End of You at The Lion Theatre at 410 West 42nd Street on May 14th and ending June 5th. The End of You tells the story of a couple struggling toward greater intimacy, blocked by unresolved experiences of violence and loss. Haunted by childhood events, Joel (PJ Sosko) repeatedly tells Kamala (Poorna Jagannathan) of a tragic event he witnessed in summer camp, which, to this day, he strives to understand. As he tells his story to Kamala, Joel realizes that she too has an unresolved incident in her past, and it has created a powerful fear of the very intimacy that might redeem her. For tickets, call (212) 239-5258 or visit www.telecharge.com. For more info, visit www.litlive.com. "The End of You is about the limitations and evasions that life's traumas impose upon us, and the necessity of traveling beyond them," says Playwright and Executive Producer Michael D. Cohen. "The story is ultimately my attempt to better understand relationships and how intimacy is

gained or blocked between two people who love each other." Director Sarah Gurfield says, "This piece is like a young, hip, modern Beckett play. The moments of silence between these two characters are as important as the lines they speak." POORNA JAGANATHAN The cast includes Poorna Jagannathan (Kalighat with Circle East; lead in Queen of the Remote Control East West Theater LA; Spike Lee's upcoming film She Hate Me) and PJ Sosko (Much Ado About Nothing; Scott Organ's Fixed at the Hangar; Russia tour of an original adaptation of The Brothers Karamazov with the Todd Theater Troupe). Joel is a white guy, kamala is a desi girl. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefull_%282010_film%29 The film starts with Aarush (Akshay Kumar), who is seen leaving his job to stay with his friend, Bob (Ritesh Deshmukh) and his wife, Hetal (Lara Dutta). Aarush is jinxed, everything he does is turned upon him, in fact, even his job is unlucky for him. Desperate to get lucky, Aarush decides to go to a priest, who tells him that his luck will turn once he gets married. Therefore, Bob and Hetal decide to get him married to their boss' daughter, Devika Samtani (Jiah Khan). On their honeymoon in Italy, Devika leaves him for her actual American boyfriend, and due to that, Aarush decides to commit suicide by trying to drown under the sea, until he is saved by Soundarya Bhagyalakshmi Venkateshwari Baassappa Rao, aka Sandy (Deepika Padukone). awesome! stories of brave eastern girls who have dared to be with western men http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11529 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12137 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=338 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=400 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11332 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11216 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7658 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10973 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10908 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10820 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10926 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10860 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=313 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=299 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=347 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=329 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=359 http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=361 Michibata was born to an Argentine father of Spanish-Italian ancestry, and a Japanese mother. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Michibata she rocks! http://www.youtube.com/user/shallupadupa they really are adorable. sweet, loving pair....shallu is a desi girl, cameron is a white western boy. they make a very sweet pair, and we are hapy to honur them in our nice stories section. rock on, you two, and hope u get married n have a long happy life together! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Alcroft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Kawahara Alcroft is married to two time Emmy award winning figure skating choreographer Sarah Kawahara.

The couple have three children, Alysse, Hayley, and Thatcher. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayley_Kiyoko http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/ Priya (Aarti Mann) uses her lawyer skills to pick apart the roommate agreement, thus putting her boyfriend Leonard (Johnny Galecki) in his place on The Big Bang Theory, airing Thursday at 8 p.m. on CBS. Later, the girls decide to take the gawkish physicist Sheldon (Jim Parsons) out dancing a seemingly futile exercise, given the subjects natural disinclination to groove in motion, but then the much-researched female effect demonstrates a statistical proclivity toward behavioral modification of inhibition tendencies. absolutely adorable golu faced desi chef....she married a gora. rock on, girl! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarti_Sequeira Aarti Sequeira is married to Brendan McNamara, who went to her alma mater Northwestern University. The two hosted the online show Aarti Paarti. Sequeira grew up in a traditional Indian Catholic home. www.aartipaarti.com/ twitter.com/aartipaarti www.facebook.com/pages/Aarti-Sequeira/150778654949402 www.youtube.com/aartipaarti http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redd_Foxx his last two wives were asian. Foxx then married Korean-American Yun Chi Chung in 1976, but the marriage was again brief, ending in 1981. At the time of his death in 1991, Foxx was married to Ka Ho Cho, who used the name Ka Ho Foxx. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Seinfeld Seinfeld was born in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. His father, Kalman Seinfeld (d. 1985), was of Austrian Jewish background and was a sign maker;[6] his mother, Betty (1915- ), is of Sephardi Mizrahi Syrian Jewish descent.[8] Her family was registered as Turkish. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/nyregion/24records.html Both of her parents passed through Ellis Island as well. The records show that Selim Hosni, a 26yearold carpenter, arrived in 1909 aboard the S.S. Hudson and was joined the following year by his wife, Salha, and infant daughter, Orizia, passengers on the Floride. The family had been living in Aleppo, Syria, before the move but described their nationality as Turkish. Oh really? Mr. Seinfeld said. I never knew that. I thought they were Syrian. They were definitely Jewish. I can guarantee you that. two former cricketers, viv richards and garfield sobers were both connected to indian ladies, however sadly, the relationships did end. they are both black. viv is west indian black, and garfield is from barbados. very cool anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viv_Richards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neena_Gupta Richards had a brief relationship with Indian actress, Neena Gupta, with whom he has a daughter Masaba(born: 1989). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Garfield_Sobers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anju_Mahendru Sobers was briefly engaged to Indian actress Anju Mahendru after he met her on the 1966-67 tour of India. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_Hamasaki On January 1, 2011, Hamasaki announced her upcoming marriage to Austrian actor and model Manuel Schwarz, whom Hamasaki met in August 2010 on the set of her music video "Virgin Road". On January 2, her office announced that she and Schwarz had gotten married in the United States the day

before. she is japanese. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noureen_DeWulf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Miller DeWulf is an Indian American who was born to Gujarati speaking parents in New York City, New York, and raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia.[1] Her parents are from Pune, Maharashtra, India. DeWulf appeared in the August 2009 comedy The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard as Ving Rhames's love interest DeWulf is engaged to be married to Buffalo Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller. go for it gal, u rock! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Helvin absolutely gorgeous marie's mother was japanese. Helvin was born in 1952, in Tokyo, Japan, where her American GI father of Norwegian American and French American descent, had married a local interpreter of Japanese descent, and was brought up in Hawaii from the age of four. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiri_Appleby Appleby was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Dina (ne Bouader), an Israeli-born Hebrew school teacher, and Jerry Appleby, a Jewish-American telecommunications executive. Her mother is of Sephardic Moroccan Jewish background.[2] In Hebrew, shiri means either "my song" or simply "sing." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_%28singer%29 Mika was born in Beirut, the third of five children born to a Lebanese mother and an American father. [5] When he was a year old his family was forced to leave war-torn Lebanon and moved to Paris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khleo Thomas was born in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of Raquel and Leon Thomas, the latter of whom is an army officer who at the time was stationed in Alaska.[1] Khleo's mother is a Jewish immigrant from Morocco and his father is African-American. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Curry Curry was born in Guam to Bob Curry, of French, Irish, Dutch descent from Pueblo, Colorado, and Hiroe Nagase, originally from Japan.[2] Her American father, a career Navy man,[3] met her mother during the U.S. occupation of Japan following the Second World War. The U.S. military did not initially allow the marriage, but her father returned to Japan two years later to marry Nagase. Curry is married to software executive Brian Ross whom she met in college. They have a daughter, McKenzie, and a son, William Walker Curry Ross (Billy). http://www.nndb.com/people/635/000024563/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Chen les moonves is white, julie is asian. awesome! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Cage His third and current wife Alice Kim, a former waitress who previously worked at the Los Angeles restaurant Kabuki, met Cage at the Los Angeles-based Korean nightclub, Le Priv. She is the mother of his son, Kal-El (born October 3, 2005), named after Superman's birth name. he has, unfortunately, been arrested for domestic abuse against her. so sad, she's a lovely girl. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_May_Wong#Romances In the early 1920s Wong had an affair with director Tod Browning. It was a romance largely unknown of at the time and highlighted by the fact that it was an interracial relationship and that Wong was underage. lesbian hindu convert. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Christian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyananda_Stokes originally an american,he married a local Rajput Christian woman, Agnes in 1912, and gave up his life

of poverty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Arthur_Macauliffe western man who converted to sikhism. very cool guy. alexandre aja is married to a morroccan lady, Lala Marrakchi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Aja http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%C3%AFla_Marrakchi and Bahar Soomekh married Clayton Frech, VP of Operations for Classic Party Rentals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahar_Soomekh and Chutney Popcorn, about an Indian-American lesbian surrogate mother and her white girlfriend; The Wedding Banquet, about a closeted Chinese man involved with a white American man. She resides in Sausalito, California with her husband, Louis DeMattei, a lawyer whom she met on a blind date and married in 1974. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Tan http://www.bollywoodwiki.info/page/Isha+Sharvani Isha Sharvani was born in 1985 in Kerala, India. Isha means Goddess and sharvani means Parvati, the consort of Lord Siva or Lord Nataraja, the God of all dance forms.Her mother, Daksha Seth is an Indian and a well-known dancer while her father Vissaro is an Australian and a composer. http://www.dakshasheth.com/bios/devissaro they rock!!!!!!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Schnabel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rula_Jebreal His collaboration with Rula Jebreal, who penned the screenplay and original source novel for Schnabel's film Miral, extended beyond the movie. Schnabel is currently in a relationship with her. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Thomas was married to a white fellow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Najimy lebanese and married a white guy :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Reggie_Kennedy she's lebanese n married ted kennedy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selwa_Roosevelt was also lebanese, married archibald bulloch roosevelt, jr wafah dufour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wafah_Dufour Her father, Yeslam bin Ladin (half brother of Osama bin Laden), is Saudi Arabian (father of Yemeni origin and mother of Iranian origin) and her mother, Carmen bin Ladin, is of Swiss father and Iranian mother from a noble family (mothers name: Mirdoth/Sheybani). actor george nader was gay and had a nice white bf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nader#Personal_life In the mid-1950s, rumors about Nader's private life began to surface. Nader's companion was Mark Miller who would later become Hudson's personal secretary.[1] Nader's career in Hollywood was ended. He and Miller moved to Europe, where Nader found steady work in films. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persis_Khambatta she was a beautiful parsi actress who had married a gora man named Cliff Taylor. she passed away in 1998.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somy_Ali Born to an Iraqi mother, Tehmina and a Pakistani father, Madad, she has two sisters, Hina and Huma and one younger brother, Mohammed. This is cool. he's chinese indian....he's a chinese dude, but born in india. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiyang_Chang he stars in this cute movie badmaash company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badmaash_Company His relationship with playback singer Monali Thakur has proved to be just the musical inspiration he needed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrit_Singh Her father is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh. She is married to Barton Beebe, a professor of law at New York University. awesome! At a party put on by his fraternity during his sophomore year, Zuckerberg met Priscilla Chan, and they have dated continuously, except for a brief period, since 2003. In September 2010, Zuckerberg invited Chan, now a medical student, to move into his rented Palo Alto house.[1] Zuckerberg studies Mandarin Chinese every day, and the couple visited China in December 2010.[14][15] As of 2010[update], Facebook is blocked by that country's Internet firewall.[16] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg#Personal_life http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F %2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAyumi_Hamasaki&rct=j&q=Ayumi %20Hamasaki&ei=0oB0TcL4EMb3gAfViKX6Bg&usg=AFQjCNHOo7mAcH1Y3jE66s5FfO71L_J5 Og&sig2=hG2dbyHsHC3ZF9XWTE_TIA&cad=rja On January 1, 2011, Hamasaki announced her upcoming marriage to Austrian actor and model Manuel Schwarz, whom Hamasaki met in August 2010 on the set of her music video "Virgin Road".[163] On January 2, her office announced that she and Schwarz had gotten married in the United States the day before.[1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Minnillo Her father is an American of Italian and Irish descent, and her mother, the former Helen Bercero, is a Filipina from the province of Pampanga on the island of Luzon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimora_Lee_Simmons Kimora was born in St. Louis, Missouri.[3][4] Although her mother, Joanne Perkins, was born in Korea, she is Japanese.[5] Perkins, a retired Social Security Administrator, was adopted by an American serviceman during the Korean War and she now goes by her own mother's Japanese name, Kyoko. Kimora's father, Vernon Whitlock Jr., is African American, has worked as a Federal Marshal, an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigator, a bail bondsman, and is currently a barber in St. Louis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_de_Leon_Jones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Jones_(musician) On 30 April 2000, when de Leon was 22 years old, she met her future husband Daniel Jones. At the time, Jones was a member of the Australian pop band Savage Garden. The couple met at the 42nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards where de Leon was nominated for an award with Hi-5, which they also won. After being in a serious relationship for more than three years, Kathleen organised a '70s themed party for Daniel's 30th birthday. However, it was Kathleen who got the biggest surprise when a teary-eyed Jones professed his love for de Leon and proposed in front of more than a hundred people including his shocked parents at the GPO Bar in Brisbane. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Dawn looks like katrina kaif is becoming old news (we sure hope so!)

dia mirza has a comrade, it seems..... Rose Dawn aka Hazel Keech was born in Essex, north-east London, England in 1987 to an awesome English father and a lovely Indian Hindu mother from Mauritius. she was in billa and will be in bodyguard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billa_(2007_film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodyguard_%282011_film%29 we hope to see much more of ms. keech, n it would even rock to see her with dia too! yay! we need more mixed race desi girls with western fahers n eastern mums! Although a colonel in the British East India Company's army, Kirkpatrick wore Mughal-style costumes at home, smoked a hookah, chewed betelnut, enjoyed nautch parties, maintained a small harem in his zenanakhana, spoke fluent Hindustani and Persian and openly mingled with the elite of Hyderabad. Kirkpatrick was adopted by the Nizam of Hyderabad, who invested him with many titles: mutamin ul mulk (safeguard of the kingdom), hushmat jung (valiant in battle), nawab fakhr-ud-dowlah bahadur (governor, pride of the state, and hero).[3] An oil painting of Kirkpatrick's wife, Khair-un-Nissa, by George Chinnery. c. 1805. He converted to Islam[4] (in particular Shia Islam) and married a local Hyderabadi noblewoman called Khair-un-Nissa, the teenage granddaughter of Nawab Mahmood Ali Khan, the prime minister of Hyderabad. Towards the end of autumn of 1801, a major scandal broke out in Calcutta over Kirkpatrick's behaviour at the Hyderabad court.[5] It raised a major furore because of the interracial nature of the marriage. Kirkpatricks downfall came with Lord Richard Wellesleys appointment as Governor-General of India. Wellesley was an imperialist determined to reduce the Nizam to subservience. He strongly disapproved of British-Indian liaisons. Kirkpatrick was summoned to Calcutta, only to be reprimanded and dismissed. James Achilles Kirkpatrick died in Calcutta on October 15, 1805. After his death, Khair-un-Nissa was seduced by James's assistant, Henry Russel who replaced him as resident in Hyderabad. She remained his mistress at Masulipatnam, after being banned from returning to Hyderabad. Later on a visit to Madras, Russel fell for a half-Portuguese beauty and married her. Ultimately, the ban was lifted and Khair-un-Nissa returned to Hyderabad where she died on September 22, 1813 aged 27.[3] Kirkpatrick and Khair-un-Nissa together had three children during their lifetimes: a daughter, Noor-unNissa Sahib Begum and a son, Mir Ghulam Ali Sahib Allum. After their father's death, they were later transported to England to live with their grandfather Colonel James Kirkpatrick, in London and Keston, Kent, leaving their mother in India. The two children were baptised on March 25, 1805 at St. Marys Church, Marylebone Road, and were thereafter known by their new Christian names, William George Kirkpatrick and Katherine Aurora "Kitty" Kirkpatrick. William was disabled in 1812 after falling into boiling water and had to have an arm amputated; he married and had three children but died in 1828 aged 27. Kitty was for a few years the love interest of the Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle. She eventually married Captain James Winslowe Phillipps and went on to have seven children. She died in Torquay, Devon, in 1889. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Achilles_Kirkpatrick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mughals gitanjali is/was married to Robert Stuempfl and they have a son. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Gitanjali-not-told-of-husbandmail/ articleshow/2353938.cms NEW DELHI: The message by a man to an Indian blogger, claiming he was Robert Stuempfl, former model Gitanjali Nagpal's husband, might have caused a stir. However, there is still no information on him. Writing to a blogger Sheetal Stuempfl, her alleged German husband, said he wanted Gitanjali's contact details and expressed his desire to be reunited with her.

In order to establish his identity he has even posted some of Nagpal's old photographs with him and their son Arthur who now lives with Robert to the blogger. He apparently even posted their marriage certificate and the birth certificate of their son which haven't been put up on the website. http://www.sheetudeep.com/blog/lifestyle/husband-robert-and-son-arthur-are-waiting-forgeetanjalinagpal/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Takei On May 16, 2008, Takei announced that he and Brad Altman would be getting married. They were the first same-sex couple to apply for a marriage license in West Hollywood.[35] On June 17, shortly after Takei and Altman obtained their marriage license, they spread the news by holding a press conference outside the West Hollywood city auditorium.[36] They were married on September 14, 2008 at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, of which Takei is one of the founders.[37] Walter Koenig was his best man, and Nichelle Nichols was the matron of honor. Reverend William Briones of the Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple of Los Angeles presided. VERY cool. he is married to a white guy - not a white woman! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laila_Rouass Rouass was born in Stepney, London to a Moroccan father and Indian mother. it has now been reported that she has a long-term boyfriend James Petrie, who is head of food development for Heston Blumenthal. She has been in a relationship with James Petrie, chef and head of creativity at Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck restaurant since 2010. http://rsfq1.physics.sunysb.edu/~sergius/sergius.html check out this adorable couple! bless them! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Roy Mary Roy is an Indian educator and women's rights activist, who won a lawsuit in 1986, against the inheritance legislation of her Keralite Syrian Christian community in the Supreme Court. Her daughter is the Man Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmbsiw6Drc8 this is very cool! the girl is indian n hindu the guy is black muslim. http://english.samaylive.com/entertainment-news/676480195/celina-jaitley-gets-engaged.html celina is engaged to a white guy! very cool! http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Celina-finds-loveagain/ articleshow/7137189.cms Incidentally, Celina dated Sean Teague and Alex in the past and both were foreigners. Is Peter just a coincidence? Read more: Celina finds love again! - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Celina-finds-loveagain/ articleshow/7137189.cms#ixzz1A7H4ZURS http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/arts/television/10mom.html she's a pakistani gal married to a white greek guy! very cool! http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Hagan/100001810336232 i'm not sure if she is, but it appears this cool guy might have a desi girl. if so, shaibonsh u rock! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmin_Alibhai-Brown she's a journalist, and her husband is colin brown. http://www.youtube.com/v/CNtlGwYJCUQ padma lakshmi in a very cool vid. also padma has had 2 western bfs recently! http://www.flickr.com/photos/creativelychallenged/3653621083/in/set-72157620387418842/ asian girl n white guy http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0883173/ this cool actress gal is from nepal. she was married to a western guy but they divorced.

http://www.tv.com/mandana-jones/person/48175/summary.html?tag=container;cast_crew_list this is cool. her father was welsh n her mother iranian. http://static.newworldencyclopedia.org/e/e2/Ashk_mizrahi_couple.jpg its a white jewish dude, with a persian jewish girl. very cool. http://www.starrplay.com/Indian-Beauty-2.jpg this indian girl is with a white guy! very cool. lucy liu dates western guys! http://www.google.com/#hl=en&expIds=17259,24472,25260,26095,26331,26425,26563,26714,26751 &sugexp=ldymls&tok=PYuYaSCSEe3pgTfPQSk7g& xhr=t&q=lucy+liu+boyfriend&cp=10&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=f&aqi=g4go1& aql=&oq=lucy+liu+b&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=4e781b66e30e329a and check out this western convert to islam (he's male) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdalqadir_as-Sufi http://www.rediff.com/money/2000/apr/12ham1.jpg i dont find the late hansie cronje to have been really handsome, but i like the advert. two white dudes and a desi girl. they do look smart in desi clothes. http://www.lamebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/fotf3.png this western dude is hitting on what may be an indian girl...shame he lost out. :( http://a11news.com/2823/mezhgan-hussainy/ ok...i'm one of the select few who loves simon cowell for his biting wit (though american idol can go on the express train straight to hell for its incessant winners which produce nothing but drivel). now we can love simon for another reason! his fiancee is Afghanistani! she's very pretty, lovely person. they r engaged, and let's hope they marry! best of luck to them.... http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/realestate/11habi.html this is adorable. this western guy married an iranian girl and they worked on their home together. awesome good luck to them! maggie q is in the tv show nikita. she's cool - her father is polish and irish, her mum is vietnamese. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Q http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Cho i love margaret......she's funny n bright...n she's married to a white dude. he's ugly as sin but she's happy. :) look how cute this is... http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/celeb-themes/indian-beauties-fall-for-firangs/ShwetaKeswani-Alexx-O-Neil/photo/5750586/Shweta-Keswani-Alexx-O-Neil.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZYzSVDOY_LU/SRBTHyfg7RI/AAAAAAAAD2A/Aa1HyI7pbBU/s320/S weta+Keswani+and+Alex+O%E2%80%99Neil.bmp shweta keswani and alexx o'neil were on nache baliye, 3rd season. :) awesome pair. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sweta%20alexx&um=1&biw=801&bih=365&ie=UTF8& sa=N&tab=iw#hl=en&biw=801&bih=365&q=shweta+alexx&aq=0&aqi=m1&aql=&oq=sweta+ +alexx&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=93c3c78db929eee0 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sweta%20alexx&um=1&biw=801&bih=365&ie=UTF8&sa=N&tab=iw#hl=en&biw=801&bih=365&&sa=X&ei=iY98TI2UIKXtnQeA4aWdCw&sqi=2&ve d=0CBUQBSgA&q=shweta+alex&spell=1&fp=93c3c78db929eee0 look at them how sweeet! http://www.tellychakkar.com/y2k8/nov/15nov/big1.jpg http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CCcQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F %2Fwww.topix.com%2Fforum%2Fworld%2Findia%2FTAD76QH8B6JFK8Q73&rct=j&q=indian %20girl%20white%20guy%20dance %20show&ei=9IN8TJXXGcL8nAem4cTBAQ&usg=AFQjCNEJQvQ3MiQ0fq5VbuK17heJgzVoyA&

sig2=dpHI3uP8DdpJsQDSWWFIuw&cad=rja desi girls n western guys! very cool. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CDgQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F %2Fmarriagepartner.com%2Fforum%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D340&rct=j&q=indian%20girl %20white%20male%20dance %20partner&ei=R4x8TISJA9mRnAeWo63BAQ&usg=AFQjCNFvq2aZIn7_ozigDm7OcEj0b1Ri8g&s ig2=u7RMhaPqYnkEoDePxsrXFg&cad=rja we LOVE ayesha...she's an awesome desi kuri who breaks boundaries. and she has married a gora! she apparently had a jewish boyfriend at some point but has married a white guy. different white guy. he's ugly as sin frankly but hey bless her! the ex http://ultrabrown.com/posts/loins-of-punjab-presents the gherwala http://weddingsutra.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/30/ayesha-dharkers-london-wedding-2/ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CB0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F %2Ffenilandbollywood.com%2Ftag%2Fayesha-dharker-robert-taylor-wedding-may15%2F&rct=j&q=ayesha%20dharker %20wedding&ei=QYJ8TMLCCpK1ngeAqcWdCw&usg=AFQjCNF5FipBH-zWpXkbc_3IJJ8aSdDBw&sig2=f8NaMtheQebZ57jdco6FRw&cad=rja http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=ayesha+dharker+husband&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx =1&fp=93c3c78db929eee0 ayesha u rock! Singer cat Stevens is Greek and Swedish n he married a woman who is either desi or Arab! http://www.google.com/m/search?site=images&source=mog&gl=us&q=Fauzia%20Mubarak%20Ali http://www.google.com/m/search?site=images&source=mog&gl=us&q=Fauzia%20Mubarak %20Ali#p=1 I've always loved cat Stevens aka yusuf Islam, but this makes him even cooler! U got my respect! http://www.robbins.gen.nz/images/matt&nori.jpg http://www.robbins.gen.nz/images/wedding%20chris%20and%20ann.jpg http://www.robbins.gen.nz/images/wedding%20david%20and%20marina%2010%20Oct%202005.jpg http://www.robbins.gen.nz/images/weddingjessiejames2.jpg http://www.robbins.gen.nz/images/weddingjessiejames1.jpg http://www.robbins.gen.nz/images/weddin26.jpg http://www.robbins.gen.nz/images/weddin25.jpg these r asian girls who married western guys...rock on! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_Suk and her husband noah feldman! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Feldman she's korean and her husband is white! cool! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitara_Hewitt awesome... Her Pakistani mother and Welsh father are both academics whose research has led them all over the world. that is just soo cool! she's on little mosque on the prairie, which has a white muslim convert but luckily her husband is italian n white in real life so we'll let it slide (cuz we r so nice). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Curtis cliff is maori, he's from new zealand. he recently got married to an asian girl http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=11&ved=0CDsQFjAK&url=http%3A%2F

%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrities%2F3203780%2FCliff-Curtis-marriesmysterybride& ei=PrpPTNK5EsOB8gapnKmQAQ&usg=AFQjCNEJD3bsKxjTUtObHDpX_B3c4I9yvA&sig2 =QUj_HiHSFEL8t-_l0is68w http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=14&ved=0CEkQFjAN&url=http%3A%2F %2Ftvnz.co.nz%2Fentertainment-news%2Fcliff-curtis-marries-mystery-bride3323269&ei=PrpPTNK5EsOB8gapnKmQAQ&usg=AFQjCNH4W0IS5yZmxiFUXlschfJ9T7ZT4A&si g2=19anRZnEVTxnhSJHTiBNBQ he looks more desi than maori, but there you have it! he's nice looking too http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=cliff+curtis&um=1&ie=UTF8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=831&bih=378 awesome.....finally a guy who is sticking to a culture close to his. great to see! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pixcellence.co.uk/assets/images/Sikh_wedding_Photography_0036b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 430px;" src="http://www.pixcellence.co.uk/assets/images/Sikh_wedding_Photography_0036b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> http://www.pixcellence.co.uk/html/hardeep-wedding-photographs.html Look how adorable these two are! They are from two different cultures, but yet looknso natural, fresh and honest. We do not see some desperate attention seeking gold digger. we see a respectful, honest blend of cultures. western guys need to be taught about our eastern cultures but need little more......there's a whole natural exchange of behaviours toward western guys and eastern girls that is benifical for all, as is the vice versa with western girls and eastern guys who are both desperate for negative things which brings them together in a very bad exchange. western guys who enjoy eastern culture and eastern girls have an east west blend that works as a blend should (usually, in general.) wishing u the best for a lifetime hardeep bhenji and grant bhaji! you have been featured as a wonderful example of a good blend of east and west ! http://img1.efu.com.cn/upfile/news/commonly/2006/2006-02-05/hus_9107.jpg sam and his adorable family. his wife is japapese! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill very cool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Haley nikki is indian and chose to marry a western guy. she did leave her faith for a western faith, but seems to be respectful about it. i don't see why she left sikhism for christianity, but it's not my choice, and i can't call her immoral for doing what she had to to find her happiness. i also don't agree with her political beliefs, but again, i won't hold it against her. kamala harris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris her mum was indian n her dad was jamaican. she is awesome. she's very open minded and she has kept very much with her roots. i'm not into the whole miss amewrica/ miss universe thing, but this is cool - you gota admit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rima_Fakih rima ji u rock mashalla! Check it out The great niece of actress Merle Oberon (Oberon's brother was Conn's grandfather), Conn trained at Bretton Hall. Merle oberons brother was in love with a desi girl! Awesome! http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Conn Merle Oberon was born in india n married other western men! She rocked! Merle was also mixed race,

possibly part Maori n part Sri lankan. Her mother was suposedly dark skinned. This fact caused a relationship to end for Merle. desi actress koel purie has married her french boyfriend. best of luck to her! http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=9&ved=0CBgQFjAI&url=http%3A%2F %2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki %2FKoel_Purie&ei=X43AS8naBIH58Aas7rHUCA&usg=AFQjCNH7_jcz6QVqnvFA_PQJGMiVYog CmQ&sig2=UxTYiUudPcHUI7O4l9HYGA desi actress koel purie has married her french boyfriend. best of luck to her! http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=9&ved=0CBgQFjAI&url=http%3A%2F %2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki %2FKoel_Purie&ei=X43AS8naBIH58Aas7rHUCA&usg=AFQjCNH7_jcz6QVqnvFA_PQJGMiVYog CmQ&sig2=UxTYiUudPcHUI7O4l9HYGA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imtiaz_Dharker she's a cool pakistani woman who was raised in scotland by pakistani parents. she is the mother of cute actress ayesha dharker n was married to anil dharker. she is now married to simon powell. she's a poet and film maker. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhur_Jaffrey i fricking love this woman.....she stuck it to the gori chods n married a gora named sanford allen. she's also a renowned chef and actress. i grew up loving her stuff! Bina Ramani has a Canadian husband named Georges Mailhot. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Bina%20Ramani&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw&tbo=0 http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=Sagarika+and+Martin&aq=f&aqi=&oq=Suchitra+Pillai&fp=cbc2f 75bf9d43a8f http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=suchitra+pillai&aq=3&aqi=g10&oq=suchitra+&fp=cbc2f75bf9d43 a8f both suchitra pillai and sagarika d'costa are married to western men, but they both lok to be cute couples. sagarika had sad that western wedding attendees didnt know what the mukut was, thinking it was a traditional cake until they touched it. however, they seem to take the ignorance in stride, and the two husbands seem respectful of their wives' culture. they don't seem as though they want to seek attention from their wives or others. bless them and wishing them happy long lives together! http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2005/12/21/her_latkes_are_infused_with_flavors_of_india/ interesting! Tara Deshpande Tennebaum is desi, her husband isn't...but she's cool! http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/10/arts/television/10mom.html ruby u rock! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110898/ her father was scottish, her mother from mangalore http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=30740 another cool thing...ruby hammer is a famous makeup woman who i never heard of but she's neat. she's bangladeshi, maried to a white guy, and they have a daughter named reena! http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=ruby+hammer&aq=f&aqi=g10&fp=8ec80112f99bfde5 http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=reena%20hammer&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarita_Teriipia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Kashfi marlon brando married an indian woman named anna, and an asian woman named tarita. http://ic.ltrr.arizona.edu/pix/w/pix/index.html ignoring the goris dressed in saris for the wedding, see this sweet desi girl and her guy. he's gora but he's very cool. im glad to find sumthing nice to post for once. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junoon_(band)

the one gora was married to a pakistani kuri...im not sure if he still is. but the whole band rocks either way. Bombay rockers is a duo of a funky cool danish gora dude and a desi singh! http://www.bombayrockers.com en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Rockers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T7enOxc7j0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6f-Dhl2Qb8 Michael caine's second wife is a lovely woman from guyana of indian muslim decent! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000323/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine they make a lovely pair! http://www.youtube.com/v/RgNSDeA-MSY&hl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla Kalpana was the first desi female astronaut. she died in 2003. Kalpana Chawla From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Kalpana Chawla

Astronaut Status Deceased Born March 17, 1962 Died February 1, 2003 (aged 40) Previous occupation Research Scientist Time in space 31d 14h 54m Selection 1994 NASA Group Missions STS-87, STS-107 Mission insignia Kalpana Chawla (Hindi: ) (Punjabi: ) (March 17, 1962 February 1, 2003), was an Indian-American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She was one of seven crewmembers killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Early life MUST READ Kalpana Chawla was born in a Hindu Indian family in Karnal, Haryana, India. [1] Kalpana in Sanskrit means "imagination of the mind" and thus also "creation." Her interest in flying was inspired by J. R. D. Tata, a pioneering Indian pilot and industrialist.[2][3] Contents [hide] * 1 Education * 2 NASA career * 3 Awards * 4 Memoria * 5 External links * 6 See also * 7 References * 8 Further reading [edit] Education Kalpana Chawla studied at Tagore Public School, Karnal for her earlier schooling and she pursued

further studies aeronautical engineering at Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh, India, in 1982 where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree.She moved to the United States in 1982 and obtained a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington (1984). Chawla earned a second Master of Science degree in 1986 and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering in 1988 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Later that year she began working for NASA Ames Research Center as vice president of Overset Methods, Inc. where she did CFD research on V/STOL. [2] Chawla held a Certificated Flight Instructor rating for airplanes, gliders and Commercial Pilot licenses for single and multiengine airplanes, seaplanes and gliders. She held an FCC issued Technician Class Amateur Radio license with the call sign KD5ESI. She met and married Jean-Pierre Harrison, a flying instructor and aviation writer, in 1983 and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1990.[4] [edit] NASA career Chawla in the space shuttle simulator Chawla joined the NASA astronaut corps in March 1995 and was selected for her first flight in 1998. Her first space mission began on November 19, 1997 as part of the six astronaut crew that flew the Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-87. Chawla was the first Indian-born woman and the second person of Indian origin to fly in space, following cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma who flew in 1984 in a Soviet spacecraft. On her first mission Chawla travelled over 10.4 million miles in 252 orbits of the earth, logging more than 360 hours in space. During STS-87, she was responsible for deploying the Spartan Satellite which malfunctioned, necessitating a spacewalk by Winston Scott and Takao Doi to capture the satellite. A five-month NASA investigation fully exonerated Chawla by identifying errors in software interfaces and the defined procedures of flight crew and ground control. After the completion of STS-87 post-flight activities, Chawla was assigned to technical positions in the astronaut office, her performance in which was recognized with a special award from her peers. In 2000 she was selected for her second flight as part of the crew of STS-107. This mission was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems such as the July 2002 discovery of cracks in the shuttle engine flow liners. On January 16, 2003 Chawla finally returned to space abroad Columbia on the ill-fated STS-107 mission. Chawla's responsibilities included the SPACEHAB/FREESTAR microgravity experiments, for which the crew conducted nearly 80 experiments studying earth and space science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Chawla's last visit to India was during the 1991 - 1992 new year holiday when she and her husband spent time with her family. For various reasons, Chawla was never able to follow up on invitations to visit India after she became an astronaut. [edit] Awards Posthumously awarded: * Congressional Space Medal of Honor * NASA Space Flight Medal * NASA Distinguished Service Medal * Defense Distinguished Service Medal (DDSM). [edit] Memoria * Kalpana Chawla Memorial Scholarship program was instituted by Indian students association (ISA) at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2005 for meritorious graduate students.[17] * Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla, one of seven citations named after the Columbia's crew[18] * On February 5, 2003, India's Prime Minister announced that the meteorological series of satellites, "METSAT", will be renamed as "KALPANA". The first satellite of the series, "METSAT-1", launched by India on September 12, 2002 will be now known as "KALPANA-1". "KALPANA-2" is expected to be launched by 2007.[19] * 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City has been renamed 74th Street Kalpana Chawla Way in her honor.

* The University of Texas at Arlington (where Chawla obtained a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1984) opened a dormitory named in her honor, Kalpana Chawla Hall, in 2004.[20] * Kalpana Chawla Award award was instituted by the government of Karnataka in 2004 for young women scientists[21] * The girls hostel at Punjab Engineering College, is named after Kalpana Chawla. In addition, an award of INR twenty five thousand, a medal, and a certificate is instituted for the best student in Aeronautical engineering department[22] * NASA has dedicated a super computer to Kalpana.[23] * One of Florida Institute of Technology's student apartment complexes, Columbia Village Suites, has halls named after each of the astronauts, including Chawla. * NASA Mars Exploration Rover mission has named seven peaks in a chain of hills, named the Columbia Hills, after each of the seven astronauts lost in the Columbia shuttle disaster, including Chawla hill after Kalpana Chawla. * Steve Morse from the band Deep Purple created a song called "Contact Lost" in memory of the Columbia tragedy along with her interest in the band. The song can be found on the album Bananas. [24] * Her brother, Sanjay Chawla, remarked "To me, my sister is not dead. She is immortal. Isn't that what a star is? She is a permanent star in the sky. She will always be up there where she belongs."[25] * Novelist Peter David named a shuttlecraft, the Chawla, after the astronaut in his 2007 Star Trek novel, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Before Dishonor.[26] [edit] External links * Kalpana Chawla Family Foundation * Celebrating Life of Kalpana Chawla [edit] See also * Space science [edit] References 1. ^ "Tragedy of Space Shuttle Columbia". Space Today. Retrieved on 2007-06-08. 2. ^ a b "Astronaut Biography, Kalpana Chawla". Space.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 3. ^ "India mourns space heroine". CNN. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 4. ^ "She lived her dream". The Hindu newspaper, India. Retrieved on 2007-06-08. 5. ^ Kalpana Chawla Family Foundation for Education and the Environment 6. ^ An Exclusive Website on Kalpana Chawla 7. ^ NASA Biographical Data - Kalpana Chawla, Ph.D. 8. ^ Spacefacts biography of Kalpana Chawla 9. ^ Kalpana Chawla STS-107 Crew Memorial 10. ^ Kalpana Chawla -- Mission Specialist 11. ^ India Renames Satellite in Memory of Columbia Astronaut 12. ^ Seven Heroes, Seven Faiths 13. ^ Reporter Tips, Dr. Kalpana C. Chawla, astronaut 14. ^ Pictures of Kalpana Chawla 15. ^ The Chawlas' odyssey 16. ^ Astronaut Memorial Foundation webpage 17. ^ "Kalpana Chawla Memorial Scholarship". UTEP. Retrieved on 2008-06-10. 18. ^ "Tribute to the Crew of Columbia". NASA JPL. Retrieved on 2007-06-10. 19. ^ "ISRO METSAT Satellite Series Named After Columbia Astronaut Kalpana Chawla". Spaceref.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-10. 20. ^ "More about Kalpana Chawla Hall". University of Texas at Arlington. Retrieved on 2007-06-10. 21. ^ "Kalpana Chawla Award instituted". The Hindu. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.

22. ^ "Punjab Engineering College remembers Kalpana". Retrieved on 2007-06-10. 23. ^ "NASA Names Supercomputer After Columbia Astronaut". About.com. Retrieved on 2007-0610. 24. ^ HobbySpace - Space Music - Rock/Pop 25. ^ "'COLUMBIA IS LOST' A Muse for Indian Women". LA Times (reprint on IndianEmbassy.org). Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 26. ^ David, Peter; Star Trek: Next Generation: Before Dishonor; Page 24. [edit] Further reading Sister project Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kalpana Chawla Sister project Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Kalpana Chawla * Among The Stars-Life and Dreams of Kalpana Chawla by Gurdeep Pandher * India's 50 Most Illustrious Women (ISBN 81-88086-19-3) by Indra Gupta here's another adorable couple....bless them. http://www.sawnet.org/weddings/sonia.htm i am unsure if this girl is an adopted indian or not. krishnaswami08.googlepages.com/home this girl is definately and has married a nice gora lad! http://picasaweb.google.com/Becky.Boudreau/DesaiCarlsonWeddingSampler http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=30740 Revealed: Kim Sharma's Spanish 'Groom' and Yuvraj Singh's new girl Revealed: Kim Sharma`s Spanish `Groom` and Yuvraj Singh`s new girlTabloids in the tinsletown are rife with rumors of Yuvraj Singh and Kim Sharma reviving their affair but according to our report the two are not coming back at all and have found their new cactes. Buzz is that Kim is dating Spanish singer, Carlos Marin and all set to tie the knot in February 2010. Carlos is a frontline vocalist and is member of the operatic pop musical quartet Il Divo. In June 2006, Marin married his girlfriend of 13 years, Spanish singer and partner in several musicals Geraldine Larrosa at Disneyland in California. On February 6, 2009, Carlos announced on Il Divo sites that he and Geraldine are separating after being together for 3 years. Carlos wrote that due to both of their schedules it has caused them to be apart from one another for months at a time and that had changed their relationship. If Kim had a role in their break up, we are not sure. Of late, Kim has been busy shopping, stacking up on designer labels and verbal invites have already been sent out to the couples closest friends. One decision that took all of Kims friends by surprise was her decision to permanently shift base to Spain. According to insiders, Carlos has a promising career unlike Kims acting career, which has been declining steeply. Its only practical that she moves to Spain post-marriage for good." But our Yuvi is not complaining after all he has got latest arm candy to flaunt, Jennifer Kotwal. In case you exactly remember her, here's her brief sketch. She started her acting career with several Hindi television serials like Just Mohabbat and then also enacted smaller roles in several Hindi films like Subhash Ghai's movie Yaadein along with Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan, before landing a Blockbuster Kannada movie Jogi opposite "Hattrick Hero" Shivarajkumar which went on to set numerous box office records. She was also seen in Abhishek Bachchan starrer Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai playing Abhishek Bachchans sister. Soon she is making her Bollywood debut as a lead heroine in Mudh Mudh Ke Na Dekkh Mudh Mudh Ke, opposite Himesh Reshammiya. The duo was spotted recently at a nightspot in mumbai. When quizzed about Yuvi, Jennifer says, "Yes, I do know Yuvraj. I was introduced to him through a common pal and now we are a huge group of buddies. " She adds, "Whenever he is in Mumbai, we catch up. People can say anything but that cannot stop

friends from hanging out together." Spoken like a true Bollywood actress. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Kotwal Jennifer Dinshaw Kotwal is a Parsi model and actress from Mumbai, India.[1][2] She went to school at Villa Teresa High School in Mumbai, and completed her studies with a degree in Economics at HR College, also in Mumbai. She started her acting career with Hindi television serials such as Just Mohabbat. She has modelled for Lakme, Fanta, Close-up and Cadbury, among others. She then enacted smaller roles in Hindi films such as Subhash Ghai's Yaadein before landing the lead in the 2005 Kannada movie Jogi opposite Shivarajkumar, which set box office records,thus establishing herself as a leading contemporary actress of kannada cinema Shooting for the sequel to Jogi commenced in June 2009. She appeared as Abhishek Bachchan's sister in Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai. In 2009 she made her Bollywood debut as a lead heroine in Mudh Mudh Ke Na Dekkh Mudh Mudh Ke, opposite Himesh Reshammiya. http://www.facebook.com/people/Justin-Shiveley/1363021864 i think he might be with an asian girl.....if so very cool! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouva_Monika_Wahlgren www.facebook.com/.../Nouva-Monika-Wahlgren/208828495795703 Nouva Monika Wahlgren - English-Swedish-Indian Actress - Biography: She has a Swedish dad and South-Indian Mom. http://www.persianmirror.com/culture/famous/bios/dinehmohajer.cfm Personal: Parents Reza and Shahnaz Mojaher. Sister Pooneh Mohajer. Claim to Fame: Founder of Hard Candy. Started company by creating fresh shades of nail polish in blues, lavendars and metallic colors. hard candy and tokidoki rock because their founders are two iranian women who are/were with westenr men. Go you! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Candy_%28cosmetics%29 Hard Candy is an American cosmetics company, founded in 1995 by Iranian American sisters and Benjamin A. Einstein. Dineh Mohajer and ex-boyfriend Ben Einstein ( who now owns Einstein Cosmetics ) & several successful sport media comp., Pooneh Mohajer (who now owns tokidoki). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokidoki In April 2005, the co-founder of American cosmetics company Hard Candy, Pooneh Mohajer, and her husband Ivan Arnold, discovered Simone Legno's personal portfolio website, which had some popularity, being listed as one of the The Independent's top ten "websites of the week". http://www.lukejerram.com/about Luke Jerram also creates unusual artwork gifts for his friends and family. In 2006 he made a Talking Engagement Ring for his girlfriend. The ring has his proposal etched onto the outside of it which can be played back using a miniature record player. Luke Jerram now lives in Bristol UK with his wife Shelina Jerram and two children. http://www.lukejerram.com/projects/portrait_projecting_ring Working with local jeweller Tamrakar, this ring was created for the wedding of Luke Jerram and Shelina Nanji. Shelina is desi of some kind, and Luke is white! Go you guys! On 17 January 2009 Nagra married her boyfriend of seven years; photographer James Stenson. The couple had two ceremonies: a civil one and a Sikh one. ER co-stars Scott Grimes performed at the reception along with John Stamos on drums; former ER co-star and friend, Maura Tierney, officiated over the ceremony.Their son, named Kai David Singh Stenson, was born on 19 May 2009. parminder james rock! http://nriinternet.com/ENTERTAINMENT/Actresses/Parvati_Melton/index.htm she was in vennela -

Parvati Melton, thats her name and she unravels the history behind it. "My father is a German and my mother a North Indian. Apparently he was the one who gave me the name Parvati. Weve been settled in the US for quite some time and like most Indian Americans Ive had a conservative upbringing. I had always loved acting and, from the beginning, was involved in modelling and music videos. And I think moving over to films is a natural process. I am a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and films didnt happen to me by fluke. I learn and teach BharatNatyam and this helps me pick up steps easily. Dance masters also played an important role in fine tuning my steps and expressions. I wanted to complete my studies first before getting into this line. I have a year-and-a-half more to complete my bachelors but couldnt turn down this offer." http://www.timescontent.com/tss/showcase/preview-buy/38097/Entertainment/Vida-Samadzai-CarlosMoya.html The Times of India photographer spotted Miss Afghanistan 2003, Vida Samadzai enjoying a drink with Spanish tennis star Carlos Moya in Chennai on January 4, 2007. http://www.google.com/url? sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&sqi=2&ved=0CFQQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F %2Fwww.zimbio.com%2FHalima %2BRashid&ei=wr8YT735Ocaw0QGmyb2eCw&usg=AFQjCNEnhR6z_NyjmMejNuMtfCFrd9KJwQ &sig2=EyAIGCMV53oLEd-Pg-f_hA Halima Rashid is Jermaine Jackson's wife. The two got married in 2004. Rashid is originally from Afghanistan. Germaine converted to islam. he's michael's brother. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Alter He is married to Ameeta and has a son, Jayant and daughter Shibani.(Stephen Alter is a first cousin of Tom Alter, a naturalized Indian actor in Bollywood.) she may be indian of full indian heritage. http://meety.livejournal.com/profile sad she is aq member of the masal couples livejournal community, which has a ton of western sluts, but she is desi of some kind and has a white husband/boyfriend. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110207/jsp/entertainment/story_13545489.jsp Pinky & Shaun Kenworthy http://weddingsutra.com/celeb_wed/celeb_reshma.asp she's desi, her husband is black. cool stuff! https://www.google.com/#sclient=psyab& hl=en&source=hp&q=maz+jobrani+wife&psj=1&oq=maz+jobrani+wife&aq=f&aqi=ge1g1& aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=5336l6528l0l7216l5l5l0l3l3l0l395l682l21.1l2l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=cb785b2a153d08fa&biw=776&bih=385 comedian maz jobrani is awesome. he's iranian and married an indian lady. they both rock. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/10/134428737/Persian-American-Comic-Maz-Jobrani-Goes-Solo Mr. JOBRANI: Yeah. The I married - you know, I did - I married an Indian woman, and so I used to joke about, you know, I married tech support. But that's actually evolved now. And, again, I'm always changing. So now my joke about being married to my wife, I say, you know, I say, I'm IranianAmerican. She's Indian-American, not American Indian. And I go, the difference is, you know, IndianAmerican means they were in India. They decided to come to America, take the citizenship test, become American. American Indian means they were hanging out, some Europeans showed up. They were like, you're Indian. They go, what? And they're like, well, here's some cigarettes and casinos. Shut up. And that's how that went down. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/02/world/la-fg-lebanon-comedian-20100802 This year, accompanied by wife Pretha Mani and their 2-year-old son, Jobrani toured solo through the Middle East, performing in Lebanon, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman and, most provocatively, Saudi Arabia, where public space is tightly controlled. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Kreuk Kreuk was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father, Peter Kreuk, is of Dutch descent; her

mother, Deanna Che, is of Chinese descent, but was born in Indonesia; her maternal grandmother was born in Jamaica of Chinese descent. As of late 2011, she bought a home in Los Angeles with her actor boyfriend Mark Hildreth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manisha_Koirala http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispin_Conroy She was reportedly engaged in 2001 to Crispin Conroy, the former Australian ambassador to Nepal, but they broke up later. There were also reports of her dating American speaker and author, Christopher Dorris, but that relationship too ended. nice stories www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/kamali.htm Norma was born Norma Arraez in 1945 in Manhattan, New York. Her mom is Lebanese and her dad is Basque Spanish. She graduated in 1964. She married Mohammed Houssein Kamali. normakamali.tumblr.com/page/3 My mother was Lebanese, my father Basque." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Chinn Bobby was born in Auckland to an Chinese American father and an Egyptian mother http://www.thingsasian.com/stories-photos/2646 Born in Auckland New Zealand, Bobby Chinn is the son of two very unusual parents: His mother, an Egyptian aristocrat, and his father, an American Chinese, born in Shanghai who after World War II moved to America and was raised in San Francisco. "My father," he says, "is self-educated from the encyclopedias that he peddled to the British Colonies during the 60's. His simple goal was to see the world, so he just moved from country to country, hiring people in direct sales to work for him selling his books." It follows quite naturally, therefore, that Bobby Chinn's educational background is a cross-cultural, trans-global mosaic that included intermittent years of elementary school in San Francisco, a year at an all-boys' school in Egypt, as well as a stint at the Cairo American College in Maadi, until his Egyptian grandfather was appointed Ambassador of Egypt to the Court of St. James, which meant moving to England. There, he attended several boarding schools where, while attending Junior School, he was introduced to rugby and was awarded a sports scholarship to Millfield, a prestigious school in Somerset. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB4bBXuKT0o&feature=related http://cristiane-lovewithoutborders.blogspot.com/2010/08/5-love-stories-love-without-borders.html The Big fat indian wedding Rolf & Anupama I had never planned to make India my home," says Rolf Blaser, 36-year-old Swiss national and chief of operations, Nuance Group, Bengaluru International Airport. But that plan changed when he met the love of his life and, now, wife Anupama. The meeting was planned for March 16, 2007, by Blaser's Indian friend, Naveen, at the Ice Bar in Taj Residency. "By March 19, we wanted to date each other," says Anupama, who's from Delhi. Two weeks later, they decided to tie the knot. "We got engaged while vacationing in Manali," says Anupama. "He woke me up at 4 am and casually asked me to marry him. I said yes," she recalls. Blaser then says: "We went looking for her ring. Before I knew it, I was down by a few lakhs!" Anupama laughs and adds: "On the way back, we stopped in Delhi to break the news to my parents. They were stunned but happy." Anupama is his biggest support here when it comes to cultural advice. "During the wedding when the pundit was chanting the shlokas, my brother was translating the meanings for Rolf and his folks," says Anupama. Blaser is quick to add: "I should know what I'm in for, right?" They married where they first met Taj Residency. "I watched Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding for practice," he grins. They got married in 2008, and Blaser stayed on, as it would have been difficult for Anupama to adjust in

Switzerland. "We always have dinner together. We watch Friends to relax, and love to read in bed," says Anupama. Love conquers all, they say. But does that include language, countries and even continents? Kareena N Gianani and Nidhi Bhushan meet a few who opted for cross-cultural partnerships and find out. No, Aurovrata Venet and his wife Nirmala Chenappa did not meet at a yoga session! Yoga was just something that got them talking. "I remember speaking about the benefits of yoga with her the first time and enjoying the discussion," says Venet, a French national who grew up in India. On the other hand, Chenappa, who works for an advertising firm, was "impressed with his Tamil. He could even speak with the proper south Indian accent." This Bangalore girl and Venet met through common friends. "The first time we spoke was at a gettogether at Take 5 restaurant. I was pleasantly surprised when he came by and sat next to me. Wonder if it was a planned move! (wink wink)," she says. Chenappa was bowled over by Venet's frank and honest approach to life. "He didn't have any ulterior motives. He spoke his mind and I loved that about him." "I was impressed by the detailing that went into her dressing. I was convinced that it was a sign of something very deep within her," says Venet. As for the 'precise moment' when love happened, it was on their trip to Savandurga on January 26 last year. "He had climbed a tamarind tree to bring back a fruit. When he got down from the tree, he hugged me and I knew that there was an indescribable deep connection in that hug." On Valentine's Day the same year, Venet popped the question. "Near the sewage drain next to the TGIF parking lot," laughs Chenappa. Life after marriage has been full of surprises and discoveries for them. "When life gets difficult, it's comforting to know she's by my side. Plus, I can never imagine talking to a French girl about spirituality," Venet is clearly counting his blessings. 'Cultural differences are all in the head' Alex & Shweta At his Hindu wedding with television actor Shweta Keswani last year complete with a pandit, the sacred fire and noisy relatives et al Alex O' Neil had no idea what he was signing up for. The interpreter who was supposed to translate the Sanskrit shlokas in Hindi sat muddled, leaving the couple clueless about the vows they were taking. "It was hilarious. And now, if Shweta doesn't give in to my tantrums, I tell her she's breaking her marriage vows we understood nothing so I can claim anything, right?" That wasn't all. Since Shweta is Buddhist, too, the couple had four weddings a court wedding and a Hindu, Buddhist and a Catholic ceremonies. That they come from different continents and cultures was a relief more than a hitch. "I'd dated men here and found my relationship with Alex truly liberating. Alex had fewer expectations from me who I met, my equation with my male friends, what I wore, how he viewed my acting career nothing mattered more than what I felt for him," says Shweta. Alex agrees that cultural differences are all in the head. "I love it that Shweta speaks her mind and is fiercely supportive. These attributes are independent of where you come from, aren't they?" Alex, then into marketing, met Shweta five years ago through common friends. After hopping between India, Philippines, South Africa and the US, it was Shweta who insisted that he buy a home in Mumbai to stop living out of the suitcase. "It was a turning point for me. Finally, I had something I wanted to come back to," says Alex. But he hates the word 'settled'. "I've always been a global citizen and I made Mumbai home because Shweta had an established career and the entrepreneurial spirit of the city amazed me. But we are open to making any foreign city home." On the reality show, Nach Baliye, the couple's patience was tested beyond recognition, they say. "The judges singled out Alex because of his background and things got quite ugly. I didn't take it lying down and got vocal about the hypocrisy. I lost quite a bit of work, but Alex's faith in me deepened," says Shweta. Alex doesn't dismiss the compromises the couple had to make to be with each other. "It gets

daunting when you're treated like an outsider at times at tourist attractions where you pay thrice the fee, or while at a jog where people point at you and yell out. But the bigger picture for me is that Mumbai has given me the person I love. Shweta gave up her spacious Malad flat to live in a 1BHK with me because I love the sea face at Versova," says Alex. Spending time alone, enjoying nights out with friends and missing one another enough to not take the partner for granted is what keeps them going. "Alex isn't too romantic by nature. But I don't feel the pinch because he brings so much more perspective to the concept of marriage. So often, in a relationship, we shoot our mouth off to prove a point to our partner. Alex doesn't he believes words can scar deeply sometimes and prefers to think before he speaks. I've started doing the same, and I realise it has changed our method of resolving issues altogether," says Shweta. "If you take the cultural differences off our marriage, I'd be a very boring person. Trust me, I am interesting and sensible only to an Indian woman," laughs Alex. Not without my family Yan & Geetanjali For someone who considered marriage as "a waste of time" until five years ago, Yan Garin didn't even have to be convinced by Geetanjali Bakshi to marry her within a year of dating. Then a documentary filmmaker, Yan met Geetanjali in Paris in 2005 by chance during her flight's layover (she worked as an airhostess then.) "We kept scheduling our visits to meet up after that," explains Garin, 36. And that made him change his philosophy on marriage altogether? "Well, may be I was just getting old and gave in," he jokes. Before marriage, Yan says the couple made the best from the surprises their cultural differences threw up. Marriage was a reality check of sorts. "I moved to India because Geetanjali had a career and her family here, and documentary filmmaking was something I could do based anywhere in the world," says Yan. He, however, gave up filmmaking after the couple had two sons Aditya, 1, and Ayan, 3, and started an animation company. "To be honest, animation isn't my passion but that's the price I decided to pay to be around my wife and children," says Yan. Yan admits he had a tough time coping with certain people here who weren't as zealous about their work as he was. "I was too used to working with a crew who was into filmmaking for the love of creativity. I miss that creative thinking." Geetanjali understands this well and points out that had Yan not been as open to change, things wouldn't have worked out well. She says she sometimes wonders how would it have been being married to someone else. "Perhaps an Indian husband may have mollycoddled me, but I love how Yan treats me as his partner, not as his 'wife'. He doesn't expect me to wait on him, and readily stays back with the kids so I can enjoy nights out." Yan believes it's all about understanding that most things work differently here and all you need to do is ask how. "In France, the two sets of in-laws barely bother knowing each other. But things are different here. I make it a point to ask Geetanjali about how I should behave to make her folks feel comfortable with her choice. Honestly, I really miss my friends, people who have the same wavelength as I do, who can laugh the same jokes as I, but I've never shied away from making an effort," says Yan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BpvgoRLOOg&feature=related http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2012/02/jackson-rathbone-baby-father-girlfriend-sheilahafsadi. html jackson's gf is of at east partial eastern heritage. http://www.laurenmiyake.com/?m=201111 http://www.laurenmiyake.com/?m=201107 http://www.laurenmiyake.com/?p=590 http://www.laurenmiyake.com/?m=201110 http://www.laurenmiyake.com/?m=201104 http://www.laurenmiyake.com/?m=201004

cute http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/201 2/02/06/146465231/violinist-anne-akikomeyersfrom-playing-in-knee-socks-to-owningtwostrads ann akiko meyers' mother is Japanese and her father is American awesome! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Wong_Chau-Sang Wong was born to an Englishman called Frederick Perry and a Chinese mother. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manvendra_Singh_Gohil Manvendra featured in a BBC Television series, Undercover Princes, screened on BBC Three in the UK in January 2009 which documented his search for a British boyfriend in Brighton. http://www.sikharchives.com/?p=7468 unfortantely they r 2 3ho members, but it is cute that they are an interracial gay couple of an indina and a white man. if they were not 3ho, and participiating in 3hon rituals, it would be cool. http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2011/11/26/kissy-face-2/ This is a photo of my mom, dad, and cousins at my sisters wedding. All my family is Asian, except my dad, who stood out even more whilst giving an odd face-smashing, sideways kiss to my mother. Eyes open, of course. By the way, my mother calls his hairstyle The Nicholson. (submitted by wrenaloop) the guy is much older than the woman, but bless them it's cute! http://asianmodelsfaces.wordpress.com/category/asian-models-faces-dilshad-vadsaria/ Dilshad Vadsaria was born 15th September 1985 in Karachi,Pakistan.Her mother is a Pakistani and father is an Indian but Portuguese decent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Zakaria Maryam Zakaria was born in Iran and grew up in Sweden. She has appeared as a model in various music videos and television advertisements, while also establishing the first Bollywood dance school in Sweden and working as a choreographer. she appears to be married to a western guy. this is unconfirmed. https://www.google.com/#q=Suleikha+Snyder&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&psj=1&ei=B9N7T5rYMonm0g GTnZWeDA&start=0&sa=N&fp=1&biw=799&bih=367&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&cad=b suleikhasnyder.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/#!/suleikhasnyder http://bostonradiowatch.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html BRW Notebook : Radio Baby : WBUR 90.9 announced today that "Radio Boston"(3-4pm) host Meghna Chakrabarti is taking maternity leave until January. Station's award-winning health/science reporter Sacha Pfeiffer will be filling until Chakrabarti returns in four months. Here's WBUR's official release : BOSTON, August 26, 2010 WBUR, 90.9 FM, Boston s NPR news station, announced today that Radio Boston Host Meghna Chakrabarti will be out on maternity leave until January 2011. She and her husband, Keith Parker, welcomed a new baby yesterday (Aug. 25). WBUR has tapped newsroom reporter Sacha Pfeiffer, the stations Pulitzer prize-winning health and science reporter and former Boston Globe journalist, as a full-time, temporary host for Radio Boston until Chakrabarti returns in the new year. Pfeiffer will begin hosting the program immediately, according to WBUR Director of News & Programming Sam Fleming. Were thrilled for Meghna, and lucky to have someone who is as bright, talented and enthusiastic as Sacha, ready to step-in and fill this critical hosting role, said Fleming. Radio Boston has grown substantially since it debuted as a daily program in May and Ive got a lot of confidence that Sacha and

the rest of the team will sustain that forward momentum as the program continues its evolution. Radio Boston , weekdays from 3 p.m. 4 p.m., began its broadcast as a daily program focused on Boston and regional issues, on May 10, 2010 with Chakrabarti as the host. Prior to her current role, she was WBURs transportation and energy reporter and fill-in host for WBURs daily news magazine Here & Now, a nationally syndicated mid-day broadcast. Previously, Chakrabarti produced and directed On Point, WBURs nationally distributed daily call-in program. She holds a bachelors degree from Oregon State University , and a masters degree from Harvard University . About WBUR, 90.9 FM WBUR, 90.9 FM and www.wbur.org, is one of the largest and most prolific public radio stations in the country. A National Public Radio affiliate, WBUR broadcasts a selection of NPR, BBC and locally produced programs such as Here & Now, Only a Game, On Point, and Car Talk. WBUR is located on the campus of Boston University , which holds the license for the public radio station. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Burke Her father is of Irish and Russian descent and her mother is Filipino. unfortunately, she is a porn star, but she is indian, and dates white guys. Go her for the latter! http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-03/tv/30583933_1_bigg-boss-mahesh-bhattnormallife After her stint on the fifth season of the reality show "Bigg Boss", Indian-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone wants to get back to normal life with her boyfriend Daniel Weber and says he is everything that her ex-fiance Matt Erikson didn't have. Q: What do you want in a man? A: Exactly what I have in Daniel (Weber). He is everything that I could ever imagine. We own a business together. Q: Do you hope to marry this guy? A: Over and over again. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-22/people/30652712_1_ballroom-dancingsandipsoparrkarmanipuri Bollywood-style dancing may not be a favourite with Porchon-Lynch, but friendships from the industry remain. Dev Anand was an acquaintance introduced to her by close friend and actress Kamini Kaushal. Born to a French father settled in Puducherry and a Manipuri mother, a young Porchon-Lynch grew up with her aunt and uncle after her father left the country, a broken man following her mother's death. http://www.lohud.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE01/305130065/Scaling-life-s-heights-WhitePlains-Tao-Porchon-Lynch 8. In 1967, she and her late husband, Bill Lynch, were among the founders of the American Wine Society. Porchon-Lynch remains active in the group and has visited vineyards in France, Spain, Portugal and India. Im not interested in guzzling wines, Im interested in what the Earth does, she says. The same grape variety will taste different in different countries. Wine brings people together, adds Porchon-Lynch. http://wherewomencook.com/on-the-front-burner-with-maryam-montague/ Maryam Montague, born in Egypt to an American father and Iranian mother, considers herself a citizen of the world. http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/ she's awesome! mindy is desi and dates white guys! http://www.alivenotdead.com/channelapa/mindy-kaling-on-the-late-late-show-with-craigfergusonprofile639893.html Lots of laughs between Mindy Kaling and Craig Ferguson about her upcoming Vegas trip, Kaling's

boyfriend David Harris, and Bangkok. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/fashion/13nite.html Her boyfriend, the author Benjamin Nugent, showed up, so that Ms. Kaling could help him pick out skinny jeans her idea to wear at his book party for American Nerd, a nonfiction book about the history of, well, nerds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurinder_Chadha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mayeda_Berges She is married to Japanese-American filmmaker Paul Mayeda Berges, with whom she sometimes collaborates. They have twins, born in June 2007. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100822103156AAens9g When Indian men date or marry a White woman, she is average to ugly, when White men date or marry an Indian? woman, she is usually good looking, am I the only one that finds this to be extremely sad? Like Sendhil Ramamurthy, he is married to a White woman and I am so disgusted by how ugly his wife is. Women consider the guy to be a good looking and really desirable and he marries an ugly looking White girl. Sanjay Gupta is an admired Indian doctor who works for CNN, his wife? *barfs* that disgusting. I mean if these guys wanted White women so bad they could have at least done better than that. On the flip side, when White guys marry or date Indian women, she is drop dead gorgeous. It is so sad that these famous Indian men run off with average looking White women when they have beauties from other races waiting for them. That is why I just hate being Indian. Black men get flak for abandoning Black women but HEY at least when they do it they get fine looking wives like look at Kobe's wife, woooooo baby! Man I hate being Indian, dumb White worshipping scumbags. Best Answer - Chosen by Asker omg that's soo true!! i see many indian men married to ugly looking white girls ( i live in india btw )i mean the men aren't tht bad themselves but i don't know where they find such ugly women.. it almost looks like they are obsessed with white complexion and are big time sell outs we indian girls do have class =D till now i've never seen an indian girl married to a white guy 11 months ago LMFAO! Yea, I am black and a lot of hot-@ss white girls hit on me all the daytime. Even in front of their boyfriends. I always have this white chick who will hit on me in front of her white boyfriend and she can see the boy is standing their jealous cocking an attitude with me and her. Lucky for white males, I am gay and can't take advantage of this. I only like males! Love Indian men by the way! dj PIERRE dj PIERRE lol i've noticed that too and it's not just with indian men but also black men and east asian men. For some reason a lot of them just settle with average looking white women when they could get the creme dela creme in there own race or other races (non-whites).. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2146153/Sikh-schoolgirl-told-bracelet-a-matter-of-faithnotfashion. html http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/07/29/sikh-girl-wins-her-high-courtbanglebattle91466-21423522/ ok she may not be the most gorgeous mixed girl, but she's awesome. we don't care how beautiful or not she is. her mum is punjabi n her father is welsh. she defended her wearing a kara SIKH teenager Sarika Watkins-Singh today won her High Court discrimination claim against Aberdare Girls' School, in South Wales, which excluded her for breaking its rules on jewellery by refusing to take off a religious bangle.

On the court steps, Sarika said: "I am overwhelmed by the outcome. It's been a long journey that I have been on and it's finally come to an end. "No other people will ever be banned for wearing a kara in school again. "I would like to thank all of the people who have helped me with this, especially my mum and dad. "I am a proud Welsh Punjabi." The judge presiding over the case said Sharika was unlawfully discriminated against as the wrist bangle in question was central to her faith. As a result of the judgment in the High Court, the 14-year-old, will be returning to Aberdare Girls School in September wearing her Kara, which is a slim steel bracelet. Her lawyers had told Mr Justice Silber that the Kara was as important to her as it was to England spin bowler Monty Panesar, who has been pictured wearing the bangle. Sarika, of mixed Welsh and Punjabi origin, of Cwmbach, near Aberdare, was at first taught in isolation and eventually excluded for refusing to take off the bangle in defiance of the schools policy, which prohibits the wearing of any jewellery other than a wrist watch and plain ear studs. Today, the judge declared that the school was guilty of indirect discrimination under race relations and equality laws. After the judgment, Sarikas mother, Sinita, 38, said: "We are over the moon. It is just such a relief." awesome! u rock! http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/curious-freida-pinto-undergo-dna-test-her-hindu065339527.html;_ylt=Aoxipgqdqh4wekSWR7Q99gGyEsV_;_ylu=X3oDMTN1NzV2YXV2BGNjb2R lA3ZzaGFyZWFnMnVwcmVzdARwa2cDMGVjNTViZmYtOGU1NS0zMGI3LThlZDQtNTZmMjZi ZTIzMGUwBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNuZXdzX2Zvcl95b3UEdmVyA2U4OGVlOGUwLWI1ZGItMTFlM C1iZmZmLTBhN2JlNDMyNDg4OA--;_ylg=X3oDMTJwOTN0dGlhBGludGwDaW4EbGFuZwNlbi1 pbgRwc3RhaWQDZjdjNmFjMDktNmZmOC0zZTY4LWFiMDktYmZiZWVlZjY4ZTNiBHBzdGNhd ANwZW9wbGUEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=3 London, July 24 (ANI): In a bid to determine her Hindu ancestry heritage, Indian-born actress Freida Pinto is keen to take a DNA test. The 'Slumdog Millionaire' star, who was born in Mumbai, is constantly mistaken for other ethnicities while travelling internationally. "The Portuguese people love to claim me as one of their own, and I don't like that! When I was in Istanbul for vacation recently, this large group of women came up to me... saying, 'Did you know your last name is actually very Portuguese?'," the Daily Express quoted her as telling Interview magazine. And the star is eager to put the issue to rest by taking a lineage test to learn about her actual ancestral heritage. "I also came from Mangalore, which is in the southern part of India, where you have a big Catholic population. Some of them were forced conversions by the British and Portuguese. So I may not necessarily have that kind of lineage. I could pretty much be a Hindu from India... I'm going to do the DNA testing because I'm very curious," she added. (ANI) freida is proud of her roots, and isn't afraid to defend them. she also doesn't appreciate people incorrectly trying to associate her with being a westerner, as she isn't one. kudos to her! LMFAO, TOOOOO TRUE! we do not make this shit up, we only share the truth, and there's the UGLY ass truth, thanks to some smart people who r not afraid to speak up! ok, i must say, rakhi sawant didn't really gain any major cool points till now....but she has finally gotten her due. she's one of a few gutsy people who are trying to help keep the desi film industry desi only....... http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=35274 Rakhi wants a ban on white item girls Rakhi wants a ban on white item girlsWhen the dance numbers and reality television shows dry up, Item girl Rakhi Sawant might be able to swap her skimpy stage outfits for white khadi and enter

politics. With foreign actors working in Bollywood the latest target of Raj Thackeray's Maharastra Navnirman Sena (MNS) political group, the Marathi actress is one of the few public figures to give vocal support, Because of these foreigners, our Indian girls remain jobless, ' she told The Hindustan Times. These white girls are like lollipops that only last for two days.' The move against foreign actors comes after the MNS raided the sets of Abhishek Bachchan starrer Crooked. Speaking on the condition of anonymity one of the British extras at the shoot states, Eleven people turned up at Mehboob studio trying to demand money from the film unit. What I saw was extortion, pure and simple. It seemed to be about getting money from the crew, and had nothing to do with anything political'. Recent years have seen a significant growth in the number of foreigners in Hindi film, recruiting overseas actors and dancers based in Mumbai, or tourists found in backpacker haven, Colaba. Bollywood has also attracted big name international actresses in recent years, from Kylie Minogue chiggy wiggying with Akshay Kumar in Blue, to Alice Patten seen in the lead role in Rang De Basanti. Tania Zaetta who features in Yash Raj outings Bunty aur Babli and Salaam Namaste, as well as British born Search for a Bollywood Star' entrant Hazel who debuted with Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar, have based themselves in India to work in the industry. so, anyway, kudos to rakhi for trying to do what's right for once, although her own history is spotty in the morals department. we give her a BIG BIG BIG BIG thumbs up for this! In 2010, Hazel Crowney along with other non-Indian actresses like Alice Patten were asked to leave Bollywood by Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai based political party. They campaigned for a ban on the estimated 1,000 British and other foreign actors who regularly appear in Bollywood films accusing them of stealing jobs from local girls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra_Navnirman_Sena http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Thackeray awesome......he needs to help get rid of other western girls like claudia ceisla, lisa lazurus, yana gupta, giselle montiero, kalki koechlin, etc. who have invaded desi film and are bringing shame to the culture......he should also ban allowing western girls to come to india with non western husbands or boyfriends, and not allow them to have romances with any non western men there. they also need to spread this to other eastern nations. but it's good to see a start at least. the only bad thing is that he has a dislike for north indians, which is crazy, as desi is desi, as long as they r not the ones who kiss western ass. anyway, here's more on the ban http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/61078,people,news,call-for-white-actresses-to-be-banned-frombollywood An Indian nationalist politician has called for white actresses from Britain and elsewhere to be banned from Bollywood so that more jobs can go to local dancers and actresses. Raj Thackeray, head of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) - the Maharashtra Reformation Army - has launched a hate campaign to drive the white girls out of town, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. He is targeting not only high-profile names like Kylie Minogue, but also the wannabe actresses who show up in Mumbai and get bit-parts in Bollywood movies because they are more comfortable than some Indian girls about peeling off their clothes for the camera. "The reason producers pick white girls is because a lot of them have better figures and are willing to expose them," said one film director, Jag Mundra. "If you need a bikini shot, not many Indian girls are willing to turn up in a string bikini. But most white girls will not have an issue with that. Titillation has been an important part of Bollywood." Minogue was in Mumbai last year to perform a typically raunchy - for her and for Bollywood songanddance routine called 'Chiggy Wiggy' with Indian hunk Akshay Kumar in the film Blue.

Other westerners who have taken the call from Bollywood directors include the American Denise Richards who appeared in Kambakkht Ishq, also with Akshay Kumar, and Alice Patten, daughter of Lord (Chris) Patten, who starred in the hit film Rang De Basanti. Thackeray launched his campaign after MNS activists - who enjoy the reputation of a virtual mafia in Mumbai - raided the set of the film Crooked, the latest vehicle for megastar Amitabh Bachchan. They demanded to see the work permits of more than 100 foreign actors and actresses and demanded instant fines from producers for anyone who could not produce their papers. As a result, 11 activists have been arrested for extortion, to the fury of 42-year-old Thackeray, after producers complained to police. It was a rare case of Bollywood standing up to the bully-boy tactics of the MNS. Whether producers can withstand the 'whites out' campaign will depend on the degree of support the MNS gets from local girls. One dancer, Rakhi Sawant, was quoted by the Telegraph as saying: "Because of these foreigners, our Indian girls remain jobless. These white girls are like lollipops that only last for two days." http://buzz.krify.com/11-5289.html British actresses who appear in Bollywood films are being targeted in acampaign by one of India's most feared political leaders. Stars including Alice Patten, the daughter of Lord Patten of Barnes, and Hazel Crowney, a former model from Kent, have been accused of stealing jobs from local girls. Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai nationalist street gang and political party which inspires terror throughout the city, has called on foreign white actresses to go home. His campaign for a ban on the estimated 1,000 British and other foreign actors who regularly appear in Bollywood films has been widely criticised but many foreign actors are too afraid to speak out. Thackeray is especially feared in Bollywood, where he has the power to shut productions and close cinemas. The campaign for a ban comes as increasing numbers of European and South American actresses are finding roles in Bollywood movies. This international approach could now be threatened because producers and directors fear Raj Thackeray will ruin their films if they do not comply. The campaign to ban foreign actors was launched last week after the MNS raided a the set of Crooked, starring Amitabh Bachchan, India's most famous star, and demanded to see the work permits of 136 foreign actors and actresses. The MNS holds seats in the Mumbai region but its strength comes from its activists who are regarded by many as violent street thugs. Its supporters have launched violent attacks on rickshaw drivers from other parts of India and threatened organisations which retain the name 'Bombay' instead of 'Mumbai.' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/bollywood/7465541/White-British-actresses-told-to-leaveBollywood.html Stars including Alice Patten, the daughter of Lord Patten of Barnes, and Hazel Crowney, a former model from Kent, have been stealing jobs from local girls. Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai nationalist street gang and political party which inspires terror throughout the city, has called on foreign white actresses to go home. Thackeray is especially feared in Bollywood, where he has the power to shut productions and close cinemas. The campaign for a ban comes as increasing numbers of European and South American actresses are finding roles in Bollywood movies. In the last few years, Kylie Minogue and Denise Richards have appeared in major Indian films. Miss Patten starred in Rang De Basanti, one of the most popular Bollywood films of recent years, while Minogue appeared in a raunchy song and dance scene called Chiggy Wiggy in the film Blue with action hero Akshay Kumar.

It has also become increasingly common for Hollywood stars like Sylvester Stallone and Superman star Brandon Routh to take cameo roles in Bollywood productions to boost their appeal. This international approach could now be threatened because producers and directors fear Raj Thackeray will ruin their films if they do not comply. The campaign to ban foreign actors was launched last week after the MNS raided a the set of Crooked, starring Amitabh Bachchan, India's most famous star, and demanded to see the work permits of 136 foreign actors and actresses. The MNS holds seats in the Mumbai region but its strength comes from its activists who are regarded by many as violent street thugs. Its supporters have launched violent attacks on rickshaw drivers from other parts of India and threatened organisations which retain the name 'Bombay' instead of 'Mumbai.' Shalini Thackeray, an MNS leader, said: "Why can't our Indian actors dance with locals? We will insist that only local junior artists should be employed. "We will check whether they have valid permits. Many times, foreigners come here on tourist visas, but take up work in Bollywood." She was supported by one of Bollywood's top dancers, Rakhi Sawant, who said: "Because of these foreigners, our Indian girls remain jobless. These white girls are like lollipops that only last for two days." Vir Singhvi, one of India's leading commentators, said the party was using the issue to win over Mumbai's women voters who have so far shunned the MNS. "The MNS says [these dance scenes] are against Indian traditions, vulgar and cheap. They do this to get women's votes because women object to half-naked dancers, but it's not enough of an issue for women to change their minds," he said. Leading Indian film director Jag Mundra last night criticised the campaign and said it could push up costs and force film-makers to shoot more scenes overseas. To save money, directors usually hire attractive backpackers passing through Mumbai and shoot dance scenes in local clubs or film sets. "The reason producers pick white girls is because a lot of them have better figures and are willing to expose them," he said. "If you need a bikini shot, not many Indian girls are willing to turn up in a string bikini. But most white girls will not have an issue with that. Titillation has been an important part of Bollywood." http://www.indyf.com/jtest/entertainment/43-bollywood-news/99-raj-thackeray-calls-for-banonforeignactresses Raj Thackerays Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has called for a ban on foreign actresses who come to bollywood to try their fortune. He has targeted actresses from Britain and other countries who regularly make a beeline for the Hindi film industry and compete for item numbers and bit roles with desigirls. The reason for their growing popularity is that foreign artists are less inhibited about showing skin and therefore have an edge over Indian girls for bold item numbers, which have become the norm for most commercial films. Some producers are also of the opinion that these foreign girls are more conscious of the way they maintain their bodies and are much fitter than their local counterparts. They also look great in bikinis, which most bollywood actresses and even newcomers avoid like the plague. There are also the trade and business dynamics that producers have to take into consideration. Many of them opt for shooting with international tourists visiting India for a short stint rather than shoot up the budget by filming in expensive overseas locations with these foreigners. In the last few months, there has been a flurry of white-skinned beauties from Kylie Minogue (who starred in the risqu Chiggy Wiggy number with action superstar Akshay Kumar to Denise Washington and Alice Patten (who made her presence felt in a strong role in Rang De Basanti). Not only women, even Hollywood men like Sylvester Stallone and Brandon Routh have been beckoned by bollywood. The ban foreign actors campaign was unofficially launched after a few MNS activists halted the

shooting of the film Crooked-starring Amitabh Bachchan and demanded to check the work permits of over hundred foreign artists. The self-proclaimed holy cows of society then decided to take matters in their own hands and asked for immediate fines from producers for every member who couldnt produce a valid work permit. This act resulted in around eleven MNS party men being arrested after a complaint filed by producers, which further infuriated Raj Thackeray. Many are of the opinion that this stunt was pulled off by MNS to woo women voters, who have so far been elusive to the strategies of the party. Items girls like Rakhi Sawant have also voiced their opinion against foreign artists and dancers in the past, saying that these women are responsible for snatching away the jobs of talented local artists. Whether MNS succeeds in its politically motivated agenda of banning overseas artists in the Hindi film industry with the support of local actors/dancers or whether the producers fight it out against the bully tactics of the party-the winner will always be the audience who will be treated to some super catchy performances, desi videshi notwithstanding. http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTI3OGFoNzFlBF9TAzk3MTgyNzM0OARnc3RhdGUDMwRwb 3MDMwRzZWMDbndfYnV6egRzbGsDdGl0bGUEdGFyA2luLmJ1enoueWFob28uY29t/SIG=12t1sr dfd/**http %3A//in.buzz.yahoo.com/article/1%3Ayahoo_india_m199%3A01bcdd0bc2ad4421e7fe7e085555f638 The latest being, Deepika, who would be swinging to this groovy version of the epic song, had a problem with the skirt she was supposed to wear in the song. She said it made her uncomfortable to perform the moves designed for the song. Deepika brought this to director Rohan Sippy's notice, who instantly replaced her skirt with hot pants with tassels over it, designed by Anahita Adajania Shroff. Needless to say, Deepika felt more comfortable in her new outfit and even managed to have 50-60 big red ants crawling on her back as a sequence in a song. Sippy offered to give her a body double but Deepika was confident of managing on her own. Way to go, Deepika! It's a shame the movie is shit. it has kalki kechlin in it. FINALLY! http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/84414/Now-Egyptian-makes-acting-debut-in-Indian-film.html By India Abroad Monday Apr 5 8:20 AM New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) After Brazilian Giselle Monteiro and Mexican Barbara Mori, it's Egyptian Aida Elkashef's turn to make her debut in an Indian movie as an actress. Director Anand Gandhi says initially he didn't plan to cast her in 'Theseus' Ship'. 'I met Aida at the Berlin Film Festival where she had come to showcase one of her movies,' Gandhi told IANS on phone from Mumbai, where he is currently shooting the first leg of the movie, his first feature film. 'She is just 21 and the daughter of a respected filmmaker from Egypt. She has made a couple of short films and is also an amazing actor.' Gandhi, who earned acclaim for his short films, 'Right Here Right Now' (2003) and 'Continuum' (2006), says he had initially written Aida's part for an Indian actress but failed to find the right face for it. 'Her role wasn't planned at all. She had come to India after we met in Berlin and started helping us out in auditioning male actors so that we could cast one of them opposite the character of a female photographer,' he said. 'During the screen test, we saw how excellently she was performing the lines of the photographer. It was then that we decided to rewrite the part for an Egyptian girl rather than an Indian one,' he added. Gandhi, who used to earlier pen down small screen's biggest shows 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi' and 'Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii', says he auditioned close to 35 Indian actresses for the role but couldn't settle for any. 'I can't name the actresses I auditioned, but there were around 30-35. It was frustrating because none of

them fitted the bill. I feel there is a serious dearth of acting skills and craftsmanship here because sadly the general perception among Indian actors is that if you hit the gym regularly, you can make a successful actor.' For 'Theseus' Ship', which is a multi-lingual film primarily in English with parts in Arabic, Hindi, Gujarati and Swedish, Gandhi has also cast Soham Shah, who made his debut with 'Baabarr' in 2009. 'I had not seen Soham's mainstream film when he auditioned for my film but with whatever I have shot with him, I can say he is a very different and amazing actor. He plays a stockbroker in my project,' he said. 'Theseus' Ship' weaves four tracks together. These include a story of an intuitive blind photographer, a monk's ethics put to test, an obsessive compulsive clockmaker with an ailing heart, and a young stockbroker who gets caught up in the stolen kidney racket. The narrative will travel to Cairo, Stockholm and Mumbai. After shooting the Indian part of the film, Gandhi will be moving to Sweden and plans to finish the shooting schedules by September-end. He plans a festival release for the film rather than a commercial one. http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340 best of luck to all these awesome desi girls and western guys, check this out! load of sweet stories.... Hello, I'm an Indian girl married to a white guy from the US. I completely agree with your statement - "From my experience, there seems to be a belief that, in spite of our TV shows, our media and movie reputation, us American men have a reputation for treating our wives very well". All i had seen while being in Mumbai that how men woo women; how they want everything to go fast, and in the process forget that a woman needs to be respected. I found that most of the Indian men do not respect a woman the way she wants him to. And this is where Americans and Europeans are in a win-win situation. And it was the same when i met Matt (my husband). He cared very much for me (he still does), he understands me very well, he is a nice person - this is what attracted me to him! And when i got to know him better and better my perceptions changed a lot. I used to read a lot of articles on "how divorce rates are rising in the US" - what i did for this is tried to study it, tried to know what exactly it implies. And i found out that a lot of Indian magazines highlight the statement every now and then - only because "divorce rates are rising in the US but in India the divorce rates are not rising" - so the conclusion they arrived at was - "YES! It's because of Arranged Marriages!" - while there is no survey, no proof, nothing to prove this statement - It's all tom-tommed by the media! Another reason was that - i always wanted to marry someone who is outside my culture, my race. we enjoy the cultural differences we have and rather than exploring religion in itself we explore the human origin side of it. Because religion is something that is made by humans! I am proud and happy to be with someone who is the most amazing, the most patient person on this earth. I love everything about India, but i love everything about America too. For us it's not India and America - it's actually two different nations which are on the opposite sides of the globe, and exploring this opposite side of the planet is a joy in itself, it's a very good feeling! Hey Bud, I am a White american guy who is in love with my Punabi girlfriend and I plan on marrying her when the time is right. Before we even got together, her family had disowned her due to her wanting to convert to Christianity. We have dealt with everything under the sun, from her family hating her and wanting to make her life a living hell, to the point of her safety being questioned. We can't expect her family to totally come around, all I can do is to continue to show her the love and respect she deserves so that she knows she is so much better off with me, rather than an arranged marriage that could have happened. I support you whole heartedly bro, and I am praying that you guys are able to stay strong, and deal with the hardships that you will continue to face. We don't have her family to turn to when she is having issues, so in return, my family has taken her in and totally support us. E-mail me if you have

any questions and I will do the same if I may. hang in there! I'm praying for you. Sincerely, Greg heya im a punjabi girl, and i've got a australian bf...for a few yrs now... i wanted to know how ur gfs parents took the new of you both? i wanna tell mine but i dont know how to Hi, I am a white guy who has been married to an Indian woman for 10 years. It has not been easy, but the fact that her "connection" to her family was weakend long ago has helped. Also, we live in racially diverse Southern California where we "blend in" easier. I have made it a point to encourage her friendships with other Indians, which has hopefully compensated some for the cultural difference she experiences. From your post, it seems like you can't live without her, and she can't live without her family...The first question you need to ask...where will you two live? The second question...how much do you (both) want your families to be a part of your lives? If her family is traditional and "strong", you will face resistance. She may become an outcast and be disowned by her family...so be prepared. On the other hand, through my wife's friendships with Indians living here, I have learned that many single Indian women think about marrying outside their culture, (but very few do). From my experience, there seems to be a belief that, in spite of our TV shows, our media and movie reputation, us American men have a reputation for treating our wives very well. I hope this helps Hi, I couldn't find similar subject so I decide to write it as I can't imagine life without the one Indian woman that I know and I love. There is the main basic problem of the Indian tradisional culture - I decided to marry her as I would like to accept an Indian tradition before I'll spend more official time with her but unfortunately I can't do that her because I'm white. I respect her tradion and I am not going to do anything that could make her relationship with parents getting worse because for me the most important is her happiness and I know that she won't be happy without family support. I would like to ask about any possibilities that could make our marriage possible - I don't need to marry her today because she is a woman that I waited whole my life and I can wait more as I know I can be happy only with her. Thank you for all your advices that could make any possibility, even those nearly impossible to do, that could help me to be with her forever. ok i have never heard of a indian family forcing the non-hindu boyfriend to convert!!! indian girl myself and living in the UK, seeing an indian women with a non-indian man is a thing of the norm to me i see it eveyday, i dont know what its like in other parts of the world but indian families in London definetly have more tolerence, not saying all do of course my parents still want me to marry inside my community and would never encourage me to look outside, but if it happens, its happens... i dont see these relationships being an issue anymore, yes theres cultural diffrence but surely the reason the two are together is because each have a genunine interest in each others culture, and language? dont most speak english now? indian girls come with family drama That last line is one of the most important written on this thread - this is something every non Muslim/Hindu/Seikh person has to remember down the line when things get tough. We all know what we are getting into and as long as the other is honest about their family and where you stand, then it's up to the individual whether or not they continue the relationship. I've 'been' with my partner for almost 10 years - I am 34 and we are entering the last 6 months before either she goes to her family to introduce me as the man she wants to marry or we go our separate ways. Easier said than done though...

I know her mother, have spent time round there, she has cooked for me - but certain things from her have made it clear that she doesn't want her daughter to marry me - who is 31. Her mother/father separated when she was young so her dad lives elsewhere and he has no idea of me. They are a Brahmin caste so whilst they are not strict followers of the Hindu religion, it's the other factor that is probably going to win - perception of other family members/community looking at them in the wrong way. Apparently colour/religion doesn't count as much as who I am and my career (ie being a sales manager is nothing compared to Doctor etc). Us two? Our souls are meant for each other but that doesn't count in the long run in this sort of situation. I've always told her that in a choice between me and her family, they have to win. I will not be the person responsible for tearing a family apart - my love for her is endless but not enough to hurt countless others because of it. At times I am frustrated/angry/regretful over the issues we have to face because of the cultural/religious/community barriers put in front of us but at the same time, is it really fair of me to do so when I can never understand from her/their point of view? Hello everyone out there who every is reading this Thread. Everybody has other than the Indian girls parents has expressed themselves - good, bad and ugly. This is my thought as I am writing from experience. Indian families are very tight. Indian families have gone thru lot of hardship growing up and protecting their children and giving the best for their children sacrificing their own needs, wants of basic things. My husband came to USA in the late 60's just support his family. He has nothing but his shirt on the back. He got his M.S. degree and got a good job. He came to India to marry his own kind and not to disappoint his mother and family. Once I got married to him in India to my husband, I supported him in everything to help out his family and my side of the family. We still are helping our families in a way after 35 years. In the mean time we had to rise two children of our own. We paid for our children's education - we are still trying to pay of their loan. This kind of scrafice you can only get from Indain families. Now our daughter is going out with a white guy. I think they'll get married next year. We have taught our children that there are good people and bad people in every culture, every relegion, every race, every country. And it is one's own comfort zone to choose their friends and life partner. Every body has to go thru the life journey for themselves - be it good or bad. As a parent we just think that our kind is the best kind be it Hindu, muslim, christian, jew, budhist or sikh. I think Hindu parents who resists inter racial marriage should know that Hinduism does preach to look at every human being as God. Bottom line as much as we like to have son-in-laws and daughter-in-laws from our own race and religion I don't want to strain parents and childrens relationship. If my daughter and son are happy marrying outside my hindu relegion (I'm a brahmin and my husbands side also) that is fine by me because at the end of the day I go to sleep knowing that I did the best mothering I can. Hope white guy's learn something from Indian families about the scrafices and patience. I know there is lot of drama that come with the Indian families, that is because of the hardship growing up in India in those times. Love Indian MOM I am in inter cultural relationship...my wife is Indian, we both believe our kids will be more superior human beings. as for you comments (what year are u from, who are you) do me a favour please walk into any American embassy and surrender urself as TALBIBAN. 1000 years from now, your culture, race, country, religion and idea will be on the same bin as Holocaust, the world is flat and all the nut cases. Bless u. I know its difficult to see ur kids going out and offcourse getting married to outsider or simply put going against UR WISHES. The bottom line is its better to gain a son or daughter than to loose one. Bless u.

And please dont lesson to nut cases like DEEPBLUE comments. i have married to Indian, and all my friends have married outside their caste religion and culture, its the most spiritual experience. in these kind of relationships one is always on their toes, i must learn and be sensitive, i must love her and her family, i need to make her happy (by default family), and the best part is its fantastic. Our kids will learn 6 languages (at least have access to), our kids will access to 4 different continents (4 countries-no boundaries-imagine), our kids will have the world as their background, our family will be most successful cause we can be here there and everywhere, my family will know the world is not flat and father Christmas PO box is not south or north pole but a capitalistic drama... so if u have any reservations always remember partners in these relationships have the highest respect for their parents. My respect for my in laws is of the highest, they love me and I can speak their language. I respect them because I know the courage they had to not care about society but their daughter. I can imagine 1000 years from now our conversation will be a curiosity. I see it in ourselves, my wife and myself are passionate about our culture and people, religion not that muchbut u know what I mean (and where all the hate and wars start--I REST MY CASE), our kids will look at these things and think why we thought the world is flat and the earth is the centre of the universe. I am sorry but we are in the future (inter cultural/religion/race marriages or couples). Stop trying to burn us as witches (dark ages in Europe) and start understanding us. hi am new here.am 21+ beautiful,nice,honest,hard working,down to earth girl from india. am searching a nice american or indian american guy for myself. y american? becoz i am fred up of indian culture am feeling like am in prison coz of this hell culture.. my parentz are really good they give me all thingz wish i want...but the way they treat me i dont like it......most of the indian girlz cant go out alone ,cant make good friendz even girlz...i told them i dont want anything i want freedom but no use of telling them ..telling them to give freedom is like barking...i really want to get out of this hell. please if any one can help me then plz do help me.. am really fred up....am so depresed coz of this......I WANT TO BREATH,LIVE FREELY AS THE WAY I WANT. NOT THE WAY MY PARENYTZ WANT.. INDIAN CULTURE IS REALLY BAD SPECIALY FOR GIRLS.... you sound like an interesting girl...i am from london and would like to meet an indian girl...it is very difficult though due to pressures from parents I am a 31 year old indian woman, born and raised in canada. I was raised in a very traditional home my parents were both very religious, had strict rules for their five daughters. What I find interesting about this thread is rampant bigotry from the indian male perspective. I am an educated professional female. My parents did not pay for my education, I did, I worked and earned scholarships. They actually only paid for my youngest sister's education. My parents covered the basic necessities of growing up but emotionally how could they possibly understand what my generation was going through being raised in the 80s and 90s in an environment to which they had never been exposed. Our parents didn't go through peer pressure or having the people around us not understand why we had to be home right at 3pm why we couldn't even have a friend over unless they were indian. In the end this causes children to rebel, the indian parents mantra is do as I say not as I do which doesn't work well when I'm being raised in culture of respect and reason. Earlier in this thread an indian man mentioned you couldn't see indian women naked easily for $5, which I found incredibly offensive as India has a thriving underage sex trade market where families from villages SELL children they cannot afford to keep to the sex trade. How is this even considered more respectful than the north american culture? My two older sisters had arranged marriages one is already divorced, thanks mom and dad for keeping her happiness and needs in mind. The second one is in abusive relationship both mental and physical. She stays because she is "brave", interesting right. The indian culture lauds women for being victims. This not just an opinion but an observation based on years of empirical data. I am 31, I am getting married in a year to wonderful Canadian man. He respects my intelligence, my

needs and my ambition. In return I do the same for him. It's an equal partnership. My parents, both of them, LOVE HIM! They love him more than the sons-in-laws that they chose, he did not have to convert. He did not have to face any drama as I had already gone through the drama when I asserted my independence. Yes it's hard, but seriously people, this is your life, your choice how you want to approach it. My parents respect me now the most out of all their children. That's something both of them have said to me. I was the one who asked why, when they didn't have answers, I asked why not? When they couldn't answer those I went my way. Yes parents deserve respect. I treat my parents with respect but that doesn't mean that I subjugate myself to their needs alone. They didn't do that for their parents. They went their own ways after marriage. I know this because my mother and father and I have talked about it. For an indian family to evolve taboo subjects need to be brought up, they need to be dissected. Yes I was beaten as a teenager too but there comes a time when you have to say enough, stand your ground and leave. They may not talk to you for awhile they may consider you dead but after a few years which isn't much in the grand scheme of things they want to be a part of your life. They may have given you life but they don't own it. We are all equal. The Guru Garanth even says that. Actually it says the women are above men because we have the ability to give life whereas men don't. Men who subjugate women are fearful. People who cannot be their own person and use logic, reason and love to discuss difficult topics deserve to be martyrs and victims. All it takes is a little bit of courage. It's not disrespectful to anyone to be who you are as they are the ones that shaped you. It's disrespectful to hide who you are. So to all you men who consider indian women who marry outside the culture as abhorrent remember to talk to your mother, ask her how happy she was and whether she would live her life differently. I know that both my parents would do things differently. All, I am an American man and have been dating an Indian woman for a little over a year and a half now. We have known each other for a long time and I'm running in to a bit of a struggle since she has not told her parents about us yet. We have agreed that she will tell them soon but I am concerned that they will be upset for being kept out of the loop for so long. What is awkward is that I have spent time with them and helped them out around the house, taken them out to dinners and concerts etc. My feeling is that they already know but are just waiting for their daughter to formally tell them. How do I support her the best in this situation? I try to ask her how she think they will react and what I can do to help and mitigate any concerns her parents may have but she has a hard time explaining this to me. Maybe she just needs some time to figure this out for herself but I want to be a part of that process? WHat is making this even more awkward is that they have been trying to set her up with Indian men and frankly it makes me feel pretty sad but it's a situation that is really out of my control. She and I are very much in love and have already crossed many of the usual hurdles couples of different races go through. We are both supportive about each others faith and are very much on the same page about how we want to raise children. I'd really appreciate some feedback from some of the Indians on this website as to what I can do to help her. Hey Greg, was great to read ure story. It is very exciting.. I am amazed to see the extent men can go for their girlfriends.... I do not have any luck with men.... I hardly ever end up impressing them.... leave alone dating them... Well to b a racist clears up a lot of things sometimes....... I am an indian girl... i feel i can impress and date an Indian Guy but never an american guy... I am never able to make an American guy fall for me!!. I liked so many American Guys ... Starbucks guy, dance teacher, so many... i could never ever get a guy to ask me out for a date....

Mayb its bad luck OR i am a boring Software engineer!!!! How do you break ice with American Guys.. wat will make them like in an Indian Girl ? i mean i give up until you can tell me !!! plzz reply I am writing to ask if anyone who is involved in an inter-racial relationship (possibly an Indian woman with a white male) would take part in my final year project? It is basically based on experiences which occur due to being in a mixed background relationship. It will just involve you answering questions in depth and being able to share your experiences with me. I am not biased in any way as I am interested in this topic as I myself am an Indian woman and currently in a 7-year relationship with a white male. I would very much appreciate your time as I am struggling to find participants! Thank you. I am an Indian woman with white boyfriend. We live in the US and are perfectly happy together. I know that my parents would not approve of this relationship. They, like most Indian families, want me to get an arranged marriage. However, i have made my decision to be with the man that I love and am happy with. Not all Indian men are bad. Many people in my extended family have had successful arranged marriages . I think it depends on the person. I also dated an Indian guy a couple of years ago and it didn't work out, not because he was Indian but because we were not compatible. Then I met my current boyfriend and things have been going very well between us. Again, this is not because he is white but because we are compatible. Anyway, without going into too much into my life. this is what I would say It really depends on what the two people involved in a relationship want. For some women, the social pressure is more important and they would conform to the existing social norms no matter what you do. Others, who are non-conformists will not go by the race, wealth of a man and would make their decision based on other things. I personally think that the society has decided what is right for you and if you don't do it, they will criticize you but will forget about it 10 years down the line and you will still be bearing the consequences. So, do what you think would make you happy. Hi all, I read your posts about your relationships so I thought I would share a little bit of mine and ask you some specific questions. I'm 26yrs old and I'm Indian (came here at 16yrs old w/parents) who has lived in CA for the last 10years. At 19 yrs old I left home because my parents were abusive and suffered from alcoholism. The whole alcoholism thing got worse after we came to the US and I was extremely depressed so my friends helped me leave my house and since then I have been disowned by my parents (although now, we do talk occasionally); I have not been back home since then. I struggled a lot but still managed to keep myself in school and that's where I met my fiance Anthony...that was in June 2006. Anthony and I have lived together since Aug 2007 and his family is extremely supportive of our relationship. They've been my foundation and they're my only family now, along with my two brothers who also have left home recently. Anthony and I are about to get married in October and of course none of my family is going to be there which makes me sad at times so I was wondering if you guys have some words of wisdom for me that will help me get over the fact that my family won't be there. Even though we're not having an extravagant wedding, I wanted to wear an Indian outfit but I was wondering if that would look awkward with only me dressed up in Indian clothes and the others are in western clothing. Anthony has been asking me if I want him to wear an Indian Sheerwani instead of a suit and I liked that idea because we're having an American wedding so I won't feel so left out if he was to look Indian as well Anyway, its not the end of the world but I was wondering what you guys think. I am trying to at least get my brothers to be present for my wedding but we'll see how all that goes. And it sucks to say this but a part of me is glad that my parents won't be there because I feel like they would be such an embarrassment and a reminder of all the terrible years of childhood even though a part of me wishes things were different and that I did have the perfect relationship with my family. Although I did tell my parents that

I am getting married and that I'm getting married to a white guy (they saw his picture that I sent them) but they did not jump up and down with joy or anything in response and neither did they yell at me and say I'm useless and that I've ended up useless like they always liked to say. Either way, it's been years since I left so there is a detachment that seems to get greater by the years on both ends. Should I just cut contact with them entirely? I completely agree with you. I myself ( being sikh) have been disowned by my parents when I married my canadian bf. We've been married 4 years now and we have a 2 year old daughter. They have never met my hubby and will probably never want to meet my daughter. That being said, our marriage is stronger than ever and our daughter has everything she needs. It can be difficult when your family members turn their backs on you but it also shows how much you mean to them. I think it's their loss to not have met their first grandchild. I also think love is above all. I can only hope I am a better parent to my child than my parents were to me. G-Sidhu, I am a Sikh female who recently informed her parents. I have been dealing with phone calls begging me to come home and end the relationship.The difficult is my sibilings who i thought would be somewhat supportive are advising me to come home and this is a mistake. How did you deal with this? Helo, I am a white english guy, and I am madly in love with a Punjabi woman. We have been together for over three years, and in this time I have learnt that we are simply perfect for each other. We have always been open with each other about what would happen if we told her father, and how this may prevent us from ever being a family. The pressure got to her in the end and the past 2 weeks hav been a futile effort to see a way around the Indian cultural point of view, ending with us breaking up to keep her family together. The fact is that i would never ask or want her to give up her family for me, i want her to be happy, and without the support of her family she would not be happy. The most annoying thing about this situation is that i no she feels the same about me as i do her, and that there is no way for us to have a relationship unless it is in secret (and i have seen how hard she finds this, so i can no longer ask her to do this) Basically I didn't think it was possible to connect with another person in the way i have with her, and the fact i have to let this go due to an unjustified cultural perception of what is the right thing to do is driving me mental!. I no there is no solution to this problem, for any of us in this situation. The only thing we can do is at every opportunity we are given in life to change or influence this cultural belief we should take it. For those who do go all the way and tell the family, encourage those you know in similar situations to do the same, and support each other. The only fix to this is a long one - give this freedom to your children, and let them love the people they meet. The only sustainable culture, is a culture that changes, so do anything you can to change what you feel is wrong, otherwise this issue will continue to destroy love between people who love so intensely. I have a romantic view on life and believe that life is beautiful, and the relationships we make with people are what life is about, I also believe that love is a beautiful emotion, and truly believe you can't choose who you fall in love with, thats what makes it so ****ing beautiful. yes this is cheese but dont let my lack of articulated sentences draw you from the emotion i've put into this message, and how real these emotions are for every single person on the face of this planet! thanku 4 reading this. Bardot's book was also against "the mixing of genes"; made attacks on modern art, which Bardot equated with "shit"; drew similarities between French politicians and weather vanes; and compared her own beliefs with previous generations who had "given their lives to push out invaders. She is, however, not fond of muslims. she loses a few points for this, but gains many for the fact that she is against race mixing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot#Politics_and_legal_issues http://erinightwind.deviantart.com/

this girl is another western convert to islam and is married to another western guy. im glad to see more of this. i wish fellow sikhs, other girls who convert to islam, and those who convert to other faiths like hinduism, bhuddism, etc would follow suit, and that they'd also not stray into cults. http://picasaweb.google.com/carolnoble52 whilst i'll clearly admit that desi fashions make her look more like a tourist and do not suit her at all, mrs. carol noble is a very good gori. she's married to another gora (his name is robert and he's from England!), but has adopted 2 indian boys. http://www.iccorp.com/winter_2007.htm http://www.iccorp.com/images/Carol_Noble.jpg Introducing Carol Noble Carol Noble has worked as an editor for nearly 30 years for a diverse client list that includes publishing stalwarts such as Prentice Hall, Addison-Wesley, and Harvard University Press as well as advertising giants Digitas and Arnold. During that time she has also taught copyediting and proofreading at Northeastern University and hired, trained, and managed an in-house professional staff of editors and proofreaders for a Boston-area production company. All of this experience will come into play as Ms. Noble mentors Macmillan's editors not only in the fine points of English grammar but in the subtleties of American usage and idiom. She will also be implementing metrics and organizing editing staff into tiered teams so that new hires will benefit from the supervision and experience of older hands. She is excited about her new assignment and sums up her challenge by saying: "My aim is to make the copyeditor invisible to the client - that is, our clients should not be able to tell where their text was edited, here or stateside." Ms. Noble is a native of the Boston, Massachusetts area, with a family history that stretches back to the Mayflower. Her immediate family, however, are more recent arrivals: her husband, Robert, was born and raised in England, and her children, Kali Jaba and John Henry, were adopted from Kolkatta as infants. All four appreciate the irony in the fact that, when her family visits this spring, it will be American-born Mom who will be showing her NRI* kids around India! Ms. Noble has a bachelor's degree in literature from the University of New Hampshire and a master's degree in writing from Stanford University. We wish Ms. Noble all the very best and an enjoyable stint with Macmillan. http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/asia/gallery/around_delhi_india?pg=8 and we too also wish Mrs. Noble the best, despite our recoomendations that she stick to western fashion.....she is doing a wonderful job of keeping her culture intact yet is helping our people thrive. Now, make sure you encourage your adopted boys to find desi wives and to help them thrive as well! rock on carol ji! I will say that not all white people are bad. And not all white people who are interested in other cultures are bad...in fact, just the opposite. BUT the line is drawn when they go from simply respecting that culture, to trying to marry into the culture, and emulate the culture too far. A respect for other cultures, and understand other cultures is always welcomed and encouraged, but often people try to manipulate and take advantage of this as a way to exploit others for their own ill gains. Matter of fact, some of the 3 H O links are courtesy of a Gori Sikh woman who is an amazingly wonderful Sikh and a wonderful person. Her blog is here http://www.kamallarosekaur.wordpress.com . She is a former 3 H O member, still Sikh but not 3 H O. She is happily married to another westerner, and now works to get the word out about how false 3 H O are. If more Goris were like her, we could truly smile and say 'Gori' with a good feeling in our hearts. She embodies the values that western Sikhs should have.......of course we don't expect and often prefer westerners don't try to over involve themselves with things other than western culture, because then they exploit it, but having a respectful knowledge of India, and helping Indians (and others) keep their culture and stick to their culture is one thing that sets apart the true western Sikhs from the false. This woman is one of those rare Gori Sikhs who do have respect for Sikhism, and for Desi people. Others

should look to this woman as a role model when they become Sikh in the west. She has made her mistakes, but has learnt from them, and she is helping others see reality. Rock on, Kamalla Rose! Lastly, We have some exciting news to share with you! We have our own petition which aims too restore morals to our culture by banning western women from marrying or romancing wstern men, and to ban promotion of their practice in media and on the internet. Please sign it and get the word spread! http://www.petitiononline.com/tkboci/petition.html * please note that the address used is NOT our main contact adress, and any mail sent to the address will NOT be answered. Thank you. 'To: Worldwide Politicians This petition seeks to establish a successful worldwide ban on western women marrying and/or having romantic relations with eastern men (Men of the Indian subcontinent and countries,islands, possessions, etc. there of, Arab/Middle eastern men, and Asian men), not based on their skin colour or background, but rather for the natural behaviours that both they and the Eastern cultured men who are attracted to them possess, and because by their acts, they help Eastern men further erode the morals of their culture, and cause the further decline of respect towards women of their own cultures. They help these men fill dangerous and inappropriate fantasies, as well as seeking money, attention, and sex for them self, despite what tricks they attempt. Also crucial - a ban on these western women who enter the country with an eastern husband or boyfriend, and the banning of them finding one while here, and marrying one, which would include a ban on 'masala weddings' involving a western woman and eastern man, rendering all current and future marriages as invalid and annulled. Lastly, and also crucial would be a ban on all media (movies, Telly/TV, books, music, etc.) , including internet related media (social networks, websites, etc.) that promote western women romantically involved with eastern men. Those who would be exempt from the ban would be the following: Western men who wish to have relationships with eastern women, gay and lesbians (of any race), and western women who wish to marry a western man (of any race - be it black, white, or latino) in the cultural tradition of an eastern culture country, because although some of us may not feel comfortable with it, they are not doing anything immoral by this. Please send this to as many people as you can, and have them do the same so that we can fight the immorality! ' Thanks to our supporters, you folks don't realize the amount of good you are doing! this was so well put! 'the white people in america and other countries should stick to being true in the religions they were born into. I am a Singh in London, and it makes me sick when i see gora Sikh wanabes they do shame to the real Sikh panth with their frantics and theatrics. u are not the sons and daughters of matyrs like the real Sikhs are. Sikhi is not in your blood like the sons and daughters of Punjab. That does not go for saying that Sikhs do not do shame to their own religion but....Like a great man Sant Jarnail Singh Khalsa said: Sikh should be a true Sikh, Hindhu true Hindhu, and Muslim true to Islam etc. ' http://www.factnet.org/discus/messages/3/66.html i will say that its ok for a person to follow whatever faith they feel best suited to, however, many people, and especially most who convert to eastern religions do it not because they truly believe in what they are following, and worse yet, often don't research properly the differences between cults and the actual religion, nor do they consider how to properly respect their own culture AND that of the culture/religion they are considering or trying to follow. This is very important. baba ramdev dislikes western culture, and is very patriotic to the morals of our india. he rocks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Ram_Sena normally i don't write about (or support) right wing groups, but these folks seem to be doing good. they held protests against the wetsernization on valentine's day that I had mentioned earlier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzYnJu18VG0

www.indianexpress.com/news/valentine-and-culture/423561// i may not agree with baba ji on soda, or gay people but i sure do agree about western cultre! im also not a real yoga nut, but i don't mind from time to time a little relaxing....what really gets me about baba ramdev is not his religon or yoga or that stuff...it's his morals. he devoted his life to his faith...he doesn't have sex, he doesn't do shameful stuff, and he has very old fashioned morals. that makes him very cool. i don't care what religion he practices, his morals rock. he suffers from bells palsy which paralyzed the left side of his face, which is why he has face hair.It makes him very handsome, and he's an amazing man to deal with his challenges so well! Now, let's take a look at some nicer and more positive things. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100822103156AAens9g When Indian men date or marry a White woman, she is average to ugly, when White men date or marry an Indian? woman, she is usually good looking, am I the only one that finds this to be extremely sad? Like Sendhil Ramamurthy, he is married to a White woman and I am so disgusted by how ugly his wife is. Women consider the guy to be a good looking and really desirable and he marries an ugly looking White girl. Sanjay Gupta is an admired Indian doctor who works for CNN, his wife? *barfs* that disgusting. I mean if these guys wanted White women so bad they could have at least done better than that. On the flip side, when White guys marry or date Indian women, she is drop dead gorgeous. It is so sad that these famous Indian men run off with average looking White women when they have beauties from other races waiting for them. That is why I just hate being Indian. Black men get flak for abandoning Black women but HEY at least when they do it they get fine looking wives like look at Kobe's wife, woooooo baby! Man I hate being Indian, dumb White worshipping scumbags. Best Answer - Chosen by Asker omg that's soo true!! i see many indian men married to ugly looking white girls ( i live in india btw )i mean the men aren't tht bad themselves but i don't know where they find such ugly women.. it almost looks like they are obsessed with white complexion and are big time sell outs we indian girls do have class =D till now i've never seen an indian girl married to a white guy 11 months ago LMFAO! Yea, I am black and a lot of hot-@ss white girls hit on me all the daytime. Even in front of their boyfriends. I always have this white chick who will hit on me in front of her white boyfriend and she can see the boy is standing their jealous cocking an attitude with me and her. Lucky for white males, I am gay and can't take advantage of this. I only like males! Love Indian men by the way! dj PIERRE dj PIERRE lol i've noticed that too and it's not just with indian men but also black men and east asian men. For some reason a lot of them just settle with average looking white women when they could get the creme dela creme in there own race or other races (non-whites).. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2146153/Sikh-schoolgirl-told-bracelet-a-matter-of-faithnotfashion. html http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/07/29/sikh-girl-wins-her-high-courtbanglebattle91466-21423522/ ok she may not be the most gorgeous mixed girl, but she's awesome. we don't care how beautiful or not she is. her mum is punjabi n her father is welsh. she defended her wearing a kara SIKH teenager Sarika Watkins-Singh today won her High Court discrimination claim against Aberdare Girls' School, in South Wales, which excluded her for breaking its rules on jewellery by refusing to take off a religious bangle.

On the court steps, Sarika said: "I am overwhelmed by the outcome. It's been a long journey that I have been on and it's finally come to an end. "No other people will ever be banned for wearing a kara in school again. "I would like to thank all of the people who have helped me with this, especially my mum and dad. "I am a proud Welsh Punjabi." The judge presiding over the case said Sharika was unlawfully discriminated against as the wrist bangle in question was central to her faith. As a result of the judgment in the High Court, the 14-year-old, will be returning to Aberdare Girls School in September wearing her Kara, which is a slim steel bracelet. Her lawyers had told Mr Justice Silber that the Kara was as important to her as it was to England spin bowler Monty Panesar, who has been pictured wearing the bangle. Sarika, of mixed Welsh and Punjabi origin, of Cwmbach, near Aberdare, was at first taught in isolation and eventually excluded for refusing to take off the bangle in defiance of the schools policy, which prohibits the wearing of any jewellery other than a wrist watch and plain ear studs. Today, the judge declared that the school was guilty of indirect discrimination under race relations and equality laws. After the judgment, Sarikas mother, Sinita, 38, said: "We are over the moon. It is just such a relief." awesome! u rock! http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/curious-freida-pinto-undergo-dna-test-her-hindu065339527.html;_ylt=Aoxipgqdqh4wekSWR7Q99gGyEsV_;_ylu=X3oDMTN1NzV2YXV2BGNjb2R lA3ZzaGFyZWFnMnVwcmVzdARwa2cDMGVjNTViZmYtOGU1NS0zMGI3LThlZDQtNTZmMjZi ZTIzMGUwBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNuZXdzX2Zvcl95b3UEdmVyA2U4OGVlOGUwLWI1ZGItMTFlM C1iZmZmLTBhN2JlNDMyNDg4OA--;_ylg=X3oDMTJwOTN0dGlhBGludGwDaW4EbGFuZwNlbi1 pbgRwc3RhaWQDZjdjNmFjMDktNmZmOC0zZTY4LWFiMDktYmZiZWVlZjY4ZTNiBHBzdGNhd ANwZW9wbGUEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=3 London, July 24 (ANI): In a bid to determine her Hindu ancestry heritage, Indian-born actress Freida Pinto is keen to take a DNA test. The 'Slumdog Millionaire' star, who was born in Mumbai, is constantly mistaken for other ethnicities while travelling internationally. "The Portuguese people love to claim me as one of their own, and I don't like that! When I was in Istanbul for vacation recently, this large group of women came up to me... saying, 'Did you know your last name is actually very Portuguese?'," the Daily Express quoted her as telling Interview magazine. And the star is eager to put the issue to rest by taking a lineage test to learn about her actual ancestral heritage. "I also came from Mangalore, which is in the southern part of India, where you have a big Catholic population. Some of them were forced conversions by the British and Portuguese. So I may not necessarily have that kind of lineage. I could pretty much be a Hindu from India... I'm going to do the DNA testing because I'm very curious," she added. (ANI) freida is proud of her roots, and isn't afraid to defend them. she also doesn't appreciate people incorrectly trying to associate her with being a westerner, as she isn't one. kudos to her! we do not make this shit up, we only share the truth, and there's the UGLY ass truth, thanks to some smart people who r not afraid to speak up! ok, i must say, rakhi sawant didn't really gain any major cool points till now....but she has finally gotten her due. she's one of a few gutsy people who are trying to help keep the desi film industry desi only....... http://www.santabanta.com/cinema.asp?pid=35274 Rakhi wants a ban on white item girls Rakhi wants a ban on white item girlsWhen the dance numbers and reality television shows dry up, Item girl Rakhi Sawant might be able to swap her skimpy stage outfits for white khadi and enter politics.

With foreign actors working in Bollywood the latest target of Raj Thackeray's Maharastra Navnirman Sena (MNS) political group, the Marathi actress is one of the few public figures to give vocal support, Because of these foreigners, our Indian girls remain jobless, ' she told The Hindustan Times. These white girls are like lollipops that only last for two days.' The move against foreign actors comes after the MNS raided the sets of Abhishek Bachchan starrer Crooked. Speaking on the condition of anonymity one of the British extras at the shoot states, Eleven people turned up at Mehboob studio trying to demand money from the film unit. What I saw was extortion, pure and simple. It seemed to be about getting money from the crew, and had nothing to do with anything political'. Recent years have seen a significant growth in the number of foreigners in Hindi film, recruiting overseas actors and dancers based in Mumbai, or tourists found in backpacker haven, Colaba. Bollywood has also attracted big name international actresses in recent years, from Kylie Minogue chiggy wiggying with Akshay Kumar in Blue, to Alice Patten seen in the lead role in Rang De Basanti. Tania Zaetta who features in Yash Raj outings Bunty aur Babli and Salaam Namaste, as well as British born Search for a Bollywood Star' entrant Hazel who debuted with Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar, have based themselves in India to work in the industry. so, anyway, kudos to rakhi for trying to do what's right for once, although her own history is spotty in the morals department. we give her a BIG BIG BIG BIG thumbs up for this! In 2010, Hazel Crowney along with other non-Indian actresses like Alice Patten were asked to leave Bollywood by Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai based political party. They campaigned for a ban on the estimated 1,000 British and other foreign actors who regularly appear in Bollywood films accusing them of stealing jobs from local girls. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra_Navnirman_Sena http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Thackeray awesome......he needs to help get rid of other western girls like claudia ceisla, lisa lazurus, yana gupta, giselle montiero, kalki koechlin, etc. who have invaded desi film and are bringing shame to the culture......he should also ban allowing western girls to come to india with non western husbands or boyfriends, and not allow them to have romances with any non western men there. they also need to spread this to other eastern nations. but it's good to see a start at least. the only bad thing is that he has a dislike for north indians, which is crazy, as desi is desi, as long as they r not the ones who kiss western ass. anyway, here's more on the ban http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/61078,people,news,call-for-white-actresses-to-be-banned-frombollywood An Indian nationalist politician has called for white actresses from Britain and elsewhere to be banned from Bollywood so that more jobs can go to local dancers and actresses. Raj Thackeray, head of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) - the Maharashtra Reformation Army - has launched a hate campaign to drive the white girls out of town, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. He is targeting not only high-profile names like Kylie Minogue, but also the wannabe actresses who show up in Mumbai and get bit-parts in Bollywood movies because they are more comfortable than some Indian girls about peeling off their clothes for the camera. "The reason producers pick white girls is because a lot of them have better figures and are willing to expose them," said one film director, Jag Mundra. "If you need a bikini shot, not many Indian girls are willing to turn up in a string bikini. But most white girls will not have an issue with that. Titillation has been an important part of Bollywood." Minogue was in Mumbai last year to perform a typically raunchy - for her and for Bollywood songanddance routine called 'Chiggy Wiggy' with Indian hunk Akshay Kumar in the film Blue. Other westerners who have taken the call from Bollywood directors include the American Denise

Richards who appeared in Kambakkht Ishq, also with Akshay Kumar, and Alice Patten, daughter of Lord (Chris) Patten, who starred in the hit film Rang De Basanti. Thackeray launched his campaign after MNS activists - who enjoy the reputation of a virtual mafia in Mumbai - raided the set of the film Crooked, the latest vehicle for megastar Amitabh Bachchan. They demanded to see the work permits of more than 100 foreign actors and actresses and demanded instant fines from producers for anyone who could not produce their papers. As a result, 11 activists have been arrested for extortion, to the fury of 42-year-old Thackeray, after producers complained to police. It was a rare case of Bollywood standing up to the bully-boy tactics of the MNS. Whether producers can withstand the 'whites out' campaign will depend on the degree of support the MNS gets from local girls. One dancer, Rakhi Sawant, was quoted by the Telegraph as saying: "Because of these foreigners, our Indian girls remain jobless. These white girls are like lollipops that only last for two days." http://buzz.krify.com/11-5289.html British actresses who appear in Bollywood films are being targeted in acampaign by one of India's most feared political leaders. Stars including Alice Patten, the daughter of Lord Patten of Barnes, and Hazel Crowney, a former model from Kent, have been accused of stealing jobs from local girls. Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai nationalist street gang and political party which inspires terror throughout the city, has called on foreign white actresses to go home. His campaign for a ban on the estimated 1,000 British and other foreign actors who regularly appear in Bollywood films has been widely criticised but many foreign actors are too afraid to speak out. Thackeray is especially feared in Bollywood, where he has the power to shut productions and close cinemas. The campaign for a ban comes as increasing numbers of European and South American actresses are finding roles in Bollywood movies. This international approach could now be threatened because producers and directors fear Raj Thackeray will ruin their films if they do not comply. The campaign to ban foreign actors was launched last week after the MNS raided a the set of Crooked, starring Amitabh Bachchan, India's most famous star, and demanded to see the work permits of 136 foreign actors and actresses. The MNS holds seats in the Mumbai region but its strength comes from its activists who are regarded by many as violent street thugs. Its supporters have launched violent attacks on rickshaw drivers from other parts of India and threatened organisations which retain the name 'Bombay' instead of 'Mumbai.' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/bollywood/7465541/White-British-actresses-told-to-leaveBollywood.html Stars including Alice Patten, the daughter of Lord Patten of Barnes, and Hazel Crowney, a former model from Kent, have been stealing jobs from local girls. Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a Mumbai nationalist street gang and political party which inspires terror throughout the city, has called on foreign white actresses to go home. Thackeray is especially feared in Bollywood, where he has the power to shut productions and close cinemas. The campaign for a ban comes as increasing numbers of European and South American actresses are finding roles in Bollywood movies. In the last few years, Kylie Minogue and Denise Richards have appeared in major Indian films. Miss Patten starred in Rang De Basanti, one of the most popular Bollywood films of recent years, while Minogue appeared in a raunchy song and dance scene called Chiggy Wiggy in the film Blue with action hero Akshay Kumar. It has also become increasingly common for Hollywood stars like Sylvester Stallone and Superman star

Brandon Routh to take cameo roles in Bollywood productions to boost their appeal. This international approach could now be threatened because producers and directors fear Raj Thackeray will ruin their films if they do not comply. The campaign to ban foreign actors was launched last week after the MNS raided a the set of Crooked, starring Amitabh Bachchan, India's most famous star, and demanded to see the work permits of 136 foreign actors and actresses. The MNS holds seats in the Mumbai region but its strength comes from its activists who are regarded by many as violent street thugs. Its supporters have launched violent attacks on rickshaw drivers from other parts of India and threatened organisations which retain the name 'Bombay' instead of 'Mumbai.' Shalini Thackeray, an MNS leader, said: "Why can't our Indian actors dance with locals? We will insist that only local junior artists should be employed. "We will check whether they have valid permits. Many times, foreigners come here on tourist visas, but take up work in Bollywood." She was supported by one of Bollywood's top dancers, Rakhi Sawant, who said: "Because of these foreigners, our Indian girls remain jobless. These white girls are like lollipops that only last for two days." Vir Singhvi, one of India's leading commentators, said the party was using the issue to win over Mumbai's women voters who have so far shunned the MNS. "The MNS says [these dance scenes] are against Indian traditions, vulgar and cheap. They do this to get women's votes because women object to half-naked dancers, but it's not enough of an issue for women to change their minds," he said. Leading Indian film director Jag Mundra last night criticised the campaign and said it could push up costs and force film-makers to shoot more scenes overseas. To save money, directors usually hire attractive backpackers passing through Mumbai and shoot dance scenes in local clubs or film sets. "The reason producers pick white girls is because a lot of them have better figures and are willing to expose them," he said. "If you need a bikini shot, not many Indian girls are willing to turn up in a string bikini. But most white girls will not have an issue with that. Titillation has been an important part of Bollywood." http://www.indyf.com/jtest/entertainment/43-bollywood-news/99-raj-thackeray-calls-for-banonforeignactresses Raj Thackerays Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has called for a ban on foreign actresses who come to bollywood to try their fortune. He has targeted actresses from Britain and other countries who regularly make a beeline for the Hindi film industry and compete for item numbers and bit roles with desigirls. The reason for their growing popularity is that foreign artists are less inhibited about showing skin and therefore have an edge over Indian girls for bold item numbers, which have become the norm for most commercial films. Some producers are also of the opinion that these foreign girls are more conscious of the way they maintain their bodies and are much fitter than their local counterparts. They also look great in bikinis, which most bollywood actresses and even newcomers avoid like the plague. There are also the trade and business dynamics that producers have to take into consideration. Many of them opt for shooting with international tourists visiting India for a short stint rather than shoot up the budget by filming in expensive overseas locations with these foreigners. In the last few months, there has been a flurry of white-skinned beauties from Kylie Minogue (who starred in the risqu Chiggy Wiggy number with action superstar Akshay Kumar to Denise Washington and Alice Patten (who made her presence felt in a strong role in Rang De Basanti). Not only women, even Hollywood men like Sylvester Stallone and Brandon Routh have been beckoned by bollywood. The ban foreign actors campaign was unofficially launched after a few MNS activists halted the shooting of the film Crooked-starring Amitabh Bachchan and demanded to check the work permits

of over hundred foreign artists. The self-proclaimed holy cows of society then decided to take matters in their own hands and asked for immediate fines from producers for every member who couldnt produce a valid work permit. This act resulted in around eleven MNS party men being arrested after a complaint filed by producers, which further infuriated Raj Thackeray. Many are of the opinion that this stunt was pulled off by MNS to woo women voters, who have so far been elusive to the strategies of the party. Items girls like Rakhi Sawant have also voiced their opinion against foreign artists and dancers in the past, saying that these women are responsible for snatching away the jobs of talented local artists. Whether MNS succeeds in its politically motivated agenda of banning overseas artists in the Hindi film industry with the support of local actors/dancers or whether the producers fight it out against the bully tactics of the party-the winner will always be the audience who will be treated to some super catchy performances, desi videshi notwithstanding. http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTI3OGFoNzFlBF9TAzk3MTgyNzM0OARnc3RhdGUDMwRwb 3MDMwRzZWMDbndfYnV6egRzbGsDdGl0bGUEdGFyA2luLmJ1enoueWFob28uY29t/SIG=12t1sr dfd/**http %3A//in.buzz.yahoo.com/article/1%3Ayahoo_india_m199%3A01bcdd0bc2ad4421e7fe7e085555f638 The latest being, Deepika, who would be swinging to this groovy version of the epic song, had a problem with the skirt she was supposed to wear in the song. She said it made her uncomfortable to perform the moves designed for the song. Deepika brought this to director Rohan Sippy's notice, who instantly replaced her skirt with hot pants with tassels over it, designed by Anahita Adajania Shroff. Needless to say, Deepika felt more comfortable in her new outfit and even managed to have 50-60 big red ants crawling on her back as a sequence in a song. Sippy offered to give her a body double but Deepika was confident of managing on her own. Way to go, Deepika! It's a shame the movie is shit. it has kalki kechlin in it. FINALLY! http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/84414/Now-Egyptian-makes-acting-debut-in-Indian-film.html By India Abroad Monday Apr 5 8:20 AM New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) After Brazilian Giselle Monteiro and Mexican Barbara Mori, it's Egyptian Aida Elkashef's turn to make her debut in an Indian movie as an actress. Director Anand Gandhi says initially he didn't plan to cast her in 'Theseus' Ship'. 'I met Aida at the Berlin Film Festival where she had come to showcase one of her movies,' Gandhi told IANS on phone from Mumbai, where he is currently shooting the first leg of the movie, his first feature film. 'She is just 21 and the daughter of a respected filmmaker from Egypt. She has made a couple of short films and is also an amazing actor.' Gandhi, who earned acclaim for his short films, 'Right Here Right Now' (2003) and 'Continuum' (2006), says he had initially written Aida's part for an Indian actress but failed to find the right face for it. 'Her role wasn't planned at all. She had come to India after we met in Berlin and started helping us out in auditioning male actors so that we could cast one of them opposite the character of a female photographer,' he said. 'During the screen test, we saw how excellently she was performing the lines of the photographer. It was then that we decided to rewrite the part for an Egyptian girl rather than an Indian one,' he added. Gandhi, who used to earlier pen down small screen's biggest shows 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi' and 'Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii', says he auditioned close to 35 Indian actresses for the role but couldn't settle for any. 'I can't name the actresses I auditioned, but there were around 30-35. It was frustrating because none of them fitted the bill. I feel there is a serious dearth of acting skills and craftsmanship here because sadly

the general perception among Indian actors is that if you hit the gym regularly, you can make a successful actor.' For 'Theseus' Ship', which is a multi-lingual film primarily in English with parts in Arabic, Hindi, Gujarati and Swedish, Gandhi has also cast Soham Shah, who made his debut with 'Baabarr' in 2009. 'I had not seen Soham's mainstream film when he auditioned for my film but with whatever I have shot with him, I can say he is a very different and amazing actor. He plays a stockbroker in my project,' he said. 'Theseus' Ship' weaves four tracks together. These include a story of an intuitive blind photographer, a monk's ethics put to test, an obsessive compulsive clockmaker with an ailing heart, and a young stockbroker who gets caught up in the stolen kidney racket. The narrative will travel to Cairo, Stockholm and Mumbai. After shooting the Indian part of the film, Gandhi will be moving to Sweden and plans to finish the shooting schedules by September-end. He plans a festival release for the film rather than a commercial one. http://marriagepartner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340 best of luck to all these awesome desi girls and western guys, check this out! load of sweet stories.... Hello, I'm an Indian girl married to a white guy from the US. I completely agree with your statement - "From my experience, there seems to be a belief that, in spite of our TV shows, our media and movie reputation, us American men have a reputation for treating our wives very well". All i had seen while being in Mumbai that how men woo women; how they want everything to go fast, and in the process forget that a woman needs to be respected. I found that most of the Indian men do not respect a woman the way she wants him to. And this is where Americans and Europeans are in a win-win situation. And it was the same when i met Matt (my husband). He cared very much for me (he still does), he understands me very well, he is a nice person - this is what attracted me to him! And when i got to know him better and better my perceptions changed a lot. I used to read a lot of articles on "how divorce rates are rising in the US" - what i did for this is tried to study it, tried to know what exactly it implies. And i found out that a lot of Indian magazines highlight the statement every now and then - only because "divorce rates are rising in the US but in India the divorce rates are not rising" - so the conclusion they arrived at was - "YES! It's because of Arranged Marriages!" - while there is no survey, no proof, nothing to prove this statement - It's all tom-tommed by the media! Another reason was that - i always wanted to marry someone who is outside my culture, my race. we enjoy the cultural differences we have and rather than exploring religion in itself we explore the human origin side of it. Because religion is something that is made by humans! I am proud and happy to be with someone who is the most amazing, the most patient person on this earth. I love everything about India, but i love everything about America too. For us it's not India and America - it's actually two different nations which are on the opposite sides of the globe, and exploring this opposite side of the planet is a joy in itself, it's a very good feeling! Hey Bud, I am a White american guy who is in love with my Punabi girlfriend and I plan on marrying her when the time is right. Before we even got together, her family had disowned her due to her wanting to convert to Christianity. We have dealt with everything under the sun, from her family hating her and wanting to make her life a living hell, to the point of her safety being questioned. We can't expect her family to totally come around, all I can do is to continue to show her the love and respect she deserves so that she knows she is so much better off with me, rather than an arranged marriage that could have happened. I support you whole heartedly bro, and I am praying that you guys are able to stay strong, and deal with the hardships that you will continue to face. We don't have her family to turn to when she is having issues, so in return, my family has taken her in and totally support us. E-mail me if you have any questions and I will do the same if I may. hang in there! I'm praying for you.

Sincerely, Greg heya im a punjabi girl, and i've got a australian bf...for a few yrs now... i wanted to know how ur gfs parents took the new of you both? i wanna tell mine but i dont know how to Hi, I am a white guy who has been married to an Indian woman for 10 years. It has not been easy, but the fact that her "connection" to her family was weakend long ago has helped. Also, we live in racially diverse Southern California where we "blend in" easier. I have made it a point to encourage her friendships with other Indians, which has hopefully compensated some for the cultural difference she experiences. From your post, it seems like you can't live without her, and she can't live without her family...The first question you need to ask...where will you two live? The second question...how much do you (both) want your families to be a part of your lives? If her family is traditional and "strong", you will face resistance. She may become an outcast and be disowned by her family...so be prepared. On the other hand, through my wife's friendships with Indians living here, I have learned that many single Indian women think about marrying outside their culture, (but very few do). From my experience, there seems to be a belief that, in spite of our TV shows, our media and movie reputation, us American men have a reputation for treating our wives very well. I hope this helps Hi, I couldn't find similar subject so I decide to write it as I can't imagine life without the one Indian woman that I know and I love. There is the main basic problem of the Indian tradisional culture - I decided to marry her as I would like to accept an Indian tradition before I'll spend more official time with her but unfortunately I can't do that her because I'm white. I respect her tradion and I am not going to do anything that could make her relationship with parents getting worse because for me the most important is her happiness and I know that she won't be happy without family support. I would like to ask about any possibilities that could make our marriage possible - I don't need to marry her today because she is a woman that I waited whole my life and I can wait more as I know I can be happy only with her. Thank you for all your advices that could make any possibility, even those nearly impossible to do, that could help me to be with her forever. ok i have never heard of a indian family forcing the non-hindu boyfriend to convert!!! indian girl myself and living in the UK, seeing an indian women with a non-indian man is a thing of the norm to me i see it eveyday, i dont know what its like in other parts of the world but indian families in London definetly have more tolerence, not saying all do of course my parents still want me to marry inside my community and would never encourage me to look outside, but if it happens, its happens... i dont see these relationships being an issue anymore, yes theres cultural diffrence but surely the reason the two are together is because each have a genunine interest in each others culture, and language? dont most speak english now? indian girls come with family drama That last line is one of the most important written on this thread - this is something every non Muslim/Hindu/Seikh person has to remember down the line when things get tough. We all know what we are getting into and as long as the other is honest about their family and where you stand, then it's up to the individual whether or not they continue the relationship. I've 'been' with my partner for almost 10 years - I am 34 and we are entering the last 6 months before either she goes to her family to introduce me as the man she wants to marry or we go our separate ways. Easier said than done though... I know her mother, have spent time round there, she has cooked for me - but certain things from her

have made it clear that she doesn't want her daughter to marry me - who is 31. Her mother/father separated when she was young so her dad lives elsewhere and he has no idea of me. They are a Brahmin caste so whilst they are not strict followers of the Hindu religion, it's the other factor that is probably going to win - perception of other family members/community looking at them in the wrong way. Apparently colour/religion doesn't count as much as who I am and my career (ie being a sales manager is nothing compared to Doctor etc). Us two? Our souls are meant for each other but that doesn't count in the long run in this sort of situation. I've always told her that in a choice between me and her family, they have to win. I will not be the person responsible for tearing a family apart - my love for her is endless but not enough to hurt countless others because of it. At times I am frustrated/angry/regretful over the issues we have to face because of the cultural/religious/community barriers put in front of us but at the same time, is it really fair of me to do so when I can never understand from her/their point of view? Hello everyone out there who every is reading this Thread. Everybody has other than the Indian girls parents has expressed themselves - good, bad and ugly. This is my thought as I am writing from experience. Indian families are very tight. Indian families have gone thru lot of hardship growing up and protecting their children and giving the best for their children sacrificing their own needs, wants of basic things. My husband came to USA in the late 60's just support his family. He has nothing but his shirt on the back. He got his M.S. degree and got a good job. He came to India to marry his own kind and not to disappoint his mother and family. Once I got married to him in India to my husband, I supported him in everything to help out his family and my side of the family. We still are helping our families in a way after 35 years. In the mean time we had to rise two children of our own. We paid for our children's education - we are still trying to pay of their loan. This kind of scrafice you can only get from Indain families. Now our daughter is going out with a white guy. I think they'll get married next year. We have taught our children that there are good people and bad people in every culture, every relegion, every race, every country. And it is one's own comfort zone to choose their friends and life partner. Every body has to go thru the life journey for themselves - be it good or bad. As a parent we just think that our kind is the best kind be it Hindu, muslim, christian, jew, budhist or sikh. I think Hindu parents who resists inter racial marriage should know that Hinduism does preach to look at every human being as God. Bottom line as much as we like to have son-in-laws and daughter-in-laws from our own race and religion I don't want to strain parents and childrens relationship. If my daughter and son are happy marrying outside my hindu relegion (I'm a brahmin and my husbands side also) that is fine by me because at the end of the day I go to sleep knowing that I did the best mothering I can. Hope white guy's learn something from Indian families about the scrafices and patience. I know there is lot of drama that come with the Indian families, that is because of the hardship growing up in India in those times. Love Indian MOM I am in inter cultural relationship...my wife is Indian, we both believe our kids will be more superior human beings. as for you comments (what year are u from, who are you) do me a favour please walk into any American embassy and surrender urself as TALBIBAN. 1000 years from now, your culture, race, country, religion and idea will be on the same bin as Holocaust, the world is flat and all the nut cases. Bless u. I know its difficult to see ur kids going out and offcourse getting married to outsider or simply put going against UR WISHES. The bottom line is its better to gain a son or daughter than to loose one. Bless u. And please dont lesson to nut cases like DEEPBLUE comments.

i have married to Indian, and all my friends have married outside their caste religion and culture, its the most spiritual experience. in these kind of relationships one is always on their toes, i must learn and be sensitive, i must love her and her family, i need to make her happy (by default family), and the best part is its fantastic. Our kids will learn 6 languages (at least have access to), our kids will access to 4 different continents (4 countries-no boundaries-imagine), our kids will have the world as their background, our family will be most successful cause we can be here there and everywhere, my family will know the world is not flat and father Christmas PO box is not south or north pole but a capitalistic drama... so if u have any reservations always remember partners in these relationships have the highest respect for their parents. My respect for my in laws is of the highest, they love me and I can speak their language. I respect them because I know the courage they had to not care about society but their daughter. I can imagine 1000 years from now our conversation will be a curiosity. I see it in ourselves, my wife and myself are passionate about our culture and people, religion not that muchbut u know what I mean (and where all the hate and wars start--I REST MY CASE), our kids will look at these things and think why we thought the world is flat and the earth is the centre of the universe. I am sorry but we are in the future (inter cultural/religion/race marriages or couples). Stop trying to burn us as witches (dark ages in Europe) and start understanding us. hi am new here.am 21+ beautiful,nice,honest,hard working,down to earth girl from india. am searching a nice american or indian american guy for myself. y american? becoz i am fred up of indian culture am feeling like am in prison coz of this hell culture.. my parentz are really good they give me all thingz wish i want...but the way they treat me i dont like it......most of the indian girlz cant go out alone ,cant make good friendz even girlz...i told them i dont want anything i want freedom but no use of telling them ..telling them to give freedom is like barking...i really want to get out of this hell. please if any one can help me then plz do help me.. am really fred up....am so depresed coz of this......I WANT TO BREATH,LIVE FREELY AS THE WAY I WANT. NOT THE WAY MY PARENYTZ WANT.. INDIAN CULTURE IS REALLY BAD SPECIALY FOR GIRLS.... you sound like an interesting girl...i am from london and would like to meet an indian girl...it is very difficult though due to pressures from parents I am a 31 year old indian woman, born and raised in canada. I was raised in a very traditional home my parents were both very religious, had strict rules for their five daughters. What I find interesting about this thread is rampant bigotry from the indian male perspective. I am an educated professional female. My parents did not pay for my education, I did, I worked and earned scholarships. They actually only paid for my youngest sister's education. My parents covered the basic necessities of growing up but emotionally how could they possibly understand what my generation was going through being raised in the 80s and 90s in an environment to which they had never been exposed. Our parents didn't go through peer pressure or having the people around us not understand why we had to be home right at 3pm why we couldn't even have a friend over unless they were indian. In the end this causes children to rebel, the indian parents mantra is do as I say not as I do which doesn't work well when I'm being raised in culture of respect and reason. Earlier in this thread an indian man mentioned you couldn't see indian women naked easily for $5, which I found incredibly offensive as India has a thriving underage sex trade market where families from villages SELL children they cannot afford to keep to the sex trade. How is this even considered more respectful than the north american culture? My two older sisters had arranged marriages one is already divorced, thanks mom and dad for keeping her happiness and needs in mind. The second one is in abusive relationship both mental and physical. She stays because she is "brave", interesting right. The indian culture lauds women for being victims. This not just an opinion but an observation based on years of empirical data. I am 31, I am getting married in a year to wonderful Canadian man. He respects my intelligence, my needs and my ambition. In return I do the same for him. It's an equal partnership.

My parents, both of them, LOVE HIM! They love him more than the sons-in-laws that they chose, he did not have to convert. He did not have to face any drama as I had already gone through the drama when I asserted my independence. Yes it's hard, but seriously people, this is your life, your choice how you want to approach it. My parents respect me now the most out of all their children. That's something both of them have said to me. I was the one who asked why, when they didn't have answers, I asked why not? When they couldn't answer those I went my way. Yes parents deserve respect. I treat my parents with respect but that doesn't mean that I subjugate myself to their needs alone. They didn't do that for their parents. They went their own ways after marriage. I know this because my mother and father and I have talked about it. For an indian family to evolve taboo subjects need to be brought up, they need to be dissected. Yes I was beaten as a teenager too but there comes a time when you have to say enough, stand your ground and leave. They may not talk to you for awhile they may consider you dead but after a few years which isn't much in the grand scheme of things they want to be a part of your life. They may have given you life but they don't own it. We are all equal. The Guru Garanth even says that. Actually it says the women are above men because we have the ability to give life whereas men don't. Men who subjugate women are fearful. People who cannot be their own person and use logic, reason and love to discuss difficult topics deserve to be martyrs and victims. All it takes is a little bit of courage. It's not disrespectful to anyone to be who you are as they are the ones that shaped you. It's disrespectful to hide who you are. So to all you men who consider indian women who marry outside the culture as abhorrent remember to talk to your mother, ask her how happy she was and whether she would live her life differently. I know that both my parents would do things differently. All, I am an American man and have been dating an Indian woman for a little over a year and a half now. We have known each other for a long time and I'm running in to a bit of a struggle since she has not told her parents about us yet. We have agreed that she will tell them soon but I am concerned that they will be upset for being kept out of the loop for so long. What is awkward is that I have spent time with them and helped them out around the house, taken them out to dinners and concerts etc. My feeling is that they already know but are just waiting for their daughter to formally tell them. How do I support her the best in this situation? I try to ask her how she think they will react and what I can do to help and mitigate any concerns her parents may have but she has a hard time explaining this to me. Maybe she just needs some time to figure this out for herself but I want to be a part of that process? WHat is making this even more awkward is that they have been trying to set her up with Indian men and frankly it makes me feel pretty sad but it's a situation that is really out of my control. She and I are very much in love and have already crossed many of the usual hurdles couples of different races go through. We are both supportive about each others faith and are very much on the same page about how we want to raise children. I'd really appreciate some feedback from some of the Indians on this website as to what I can do to help her. Hey Greg, was great to read ure story. It is very exciting.. I am amazed to see the extent men can go for their girlfriends.... I do not have any luck with men.... I hardly ever end up impressing them.... leave alone dating them... Well to b a racist clears up a lot of things sometimes....... I am an indian girl... i feel i can impress and date an Indian Guy but never an american guy... I am never able to make an American guy fall for me!!. I liked so many American Guys ... Starbucks guy, dance teacher, so many... i could never ever get a guy to ask me out for a date.... Mayb its bad luck OR i am a boring Software engineer!!!!

How do you break ice with American Guys.. wat will make them like in an Indian Girl ? i mean i give up until you can tell me !!! plzz reply I am writing to ask if anyone who is involved in an inter-racial relationship (possibly an Indian woman with a white male) would take part in my final year project? It is basically based on experiences which occur due to being in a mixed background relationship. It will just involve you answering questions in depth and being able to share your experiences with me. I am not biased in any way as I am interested in this topic as I myself am an Indian woman and currently in a 7-year relationship with a white male. I would very much appreciate your time as I am struggling to find participants! Thank you. I am an Indian woman with white boyfriend. We live in the US and are perfectly happy together. I know that my parents would not approve of this relationship. They, like most Indian families, want me to get an arranged marriage. However, i have made my decision to be with the man that I love and am happy with. Not all Indian men are bad. Many people in my extended family have had successful arranged marriages . I think it depends on the person. I also dated an Indian guy a couple of years ago and it didn't work out, not because he was Indian but because we were not compatible. Then I met my current boyfriend and things have been going very well between us. Again, this is not because he is white but because we are compatible. Anyway, without going into too much into my life. this is what I would say It really depends on what the two people involved in a relationship want. For some women, the social pressure is more important and they would conform to the existing social norms no matter what you do. Others, who are non-conformists will not go by the race, wealth of a man and would make their decision based on other things. I personally think that the society has decided what is right for you and if you don't do it, they will criticize you but will forget about it 10 years down the line and you will still be bearing the consequences. So, do what you think would make you happy. Hi all, I read your posts about your relationships so I thought I would share a little bit of mine and ask you some specific questions. I'm 26yrs old and I'm Indian (came here at 16yrs old w/parents) who has lived in CA for the last 10years. At 19 yrs old I left home because my parents were abusive and suffered from alcoholism. The whole alcoholism thing got worse after we came to the US and I was extremely depressed so my friends helped me leave my house and since then I have been disowned by my parents (although now, we do talk occasionally); I have not been back home since then. I struggled a lot but still managed to keep myself in school and that's where I met my fiance Anthony...that was in June 2006. Anthony and I have lived together since Aug 2007 and his family is extremely supportive of our relationship. They've been my foundation and they're my only family now, along with my two brothers who also have left home recently. Anthony and I are about to get married in October and of course none of my family is going to be there which makes me sad at times so I was wondering if you guys have some words of wisdom for me that will help me get over the fact that my family won't be there. Even though we're not having an extravagant wedding, I wanted to wear an Indian outfit but I was wondering if that would look awkward with only me dressed up in Indian clothes and the others are in western clothing. Anthony has been asking me if I want him to wear an Indian Sheerwani instead of a suit and I liked that idea because we're having an American wedding so I won't feel so left out if he was to look Indian as well Anyway, its not the end of the world but I was wondering what you guys think. I am trying to at least get my brothers to be present for my wedding but we'll see how all that goes. And it sucks to say this but a part of me is glad that my parents won't be there because I feel like they would be such an embarrassment and a reminder of all the terrible years of childhood even though a part of me wishes things were different and that I did have the perfect relationship with my family. Although I did tell my parents that I am getting married and that I'm getting married to a white guy (they saw his picture that I sent them)

but they did not jump up and down with joy or anything in response and neither did they yell at me and say I'm useless and that I've ended up useless like they always liked to say. Either way, it's been years since I left so there is a detachment that seems to get greater by the years on both ends. Should I just cut contact with them entirely? I completely agree with you. I myself ( being sikh) have been disowned by my parents when I married my canadian bf. We've been married 4 years now and we have a 2 year old daughter. They have never met my hubby and will probably never want to meet my daughter. That being said, our marriage is stronger than ever and our daughter has everything she needs. It can be difficult when your family members turn their backs on you but it also shows how much you mean to them. I think it's their loss to not have met their first grandchild. I also think love is above all. I can only hope I am a better parent to my child than my parents were to me. G-Sidhu, I am a Sikh female who recently informed her parents. I have been dealing with phone calls begging me to come home and end the relationship.The difficult is my sibilings who i thought would be somewhat supportive are advising me to come home and this is a mistake. How did you deal with this? Helo, I am a white english guy, and I am madly in love with a Punjabi woman. We have been together for over three years, and in this time I have learnt that we are simply perfect for each other. We have always been open with each other about what would happen if we told her father, and how this may prevent us from ever being a family. The pressure got to her in the end and the past 2 weeks hav been a futile effort to see a way around the Indian cultural point of view, ending with us breaking up to keep her family together. The fact is that i would never ask or want her to give up her family for me, i want her to be happy, and without the support of her family she would not be happy. The most annoying thing about this situation is that i no she feels the same about me as i do her, and that there is no way for us to have a relationship unless it is in secret (and i have seen how hard she finds this, so i can no longer ask her to do this) Basically I didn't think it was possible to connect with another person in the way i have with her, and the fact i have to let this go due to an unjustified cultural perception of what is the right thing to do is driving me mental!. I no there is no solution to this problem, for any of us in this situation. The only thing we can do is at every opportunity we are given in life to change or influence this cultural belief we should take it. For those who do go all the way and tell the family, encourage those you know in similar situations to do the same, and support each other. The only fix to this is a long one - give this freedom to your children, and let them love the people they meet. The only sustainable culture, is a culture that changes, so do anything you can to change what you feel is wrong, otherwise this issue will continue to destroy love between people who love so intensely. I have a romantic view on life and believe that life is beautiful, and the relationships we make with people are what life is about, I also believe that love is a beautiful emotion, and truly believe you can't choose who you fall in love with, thats what makes it so ****ing beautiful. yes this is cheese but dont let my lack of articulated sentences draw you from the emotion i've put into this message, and how real these emotions are for every single person on the face of this planet! thanku 4 reading this. Bardot's book was also against "the mixing of genes"; made attacks on modern art, which Bardot equated with "shit"; drew similarities between French politicians and weather vanes; and compared her own beliefs with previous generations who had "given their lives to push out invaders. She is, however, not fond of muslims. she loses a few points for this, but gains many for the fact that she is against race mixing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot#Politics_and_legal_issues http://erinightwind.deviantart.com/ this girl is another western convert to islam and is married to another western guy. im glad to see more

of this. i wish fellow sikhs, other girls who convert to islam, and those who convert to other faiths like hinduism, bhuddism, etc would follow suit, and that they'd also not stray into cults. http://picasaweb.google.com/carolnoble52 whilst i'll clearly admit that desi fashions make her look more like a tourist and do not suit her at all, mrs. carol noble is a very good gori. she's married to another gora (his name is robert and he's from England!), but has adopted 2 indian boys. http://www.iccorp.com/winter_2007.htm http://www.iccorp.com/images/Carol_Noble.jpg Introducing Carol Noble Carol Noble has worked as an editor for nearly 30 years for a diverse client list that includes publishing stalwarts such as Prentice Hall, Addison-Wesley, and Harvard University Press as well as advertising giants Digitas and Arnold. During that time she has also taught copyediting and proofreading at Northeastern University and hired, trained, and managed an in-house professional staff of editors and proofreaders for a Boston-area production company. All of this experience will come into play as Ms. Noble mentors Macmillan's editors not only in the fine points of English grammar but in the subtleties of American usage and idiom. She will also be implementing metrics and organizing editing staff into tiered teams so that new hires will benefit from the supervision and experience of older hands. She is excited about her new assignment and sums up her challenge by saying: "My aim is to make the copyeditor invisible to the client - that is, our clients should not be able to tell where their text was edited, here or stateside." Ms. Noble is a native of the Boston, Massachusetts area, with a family history that stretches back to the Mayflower. Her immediate family, however, are more recent arrivals: her husband, Robert, was born and raised in England, and her children, Kali Jaba and John Henry, were adopted from Kolkatta as infants. All four appreciate the irony in the fact that, when her family visits this spring, it will be American-born Mom who will be showing her NRI* kids around India! Ms. Noble has a bachelor's degree in literature from the University of New Hampshire and a master's degree in writing from Stanford University. We wish Ms. Noble all the very best and an enjoyable stint with Macmillan. http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/asia/gallery/around_delhi_india?pg=8 and we too also wish Mrs. Noble the best, despite our recoomendations that she stick to western fashion.....she is doing a wonderful job of keeping her culture intact yet is helping our people thrive. Now, make sure you encourage your adopted boys to find desi wives and to help them thrive as well! rock on carol ji! I will say that not all white people are bad. And not all white people who are interested in other cultures are bad...in fact, just the opposite. BUT the line is drawn when they go from simply respecting that culture, to trying to marry into the culture, and emulate the culture too far. A respect for other cultures, and understand other cultures is always welcomed and encouraged, but often people try to manipulate and take advantage of this as a way to exploit others for their own ill gains. Matter of fact, some of the 3 H O links are courtesy of a Gori Sikh woman who is an amazingly wonderful Sikh and a wonderful person. Her blog is here http://www.kamallarosekaur.wordpress.com . She is a former 3 H O member, still Sikh but not 3 H O. She is happily married to another westerner, and now works to get the word out about how false 3 H O are. If more Goris were like her, we could truly smile and say 'Gori' with a good feeling in our hearts. She embodies the values that western Sikhs should have.......of course we don't expect and often prefer westerners don't try to over involve themselves with things other than western culture, because then they exploit it, but having a respectful knowledge of India, and helping Indians (and others) keep their culture and stick to their culture is one thing that sets apart the true western Sikhs from the false. This woman is one of those rare Gori Sikhs who do have respect for Sikhism, and for Desi people. Others should look to this woman as a role model when they become Sikh in the west. She has made her

mistakes, but has learnt from them, and she is helping others see reality. Rock on, Kamalla Rose! Lastly, We have some exciting news to share with you! We have our own petition which aims too restore morals to our culture by banning western women from marrying or romancing wstern men, and to ban promotion of their practice in media and on the internet. Please sign it and get the word spread! http://www.petitiononline.com/tkboci/petition.html * please note that the address used is NOT our main contact adress, and any mail sent to the address will NOT be answered. Thank you. 'To: Worldwide Politicians This petition seeks to establish a successful worldwide ban on western women marrying and/or having romantic relations with eastern men (Men of the Indian subcontinent and countries,islands, possessions, etc. there of, Arab/Middle eastern men, and Asian men), not based on their skin colour or background, but rather for the natural behaviours that both they and the Eastern cultured men who are attracted to them possess, and because by their acts, they help Eastern men further erode the morals of their culture, and cause the further decline of respect towards women of their own cultures. They help these men fill dangerous and inappropriate fantasies, as well as seeking money, attention, and sex for them self, despite what tricks they attempt. Also crucial - a ban on these western women who enter the country with an eastern husband or boyfriend, and the banning of them finding one while here, and marrying one, which would include a ban on 'masala weddings' involving a western woman and eastern man, rendering all current and future marriages as invalid and annulled. Lastly, and also crucial would be a ban on all media (movies, Telly/TV, books, music, etc.) , including internet related media (social networks, websites, etc.) that promote western women romantically involved with eastern men. Those who would be exempt from the ban would be the following: Western men who wish to have relationships with eastern women, gay and lesbians (of any race), and western women who wish to marry a western man (of any race - be it black, white, or latino) in the cultural tradition of an eastern culture country, because although some of us may not feel comfortable with it, they are not doing anything immoral by this. Please send this to as many people as you can, and have them do the same so that we can fight the immorality! ' Thanks to our supporters, you folks don't realize the amount of good you are doing! this was so well put! 'the white people in america and other countries should stick to being true in the religions they were born into. I am a Singh in London, and it makes me sick when i see gora Sikh wanabes they do shame to the real Sikh panth with their frantics and theatrics. u are not the sons and daughters of matyrs like the real Sikhs are. Sikhi is not in your blood like the sons and daughters of Punjab. That does not go for saying that Sikhs do not do shame to their own religion but....Like a great man Sant Jarnail Singh Khalsa said: Sikh should be a true Sikh, Hindhu true Hindhu, and Muslim true to Islam etc. ' http://www.factnet.org/discus/messages/3/66.html i will say that its ok for a person to follow whatever faith they feel best suited to, however, many people, and especially most who convert to eastern religions do it not because they truly believe in what they are following, and worse yet, often don't research properly the differences between cults and the actual religion, nor do they consider how to properly respect their own culture AND that of the culture/religion they are considering or trying to follow. This is very important. baba ramdev dislikes western culture, and is very patriotic to the morals of our india. he rocks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Ram_Sena normally i don't write about (or support) right wing groups, but these folks seem to be doing good. they held protests against the wetsernization on valentine's day that I had mentioned earlier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzYnJu18VG0 www.indianexpress.com/news/valentine-and-culture/423561//

i may not agree with baba ji on soda, or gay people but i sure do agree about western cultre! im also not a real yoga nut, but i don't mind from time to time a little relaxing....what really gets me about baba ramdev is not his religon or yoga or that stuff...it's his morals. he devoted his life to his faith...he doesn't have sex, he doesn't do shameful stuff, and he has very old fashioned morals. that makes him very cool. i don't care what religion he practices, his morals rock. he suffers from bells palsy which paralyzed the left side of his face, which is why he has face hair.It makes him very handsome, and he's an amazing man to deal with his challenges so well! http://ethnicelebs.com/karrueche-kae-tran She is of Vietnamese and African American descent. Kae was born to a Vietnamese mother and a Black father. Pics of her mother can be found on her twitter account.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran_Mazumdar-Shaw she's indian and her husband is white. She rocks.... Spouse John Shaw http://www.timescontent.com/photos/preview/228257/Kiran-Mazumdar-Shaw-John-Shaw.jpg http://www.images99.com/i99/03/79676/79676.jpg laura ling's parents are asian. she's married to a westerner. go her! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ling Spouse Iain Clayton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Harris Harris was born in Oakland, California. She is the daughter of a Tamil mother, Dr. Shyamala Gopalan a breast cancer specialist who immigrated to the United States from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in 1960[8]and a Jamaican American father, Stanford University economics professor Donald Harris.[9] She has one younger sister, Maya Harris. The Harris sisters grew up in a household that blended Hindu and Baptist teachings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Harris Harris was born in Oakland, California. She is the daughter of a Tamil mother, Dr. Shyamala Gopalan a breast cancer specialist who immigrated to the United States from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in 1960[8]and a Jamaican American father, Stanford University economics professor Donald Harris.[9] She has one younger sister, Maya Harris. The Harris sisters grew up in a household that blended Hindu

and Baptist teachings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyoshi_Umeki Her first marriage, to television director Frederick Winfield "Wynn" Opie in 1958, ended in divorce[1] in 1967. The couple had one son Michael H. Opie, born in 1964.[1] She married Randall Hood in 1968, and her son's name was changed to Michael Randall Hood.[6] The couple operated a Los Angeles-based business renting editing equipment to film studios and university film programs.[1] Randall Hood died in 1976.[2] Death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiko_Sato Spouse Alphonse Curon bozo miller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Devi_%28Actor%29 was married to chuck connors and is or was marraied to wallace guberman. go you!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Chao Born in Anaheim, California as a first-generation Californian of Chinese descent Spouse Simon Templeman http://www.rfrady.com/Family.htm

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Fernandez was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 13 January 1984[1] to Jeffrey Fernandez and his Indonesian wife Marita; he was the second of three children born to the couple.

Kagna ranaut was dating a white british guy, sadly it seems they have broken up. go you anyway, and let's hope they get back together! http://in.omg.yahoo.com/news/post-break-upset-kangana-ranaut-bonds-family-141059841.html Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut may not have been in the city as she has been busy shooting for her films back-to-back abroad. But she's nevertheless been in the news for her rumoured break-up with her British boyfriend. The actress recently returned to Mumbai after travelling around Europe; it is learnt she will no longer

be staying alone as she's ensured that her parents are living with her here. Says a source close to her, "Yes, Kangana asked her parents to come and live with her. She has been a little down lately, especially after her break-up with boyfriend Nicholas Lafferty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Liu In 2005 Liu was dating Will McCormack.[16] She began a relationship with Noam Gottesman in 2010, which ended in 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brooker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konnie_Huq Huq appeared with her future husband Charlie Brooker She co-wrote, with husband Charlie Brooker, the second episode of the Channel 4 anthology series Black Mirror, entitled Fifteen Million Merits. The episode received positive critical reception.[43] Brooker became engaged to former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq after dating for 9 months, having met whilst filming an episode of Screenwipe.[36][37] They married on 26 July 2010 at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.[38][39] On 23 March 2012 Huq gave birth to their first child, Covey Brooker Huq. http://www.topoftherocknyc.com/media/shared-photos/share_4d5ea747683b8.jpg We met in Italy 3 years ago on top of the Duomo in Florence. It's only fitting that we spend our anniversary together On Top of the Rock. We like being up high and seeing everything! Angelina, Jan. 19, 2011, 11:09 p.m. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Liu Liu has been romantically linked to Zach Helm[29], Will McCormack,[30] and Noam Gottesman. http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/sapna-talks-about-three-marriages-and-her-troubled-relationshipsbigg-boss-season-6 My first marriage was with a German with whom I stayed for a year. But my mother-in-law was a racist and father-in-law was paranoid. So it ended, said Sapna. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Michibata Michibata was born to an Argentine father of Spanish-Italian ancestry, and a Japanese mother http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/the-other-side-of-formula-one-slideshow/the-other-side-of-formulaone-photo-1350649059.html MONZA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 09: F.I.A. President Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh walk on the grid before the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza on

September 9, 2012 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freema_Agyeman Her mother, Azar, is Iranian and her father, Osei, is Ghanaian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirra_Richard

Mirra (or Mira) Alfassa was born in Paris in 1878, of a Turkish Jewish father, Maurice, and an Egyptian Jewish mother, Mathilde. She had an elder brother named Matteo. In 1898 she and Morisset had a son, Andr. In 1897 she married Henri Morisset, a student of Gustave Moreau.

In 1908 Madame Alfassa separated with Morisset, and moved to 49 rue de Lvis, Paris. Around this time she married Paul Richard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satprem Satprem was born Bernard Enginger in Paris and had a seafaring childhood and youth in Brittany. During this time he met his companion Sujata Nahar. His companion Sujata Nahar died after him on May 4, 2007.

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In January 2007, Shimizu described an intimate relationship she had with Madonna, claiming that Madonna would fly her to destinations across the world for sexual liaisons. "I was her secret 'booty call' available any time of the day or night for secret sex sessions."[4] She also had a sexual relationship with Angelina Jolie, as Jolie has confirmed. "I fell in love with her the first second I saw her," Jolie admitted of her Foxfire (1996) co-star. "I would probably have married Jenny if I hadn't married my [first] husband (Jonny Lee Miller)."[5] Shimizu also dated Ione Skye in 1999 the good thing is that this movie is about a desi girl with a western guy. however, gorihod naveen andrews and offspring of gori chods indira varma are in it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ling Ling's father Doug is a Chinese immigrant, born in the 1920s; her mother Mary Mei-yan (born Wang) hails from Tainan, Taiwan, and formerly served as the head of the Los Angeles office of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs.[1][8] They divorced when Laura Ling was 4 years old and her sister Lisa was 7.[9][10] Following the divorce, the two sisters were raised in the city of Sacramento, California by their father. Ling describes herself as Chinese American, but a friend described her as "a true Valley girl ... about as Chinese as the cuisine at Chin Chin".[1] She studied at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, California; an English teacher there, who taught both Ling and her sister, claimed that when he first knew Ling, she was already interested in following her sister's footsteps into the journalism field; he described her as "different from her sister ... and more determined, in a sense".[1] She went on to graduate with a communications degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998.[11] On June 3, 2010, Ling gave birth to a girl, naming her Li Jefferson Clayton, in Burbank, California. Laura and her husband decided to name the baby Li, after Laura's sister Lisa, and chose Jefferson as a middle name as a tribute to former President William Jefferson Clinton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euna_Lee Euna Lee is a South Korean-born American journalist who has worked for Current TV since 2005.[2] Lee and fellow journalist Laura Ling were detained in North Korea after they crossed into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from the People's Republic of China without a visa. The United States Government protested the sentences, and implemented diplomatic efforts in order to secure the release of both Lee and Ling.[3] On 4 August 2009 Lee and Ling were pardoned by the North Korean government after a special humanitarian visit by former US President Bill Clinton. Lee was born and raised in South Korea, and moved to the United States in order to attend Academy of Art University, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Film and Broadcasting. She currently attends the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[4] She is married to actor Michael Saldate; they have a daughter, Hana.[5] On 4 August 2009, former US President Bill Clinton visited North Korea in an attempt to free Lee and fellow journalist Laura Ling. The North Korean government pardoned both Lee and Ling after meeting

with Clinton that day.[6][7] Human rights activists in South Korea accuse Lee and Ling of placing North Korean refugees in danger through their actions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somaly_Mam

Somaly Mam does not have any birth records showing when she was born or who her parents were, though she was born to a tribal minority family in the Mondulkiri province of Cambodia. In her memoir, The Road of Lost Innocence, she states that she was born in either 1970 or 1971.[1]:2 In the mid-1970s, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge terrorized Cambodia and drove thousands of people into the country side. Essentially orphaned, Mam lived in a small Phnong village until a man picked her up and promised to find her father.[1] She became his indentured servant or slave. Mam was instructed to call him "grandfather" because it's a sign of respect to the elderly.[1]:7 Mam was abused by her "grandfather" until she was approximately 14, when she was sold to a brothel and forced into prostitution. She was also forced to marry a stranger.[2] Her husband was a fighter in the Khmer Rouge, who beat and raped her.[1]:34 She was forced to prostitute herself on the streets and made to have sex with five or six clients per day.[3] When Mam wouldn't have sex with a client, she would be locked up, tortured, raped, and threatened with death; she claims she was forced to watch her best friend being viciously murdered.[1]:42-45[4] Fearing she would meet that same fate, Somaly escaped her captors and set about building a new life for herself. In 1993, an aid worker from France found Mam and helped her escape Cambodia.[5] She moved to Paris and eventually married a French citizen, but returned to Cambodia to help women caught in similar situations she experienced. http://www.cleveland.com/mycleveland/index.ssf/2008/11/author_peace_activist_loung_un.html Honk if you see a cute couple pedaling a bicycle built for two. It might be author and peace activist Loung Ung riding behind her husband, Mark Priemer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_WuDunn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Kristof She won the Pulitzer Prize with her husband Nicholas D. Kristof for her reporting from Beijing about the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. WuDunn and Kristof were the first married couple ever to receive a Pulitzer for journalism. In addition to the Pulitzer, she also won a George Polk Award and an Overseas Press Club award, both for reporting in China. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_Mitchell Nicholas Kristof grew up on a sheep and cherry farm in Yamhill, Oregon. He is the son of Ladis "Kris" Kristof (born Vladislav Krzysztofowicz), who was born of Polish and Armenian parents in former Austria-Hungary and who emigrated to the United States after World War II, and Jane Kristof, both long-time professors at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. He has also been a pioneer in multimedia: he was the first blogger on the New York Times' website, and he also Tweets, has a Facebook fan page and a YouTube channel. Kristof resides outside New York City with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, and their three children: Gregory, Geoffrey and Caroline

Born to a Filipino mother Precious Mitchell, and Irish/Scottish father Mark Mitchell, Shay is a native of Mississauga, Ontario. She has one younger sibling, a brother, Sean Mitchell. Even as a young child, Mitchell was interested in the performing arts, declaring to her parents that she would pursue such a career. Mitchell began dance lessons at the age of five, and she and several of her classmates toured the city to compete with a variety of other dance schools.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreela_Flather,_Baroness_Flather Baroness Flather attended University College London and is married to Gary Denis Flather. She has served as Deputy Mayor and as Mayor for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Oxnam

Oxnam is married to Dr. Vishakha Desai, noted art historian and president of the Asia Society since 2004. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Arend http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Hendricks Arend was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City, to a European American father and a Pakistani mother. unfortunately his is married to a white girl.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Lengies Born to a German father and an Egyptian mother,

gleehab.com/tag/patrick-gallagher Gallagher, 42, is the son of a Chinese mother and Irish father

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_El El was born and raised in London, England, and is of Spanish and Moroccan descent. Her father is an English-born Spanish and her mother was a Moroccan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruba_Nadda Nadda was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a Syrian father and a Palestinian mother Greg Dinsmore 1994 - Present http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Kwan

In September 2012, Kwan announced her engagement to Clay Pell, director for strategic planning on the National Security staff at the White House. Kwan and Pell, the grandson of the late Rhode Island Senator Claiborne Pell, met in April 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Kwan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Oppegard Kwan is married to three-time U.S. pair skating champion and 1988 Olympic bronze medallist Peter Oppegard. They have two daughters. He is married to Karen Kwan, sister of world champion figure skater Michelle Kwan, and they have 2 daughters, Olivia Colett Oppegard and Sophia Oppegard.

this chef is awesome. he's in an interracial relationship....with a white GUY!!! ROCK ON!!!!!!! www.suvir.com/Masala_Farm.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2005/09/25/no-place-for-curry.html "From the age of 3, I knew I was different from other boys," says Saran, who is gay. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2245851/David-Bowies-son-Duncan-Jones-wedsRodene-Ronquillo-diagnosed-breast-cancer.html david bowie's son married an asian girl! rock on! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandakini_%28actress%29

Mandakini was born in an Indian family in Meerut. Her father is British and her mother is a Kashmiri Muslim http://www.gomolo.com/mandakini-biography/8031 Mandakini was born on 7 January 1969, as Yasmeen Joseph is a former Bollywood actress was born in an Anglo Indian family in Meerut her mother is a Hindu and her father is English. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Leonowens Leonowens' maternal grandfather, William Vawdrey (or Vaudrey) Glascott, was an English-born commissioned officer of the 4th Regiment, Bombay Native Infantry, in the Bombay Army. Glascott arrived in India in 1810,[3] and was apparently married in 1815, although his wife's name is not known.[4] According to biographer Susan Morgan, the only viable explanation for the complete and deliberate lack of information regarding Glascott's wife, in official British records, is that she "was not European".[5] Morgans suggests that she was "most likely ... Anglo-Indian (of mixed race) born in India.

http://pdxlifeedited.blogspot.com/2012/04/irish-indian-baby.html Mizrahi was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an observant Jewish family that originated in Syria. Mizrahi married his husband, Arnold Germer, in a civil ceremony in New York City Hall on November 30, 2011. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=harjeet%20kaur %20hatton&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355325884,d.dmQ&bpcl=39967673& biw=1185&bih=806&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw&ei=PKXPUMfvN5OE0QH-3oCgBA she might be married to a western guy. go you if true! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhumpa_Lahiri http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/jhumpa-lahiri-writing-makes-me-sovulnerable-845803.html Lahiri, now 40, has settled in Brooklyn with her husband, a Greek-Guatamalan-American journalist, and their two small children. http://images.nymag.com/arts/books/profiles/lahiri080407_2_250.jpg http://images.ilovekolkata.in/rwx_gallery/celeb24.jpg http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010117/1nation.gif http://civicdilemmas.facinghistory.org/sites/civicdilemmas.facinghistory.org/files/Photo%2011%20Jhumpa%20Lahiri.JPG they rock! http://fatsistersguidetolife.blogspot.com/ http://fatsistersguidetolife.blogspot.com/2012/10/images-boreales-galerie.html http://fatsistersguidetolife.blogspot.com/2012/10/arsenal.html http://fatsistersguidetolife.blogspot.com/2012/10/montreal-chinatown.html http://fatsistersguidetolife.blogspot.com/2012/10/hotel-place-darmes.html http://fatsistersguidetolife.blogspot.com/2012/10/joe-beef.html http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0oTGUaRaxQ/UIMbCLkErWI/AAAAAAAABVo/iiqu8b4sZ8s/s1600/photo%2B5-715832.JPG SHE'S INDIAN, HER HUBBY IS WHITE. AWSOMENESS DEFINED.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuleikha_Robinson She was brought up in Thailand and Malaysia by a Burmese-Indian ]]and an English father. http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/06/over_my_head/ My father is English and my mother is mostly Indian and a little bit of Burmese and a little bit of Arabic I was born in England and then I moved to San Francisco, then we moved to Malaysia, and Thailand, and Singapore. By this time I was thirteen and I left to go to boarding school in England. this is actually kind of a shame because they broke up, but it was nice that they were dating http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/shia-labeouf-karolyn-pho-split-20122611 The Lawless actor has split with his girlfriend of nearly two years, Karolyn Pho, a source confirms to Us Weekly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Hudgens Hudgens is of mixed ethnic background, as her father is of Irish and Native American descent, and her mother, a native of Manila, Philippines, is of Chinese-Filipino-Spanish descent http://www.mocanyc.org/files/pages/inline_images/_1.jpg Wei & Jon Christianson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandakini_%28actress%29

Mandakini was born in an Indian family in Meerut. Her father is British and her mother is a Kashmiri Muslim http://www.gomolo.com/mandakini-biography/8031 Mandakini was born on 7 January 1969, as Yasmeen Joseph is a former Bollywood actress was born in an Anglo Indian family in Meerut her mother is a Hindu and her father is English. cool http://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/events/2012/cihf-2012/weller/walsh-fleur-coyne.jpg http://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/events/2012/cihf-2012/anita/fleur-and.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Arvizu His father is originally from Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico and mother was from Kyoto, Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukanya_Krishnan

Born in Madras, India (now Chennai), Krishnan grew up on Staten Island and attended New Dorp High School, Krishnan is fluent in Tamil, Spanish and English. On the CW11 Morning News on September 17, 2007, she announced her marriage to Eric Schroeder, and she lives with her husband on Staten Island. On March 10, 2009, Sukanya also announced her first pregnancy during the show, that she is 18 weeks pregnant. Krishnan gave birth to a son on July 22, 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaity_Tong Kaity (pronounced "kite-ee"[5]) She was born in Qingdao, China and arrived in the United States with her family at age four. Tong has a son, Philip Long, from her first marriage to Robert Long, former news director and a vicepresident at Los Angeles's KNBC-TV until September 25, 2009.[4][12] She later married photographer Patrick Callahan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Teigen

Born to a Thai mother and Norwegian father in landlocked Delta, Utah, Teigen was raised in Seattle before moving to California during high school http://oceandrive.com/personalities/articles/chrissy-teigen-gives-us-fever#hCJpacFpH9xWmoTd.99 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myleene_Klass Klass was born in Gorleston, Norfolk, England to an Anglo-Austrian father and a Filipina mother. She has one sister named Kyrine adorable wedding! http://www.coryryan.com/blog/soumya-jesse-four-seasons-hotel-hindu-indian-wedding-in-austin-tx/

By Sarika Malhotra Bhim Singh, 29, and his younger brother Ashu are building their dream home in their village, Indrawa Abeidullah, in Bihar's Gopalganj district. The four-storied house has a four-room set on each floor and will cost Rs 60 lakh. That is a far cry from just a few years ago when they lived in a kutcha mud house and their father ran a grocery shop which barely made Rs 4,000 a month to support his family of 10. How did this transformation occur? It all began in 2006 when Bhim Singh, following in the footsteps of several village youth, decided to get a job overseas. "Yahaan pe kuch kamaai nahin ho rahee thee (I was hardly earning anything here)," says Singh, who has five sisters. He found a job as a pipe fitter with Consolidated Contracting International Co in Doha, Qatar. He borrowed from friends and a local moneylender to meet expenses of about Rs 62,000 on travel agents,

visa and other travel-related needs. "I returned it in just two months," he says. His initial salary was Rs 35,000. He also opened a snack counter and earned Rs 10,000 more. Since the company bore his food, clothing and lodging expenses, he saved almost his entire income and sent it home. Next, in 2009, Ashu went to Saudi Arabia to work for National Construction Co and started sending home another Rs 32,000 every month. Today, all siblings are married. "Each sister's marriage costs us at least Rs 5 lakh. The money we earned overseas made it possible," says the elder sibling. The Singhs are not the only ones building a new home in their village. Construction activity can be seen in every lane. An estimated 80 per cent of the local economy in Gopalganj and the neighbouring Siwan district depends on remittances from overseas workers. Bihar, in fact, has emerged as the new hotspot for emigrants, especially those bound for West Asia. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Overseas Affairs, the number of emigrants from Bihar surged from 36,493 in 2006 to 71,438 in 2011. Uttar Pradesh saw a bigger jump, from 66,131 in 2006 to 1,55,301 in 2011. Unlike Bihar, migration from Uttar Pradesh is not limited to a handful of districts. Kerala and Tamil Nadu, traditionally the top states for emigration, are now sending fewer people overseas. Continued on next page... In all, about five million Indians are working overseas. In 2011, 626,565 workers emigrated from India, 90 per cent of them going to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar. There has been a steady increase in remittances as well, from $25 billion in 2005/06 to $55.9 billion in 2010/11, according to Reserve Bank of India data (see Steady Growth). The World Bank estimates India likely received $70 billion from overseas in 2012, up from $63 billion the year before. State-wise data is difficult to get. Kerala is the only state which periodically maps the trend. A survey by the Thiruvananthapuram-based Centre for Development Studies shows the state got Rs 49,965 crore ($9.11 billion) in remittances in 2011. Malappuram district topped the list, receiving Rs 9,040 crore, or more than a sixth of the total. The Bihar government does not have district-wise data on emigrants, but travel agents estimate that Gopalganj and Siwan account for 70 per cent of the state's total. The rush to go overseas can be gauged from the fact that the Siwan police verified 198,000 passports from 2007 to 2012 and Gopalganj police verified 153,000. Sushil Kumar Modi, Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister, acknowledges the phenomenon. "Every time I board a Delhi-to-Patna morning flight, I meet at least 10-12 people from Gopalganj and Siwan coming from overseas," he says. Funds from overseas are changing the sociocultural landscape. Until a few years ago Muslims accounted for nearly 80 per cent of the total emigrants and Hindus the rest. Today, Hindus account for 40 per cent. Among Muslims, change is evident in the kind of education sought. Boys study in English-medium schools and go to cities for professional courses. Take, for instance, Mohammad Habibullah from Bindusar village in Siwan district. He never completed schooling but went to Qatar in 1979 as a driver. His son Shahid has a management degree from Amity University, Noida.

Indrawa Bairam village, part of the panchayat that covers Indrawa Abeidullah and four other villages, has 40 boys pursuing engineering courses in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Delhi. Sarpanch Sher Alam says this was unimaginable 10 years ago. He adds the panchayat has 6,400 voters including 3,300 men. Of these, at least 1,700 are working overseas. Girls, however, still get an Islamic education. Village elders are hopeful things will improve for women, too. "We want them educated. With all-round development mindsets will change," says Mohammed Ali Imam Rayeen, a community leader and businessman in Mirganj. Most emigrants have limited formal training and learn on the job. This has prompted some locals to set up training centres for teaching job skills such as masonry and carpentry to aspiring emigrants. There are at least 50 training institutes, such as Al Saifi and Arbab Institute, in Gopalganj and Siwan districts. They charge between Rs 2,000 and Rs 5,000 from the aspirants. These centres also work as placement agencies where officials from various companies, who may be Indians or foreigners, interview locals seeking jobs. "This trend began about five years ago. Every month three to four interviews are held," says M. Haque, who runs Hamidia World Travels, a travel agency in Siwan. These centres network with Gulf-based companies either directly or through agents based in Delhi and Mumbai. They announce the dates of interviews and tests in local markets using loudspeakers. They distribute leaflets that specify the names of companies coming for interviews, number of positions on offer under different categories, and the likely salaries. One such leaflet mentions the salary of masons and carpenters as 1,300 to 1,400 Saudi Arabian Riyals (Rs 19,000 to Rs 20,500). The craze for working overseas is such that even children in the two districts know the riyal-rupee exchange rate. Deputy Chief Minister Modi admits there is need for training. He says the state will soon start a programme to provide 15 to 20 days training in various job skills. The increase in remittances has also led to a mushrooming of money transfer agencies. Western Union, the global money transfer company, has 200 outlets in Gopalganj. Kiran Shetty, Managing Director, Western Union Services India, says Bihar has emerged as a strong remittance market. "The number of our outlets in Bihar has jumped from 2,200 in 2010 to 5,500 in 2012," he says. Ashraf Ali, an agent at the company's Bathua Bazar outlet in Gopalganj, says his office handles transactions worth Rs 2 lakh daily. He estimates that the total money transfer business would be Rs 150 crore a month in Gopalganj and Rs 200 crore in Siwan. UAE Exchange, the principal agent for Xpress Money and Western Union, increased the number of its outlets in Bihar from three in 2010 to nine in 2012. "For us the remittance flow to Kerala is growing at less than five per cent and Tamil Nadu by three per cent," says Promoth Manghat, Vice President, Global Operations, UAE Exchange. "Growth in Bihar was 19 per cent in 2012." Thomas Cook opened its money transfer and foreign exchange branch in Siwan six months ago. "On average, Rs 2 crore worth of foreign currency is encashed per month at our branch," says the branch head Ashish Kumar. Banks are tapping into this opportunity, too. Raj Kishore Prasad, Senior Vice President, International Retail, Axis Bank, says his bank has tie-ups with Xpress Money, MoneyGram and EzRemit for money transfer. But emigration has also had other side effects. Some elders worry that young people are neglecting education and instead opting for jobs overseas by paying placement agencies. Locals also complain

about the shortage of agricultural labour. "We have about 90 acres of land but very few labourers to work on it," says Laxmi Narayan Singh of Line Bazar village in Gopalganj. Singh's brothers run a construction business in Dubai. "Buying more land is not a wise decision anymore. Who will till it?" Still, the outflow of workers and the inflow of money are transforming the region. Shops of various brands have sprung up. Women are splurging on cosmetics. Farmers are buying tractors and other farm equipment. Sales of television sets and other consumer durables are rising as well. Just about every house in the two districts has a story to tell. Ali Imam remembers a poor woman whom he used to give one or two-rupee coins occasionally as charity. "She came to my shop after having been absent for some six months and I took out a coin for her," he says. "She looked me in the eye for the first time and said, 'Babu ab ye nahin chahiye, mere do bete Arab ko gaye (I do not need this now, my two sons have gone to the Gulf)." Reproduced From Business Today. 2013. LMIL. All rights reserved. http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KDBQg0hEgxP9FqND97egPw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5 zZXQ7aD02MDA7cT04NTt3PTMzMg--/http://l.yimg.com/os/285/2013/01/08/5-jpg_091002.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Pantaeva Irina was married to Latvian photographer Roland Levin. She has two children.

www.contactmusic.com/news/jenna-ushkowitz-has-boyfriend-to-thank-for-lady-gaga-videospot_1329941 Glee star Jenna Ushkowitz has her actor boyfriend Michael Trevino to thank for helping her land a guest spot in Lady Gaga's recent music video. The 26 year old, who plays Tina Cohen-Chang on the hit U.S. TV series Glee, was hanging out with her partner Trevino on the set of his TV show Vampire Diaries when she bumped into the Bad Romance hitmaker, who was visiting her then-boyfriend actor Taylor Kinney. The two couples went out on a double date in Atlanta, Georgia - and Trevino suggested Gaga should use his girl in a music video.

Opening up about her friendship with the pop star during an appearance on U.S. TV chat show host Wendy Williams' daytime programme on Thursday (17May12), Ushkowitz said, "She comes over to Michael's apartment, she had her hair down. She had like a nice weave in. And she used my comb too! And I'm like, 'I'm never using this again!' She is awesome. She is super cool. We ended up hanging out. We went to a (Atlanta) Braves (baseball) game together." And Gaga certainly took a liking to Ushkowitz - she later invited the actress to appear in her Marry the Night video, as her best pal Bo.

The actress continues, "Two weeks later, she got in touch with my agent. She was like, 'Can you do me this favour and can you come (and) be in my music video?' I was like, 'I think so.' Unfortunately Ushkowitz and Gaga won't be double dating again any time soon - although the actress is still romancing Trevino, her boyfriend of a year, the pop star ended her 10-month romance with Kinney last month (Apr12).

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-110216-babies-jb.jpg Mauro and his partner Juan Carlos from Spain hold their twin babies at private hospital after an Indian surrogate mother delivered twin baby girls for them in New Delhi https://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psyab&q=moshira+soliman&oq=moshira+soliman&gs_l=hp.3..0j0i30.3657.5050.1.5330.8.8.0.0.0.0.125.5 82.7j1.8.0.les%3Beappsweb..0.0...1.1.3.psyab.ufU8Tn3j7tE&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42553238,d.cWE&fp=5aad920d 6efc462e&biw=1306&bih=754 she appears to be middle eastern and her husband may be white. go you! it's a shame that they were involved with gori chod Feisel Abdul Rauf, but didn't sem to know what a shithead he is. a desi girl named renu married a white guy named anthony. https://www.facebook.com/renu.sagar1 unfortunately, they are also on the sameful site newtosikhi, started by a gori and gori chod. but these two rock. anthony even seems to be converting to sikhism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Newton In 1968, Newton married Elaine Okamura, and they adopted a daughter before divorcing in 1985. http://www.nndb.com/people/677/000022611/ Nina Huang (model, dated/cohabited 1990-95, engagement called off) awesome asian and western wedding http://www.cloverdew.com/tag/photography

http://www.foodprocessing.com/articles/2010/rd_annie-chun.html Annie Chun was born and raised in Seoul, Korea, and came as a young adult to Northern California, where her family ran a top-rated Korean restaurant in San Francisco. With the dream of creating healthy, delicious foods that would introduce America to the diversity of Asian foods and flavors, she

founded Annie Chun's Inc. in San Rafael, Calif., in 1992. While Annie and her husband/partner Stephen Broad sold the business last year to supplier/partner CJ Corp., Annie Chun's continues to provide consumers with simple, convenient meal solutions through innovative product offerings and unique flavor profiles that unlock a sense of worldliness with every bite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reena_Ninan Ninan is married to Kevin Peraino of Newsweek and has two children

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Reznor Reznor married Mariqueen Maandig in October 2009.[102] Their son, Lazarus Echo, was born in October 2010[103] and they are currently expecting another child. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariqueen_Maandig

Mariqueen Maandig Reznor is a singer of Filipino descent, and vocalist for the band How to Destroy Angels with her husband, Trent Reznor https://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=active&q=anla+cheng+mark+kingdon&spell=1&sa=X&ei=05F kUcuIIfB4AOL4oG4CA&ved=0CC4QBSgA&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44990110,d.dmg&fp=f541 d26e5940a762&biw=957&bih=728

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Muhammad_Knight Knight's father, Wesley Unger, was the thirteenth of twenty children born to a Pentecostal preacher in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. A participant in outlaw motorcycle club culture, Unger was mentally ill and abusive, causing Knight's mother to escape with him when Knight was two years old. Knight grew up in Geneva, New York, raised by his mother in a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent. Knight's first exposure to Islam came when he was 13 when he discovered Malcolm X through the lyrics of the hip-hop band, Public Enemy. After reading Alex Haley's Autobiography of Malcolm X at 15, Knight's study of Islam intensified and he converted to Islam. It was also at 15 that Knight met his father for the first time since he was two years old; when Knight informed Unger that he was Muslim, Unger told Knight that he was a white supremacist. At 17 Knight traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan, to study Islam at Faisal Mosque. He came close to making the decision to abandon this course of study to join the war against Russian rule in Chechnya.[7] On August 2, 2009, he married Sadaf Khatri in San Jose, California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Rehm Personal life

Diane Rehm was born in Washington, D.C. to Wadie Aed and Eugenie Zouekie, ethnic Arab, Orthodox Christians from Mersin, Turkey. She attended William B. Powell Elementary and Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C.[1] Upon graduation, she was employed by the city's highways department, where she became a radio dispatcher.[citation needed] She never attended college. Diane married John Rehm, her second husband, in 1959. She has two grown children, David and Jennifer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Mitchell Mitchell was born in Waterville, Maine. His father, George John Mitchell, Sr. (born Joseph Kilroy), was of ethnic Irish descent but was adopted by a Lebanese family when he was orphaned;[3] he was a janitor at Colby College in Waterville, where Mitchell was raised. Mitchell's mother, Mary (ne Saad), was a textile worker who emigrated to the United States in 1920 from Bkassine, Lebanon, at the age of eighteen. Because of his origin, Mitchell is recognized as a prominent Arab-American.[4] He is currently Penn State's Athletic Integrity Monitor.[5] Mitchell was raised a Maronite Catholic and in his childhood served as an altar boy at St. Joseph's Maronite Church in Maine.[6] Throughout junior high school and high school, Mitchell worked as a janitor.[7] In a family of five children, all three of Mitchell's brothers were athletes and though a talented student, as a child, he found himself overshadowed by his brothers' athletic achievements sadly he is an asshole 0Mitchell was married for 26 years until he and his wife, Sally, divorced in 1987. They had a daughter, Andrea. In 1994 he became engaged to Heather MacLachlan, 35, a sports management consultant,[36] whom he subsequently married in December 1994[37] and with whom he has a son, Andrew, and daughter called Claire in honour of Claire Bowes (ne Gallagher) who had so inspired him when she was blinded in the Omagh bombing. In 2012 (BBC: George Mitchell: My journey's end) he visited Northern Ireland with his son the same age as Claire was when she was blinded and Claire was told that he had named his daughter after her because he always remembered her.[

Firoozeh Dumas (Persian: ?????? ?????) (b. 1965 in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian-American writer. Dumas is a wife and mother. She is married to a Frenchman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoosa_Rubenstein Atoosa Rubenstein (born Atoosa Behnegar in Tehran, Iran in 1972) was the editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine. She was also the founding editor of CosmoGIRL!. She is currently the founder of Big Momma Productions, Inc. and Atoosa.com Rubenstein currently lives in Manhattan with her husband of 12 years, Ari Rubenstein. Ari is the founder and Managing Partner of Global Trading Systems LLC, a stock, commodity and foreign

currency trading company. On 15 August 2008, Rubenstein welcomed a baby girl, Angelika McQueen, who weighed 7 lbs and 15 oz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_Mai Mai was born in San Jose, California to a Chinese father and Vietnamese mother.[ On August 11, 2007, Mai married Freddy Harteis, host of The Hollywood Hunter airing on The Sportsman Channel. Firoozeh Dumas (Persian: ?????? ?????) (b. 1965 in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian-American writer. Dumas is a wife and mother. She is married to a Frenchman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoosa_Rubenstein Atoosa Rubenstein (born Atoosa Behnegar in Tehran, Iran in 1972) was the editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine. She was also the founding editor of CosmoGIRL!. She is currently the founder of Big Momma Productions, Inc. and Atoosa.com Rubenstein currently lives in Manhattan with her husband of 12 years, Ari Rubenstein. Ari is the founder and Managing Partner of Global Trading Systems LLC, a stock, commodity and foreign currency trading company. On 15 August 2008, Rubenstein welcomed a baby girl, Angelika McQueen, who weighed 7 lbs and 15 oz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_Mai Mai was born in San Jose, California to a Chinese father and Vietnamese mother.[ On August 11, 2007, Mai married Freddy Harteis, host of The Hollywood Hunter airing on The Sportsman Channel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Scott Scott was born in London, England. Her mother Usha Scott is a Gujarati Indian from Uganda and her father Chris Scott is British

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Munn She is of Chinese descent on her mother's side (though her mother was raised in Vietnam)[4] and of German and Irish descent on her father's

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Unfortunately, while in China, Ross became in a committed relationship with Julie, a very attractive American woman of Chinese descent. After her attempts to reveal her feelings for him fail, she decides to moving is her only option. Her constant ramblings of Ross, while on eating dinner with another man, lead her to leave a drunken message on his answering machine, telling him her feelings. On hearing this, Ross and Rachel kiss and he ends his relationship with Julie to be with Rachel.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mili_Avital Avital was born in Jerusalem, the daughter of graphic designers Noni and Iko Avital. Her family is Jewish.[ Spouse(s) Charles Randolph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichen_Lachman Lachman was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, and lived in Nepal until she was eight years old, before her family moved to Adelaide, Australia. Her mother is Tibetan, and her Australian father is of German heritage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaghan_Rath http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2042776/ Rath was born in Montreal, Quebec. Rath has studied Cinema and Communications at Dawson College.[1] Rath is Austrian from her father's side and Indian from her mother's side, and has a younger brother named Jesse who is also an actor.

http://www.emel.com/article?id=85&a_id=2375 Dawud Wharnsby, Canadian born singer songwriter, moved to Abbottabad in Pakistan to be close to his wifes grandparents. http://www.google.com/url?q=http://maggiepowell.nexxtblog.com/2006/11/20/aja-kim-talks-about-getit-on-the-album-she-recorded-with-clarenceclemons/&sa=U&ei=xDOpUZ6bEojK9QT0jYGAAQ&ved=0CAsQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNG1Q_lx1PSE EhK3TK9qxakueBPJiw http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CD4QFjAE&url=http %3A%2F%2Fshowbizdaily.net%2Fcelebrity-bio%2Fremi-alfalah-prince-jackson-new-princessgirlfriend%2F&ei=rW2-UeGfKval4AP57ICYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEXrJS_jf4RS-YImQm5kiuQMkH5-

g&sig2=WpaclUwnt8TU3NjtLRnRWA&bvm=bv.47883778,d.dmg His father was proclaimed king of pop, is only natural coming from music royalty the first born of diseased Michael Jackson is dating a real life princess! Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. also known as Prince Michael Jackson I, was seen hanging out very closely to a girl identified as Kuwaiti princess, lets get to know a little more about Remi Alfalah. - See more at: http://showbizdaily.net/celebritybio/remi-alfalah-prince-jackson-new-princess-girlfriend/#sthash.bMJWU0YQ.dpuf http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Bloodgood Her father, Shell Bloodgood, is an American of Dutch and Irish descent, and her mother, Sang Cha, is Korean.[3] Her father was stationed in South Korea where he met her mother. http://www.hardcore-party-girls.com/pictures/indianbabes15/ http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jonze http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinko_Kikuchi In 2011, it was reported that he was dating Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi

http://www.guyanatimesinternational.com/?p=27001 http://www.guyanatimesinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Nisa-and-her-family.jpg U.S.-trained Guyanese chef talks about her love for cooking June 14, 2013 By admin Formally trained in the culinary arts in the U.S. and having to put aside her passion for cooking for a while because of family responsibilities, Guyanese culinary expert Nisa Walker has returned to a burning stove to create delectable dishes and bring contented smiles to those who indulge regularly at her caf called Oasis Cafe, nestled along Carmichael Street in the city. Nisa and her family Nisa and her family Nisa left Guyana when she was 19 for Europe where she spent about five years. She then migrated to the U.S. and resided there for about nine years, where she married her British husband. I went to culinary school in the U.S. about 22 years ago but didnt work because I spent the first few years taking care of my family, the mother of two disclosed. But when the children got older I got restless. My passion is cooking and creating dishes that will make people happy. I had my own catering business in New York. It wasnt very advertised, only through word of mouth would people find out about it. At events that I catered for I would put out my cards and thats how people came to know about my company, she recalled. Nisas love for cooking was instilled by her mother who taught her how to cook. This passion helped Nisa to excel at Home Economics in school and so her journey with the culinary arts began. The chef knew that she would one day return to her homeland. When her husband, William Walker, visited Guyana for the first time, Nisa said he immediately fell in love with the country. He approached her about living in Guyana but Nisa was slightly hesitant at first. After a few visits and seeing how her children love being here, Nisa decided it was time to return. Upon returning, they spotted the cafes Carmichael Street location, once an Internet caf, and decided

to open a place where persons can relax and read a book while enjoying a high-quality cup of coffee. When we returned to Guyana we couldnt find a good cup of coffee. Were big fans of coffee, and thats when we decided well open Oasis Caf and offer something new and fresh to the Guyanese public. It was difficult at first when we came back here to start the caf. Sourcing certain ingredients and trying to find out what people wanted were a bit challenging. From day one I plunged right into the kitchen. My days initially started at 4 in the morning at the caf. I would then leave the caf and rush to the market. I would come back and start cooking again. Sometime I would even help out at the register. We started off small but it became bigger than what we anticipated. It showed us how people craved for something new and fresh and we were happy to have offered that service, she noted. Although faced with certain challenges, Nisas love for cooking motivated her to keep succeeding. Recalling the challenge at first to source certain ingredients here, she remembered when she tried to make her croissants after 13 attempts she was finally able to perfect them. In developing her expertise, Nisa reads a lot on the internet and researches successful restaurants around the world. She also spends much of her time experimenting with recipes at home and at work. Nisa enjoys creating different things and coming up with her own concoctions. Humanitarian efforts Another highlight of Nisas life was returning to buy the home she grew up in at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara. It was a great feeling, she noted, to live at that home once again. But among the happiness came sadness when she saw the plight of some women living in her area. Nisa stated that she saw the depression some women were experiencing because of domestic abuse. Most of them were young mothers who looked very aged because, she believes, they were living in abusive relationships. This prompted Nisa to start a womens group called WINNERS (Women in Neighbourhoods Needing Every Reasonable Support). She welcomed the women at her home and taught them how to bake, cook, and make craft. She worked with some 22 women, training them for free and even invited motivational speakers, gynaecologists, and nutritionists to speak to them regularly. It was all funded by my husband and I. Unfortunately its not active now because it was an impossible task to juggle the group and caf. Also, I didnt get anyone who wanted to head the group so it just fell through. However Im hoping that I can start back this group because Im very passionate about it. Although I dont head any group now Im still involved in the charitable work of the United Women for Special Children, explained Nisa. Through Oasis, Nisa has also been promoting the local arts. She has welcomed artists to display their artwork on the cafs walls and has also invited local bands to play on various nights. She and her husband also sponsor various sports events. We like to encourage young ones to pursue their dreams and help in whatever way we can. So were hoping to expand our efforts in this area. Also, Im planning to offer cooking classes but this is in its planning stage. I have been approached about doing a cooking show so Im also thinking about that, the culinary expert outlined. At present, the culinary pro is working on restructuring some of her recipes, making them healthier. She observed that Guyanese are becoming health conscious and she would like to contribute to their healthy lifestyle. Seeing how happy I make people with my cooking really motivates me. Also, the positive feedback we get from persons who come from overseas to enjoy our products is also very motivating. It doesnt feel like work because I love doing it. I also have a very supportive staff that share a similar passion for cooking and are very coordinated, which makes my work somewhat less stressful. On Fridays I work like 18 hours because Im in the kitchen cooking everything from scratch for our Oasis Paradiso nights which was started a year ago. Its an elegant evening of dining and has been a hit so far. Although its a lot of work, Im not deterred but rather determined because I love making people happy, she declared. Nisa urges women to pursue something they are passionate about. She pointed out that if they love

what they are doing, they will want to continue to better themselves, and this will ultimately lead to successful careers. http://www.google.com/url?q=http://eyeprime.net/2013/04/15/jamie-chungs-bikinibody/&sa=U&ei=kNfBUcTyJNTWrQGfsYHIBg&ved=0CA8QFjAD&usg=AFQjCNENVxA_KKDT4 9ZvfEplpI0WNqDoIQ A Bikini clad Jamie Chung celebrates her 30th Birthday with her Boyfriend Bryan Greenberg in Hawaii.

it's a shame he passed... he was awesome. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gandolfini On August 30, 2008, after two years of dating, Gandolfini married former model Deborah Lin, who was forty-years-old at the time, in her hometown of Honolulu, Hawaii.

http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/gay-rights-activists-rally-in-stonewall-to-cheer-domadecision-1.5576465 http://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.5576925.1372293746!/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/di splay_600/image.JP Photo credit: Xinghia Zhang and Susan Stoever, who are engaged, celebrate outside Stonewall Inn. (Charles Eckert) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Wheeler Wheeler is half English and half Indian, the daughter of BBC correspondent Sir Charles Wheeler and his second wife Dip Singh. She was educated at the European School of Brussels, and then in the early 1980s at the University of Cambridge, where she wrote for the student magazine Cantab.[1][2][2][3] At the European School, she became a friend of Boris Johnson, the future British Conservative politician. [4] Her sister is Shirin Wheeler, now the BBC's Brussels correspondent.

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This girl's name is molly doherty. she is a white girl who was sikh for awhile. her husband is also white and is christian. she decided that she no longer wanted to be sikh, and converted back to christianity. We wish to emntion her simply because she is an example of a western girl who has true intentions. she embraced an eastern faith, and followed it with respect. she knew the difference between real sikhs and the 3H) cult. She studied various aspects of the religions and lived it with respect and sincerity. she did not feel the need to marry an indian or seek attention. she has chosen to stick to her culture, despite the

embracing of an eastern faith. She is an example of a westerner who should be applauded and praised. http://asianaffairs.in/january2013/images/charles-wheeler-dip-singh.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lainie_Kazan Kazan was born Lanie Levine in Brooklyn, New York City,[1] the daughter of a Russian Ashkenazi Jewish father who worked as a bookie and a Turkish Sephardic Jewish mother, Carole, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Moonsie Susan Sookdeo Moonsie is an American musician best known for her association with Prince and his girl-group Vanity 6.[1] Early life Moonsie, the daughter of a conservative school teacher, is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is of Indian heritage originally from Trinidad. She was one of Prince's high school girlfriends. http://www.google.com/url?q=http://ranajohn.ourwedding.com/&sa=U&ei=CM_UUf2FC6Xu0gG634DABA&ved=0CAcQFjAA&usg=AFQjC NFNpFYPJC-MuH_SBGqHQslJJfUfOg

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sackur Stephen Sackur was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, and studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.[1] He is married to an Iraqi,[2] Zina Sabbagh and has three children. http://www.iawfoundation.org/community/hdsdb/profile/ After graduating from AFI she decided to change course from cinematography to writing for television. She and her husband, Jeffrey Hodes wrote 11 television series together including, LIVING SINGLE, THE NANNY, 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN, and ACCORDING TO JIM. They also developed several pilots for various American broadcast networks, including Funny in Farsi, which was adapted from the book of the same title by Firoozeh Dumas. That pilot was produced in 2010 for ABC and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Unfortunately, Jeffrey passed away in September 2011 due to complications from Leukemia. Since then Nastaran has been writing solo and has worked on HAPPILY DIVORCED starring Fran Drescher, RETIRED AT 35 starring George Segal and Jessica Walters, and most recently the new ABC sitcom MALIBU COUNTRY starring Reba McEntire, where she was elevated to Executive Producer/showrunner in October of 2012. Nastaran presently lives in Los Angeles and has a 17-year-old daughter, Katrina, and a beagle, named Buddy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist#Personal_life Norquist has described himself as a "boring white bread Methodist."[59] In 2004, at age 48, he married a Palestinian Muslim[36] named Samah Alrayyes,[60][61] a Kuwaiti PR specialist who was formerly a director of the Islamic Free Market Institute and specialist at the Bureau of Legislative and Public Affairs at United States Agency for International Development (USAID).[62][63] The couple has adopted two children, both girls, one of whom was adopted from the city of Bethlehem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Hakim Hakim was born in Kuala Tungkal, Jambi on 25 December 1956, but grew up in Yogyakarta. She is of mixed descent, with her relatives coming from Padang/Minangkabau, Aceh, Banten, Pekalongan, Madiun, and the Middle East; this caused her to question her identity as a child and teenager.[1] Despite being devout Muslims, her parents named her Christine because she was born on Christmas

Hakim married Dutchman Jeroen Lezer in 2000. They currently live in Cibubur East Jakarta with Hakim's mother;[11] Bruce Emond of The Jakarta Post describes her home as being "like a lush secret garden amid the creeping suburbia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Todt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh Jean Todt is the father of Nicolas Todt (co-owner of the ART Grand Prix GP2 team) and since 2004 his partner has been actress Michelle Yeoh.

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New citizen Shalini Saurabh Singh-Coates gets a kiss from her husband, John Coates. Daughter, Anjalie waves the flag. THE BLADE/DIANE HIRES Shalini Saurabh Singh-Coates, Alpa Dinesh Hicks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ng David Rosa (2008-) http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/colin-mathurajeffree Born in NZ to a Fijian-Indian mother and a European father

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Sab%C3%A0to,_Jr. Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes was born on May 17, 1971 in

Hillsboro, Oregon, to parents native to the Island of Oahu and Kauai. Her mother is of Chinese, Hawaiian and Filipino descent, her father, Chinese and Portuguese. In May 2011, she and Antonio Sabto, Jr. welcomed a son named Antonio Kamakanaalohamaikalani Harvey Sabato III. His first middle name means a beloved gift from the heavens.[3] Sabato Jr. and Marie were married in Kauai on September 25, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Sugandh http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/tina-sugandh-tarz-ludwigsen-of-bravos-newlywedswelcome-baby-boy-tarz-david-see-the-first-photo-2013256 http://vimeo.com/52731846 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayley_Kiyoko Kiyoko Alcroft was born on April 3, 1991, in Los Angeles, California, to Jamie Alcroft and Sarah Kawahara. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Scott Scott was born in London, England. Her mother Usha Scott is a Gujarati Indian from Uganda and her father Chris Scott is British. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_Hwong Hwong is married to businessman Peter Gordon. They reside in New York City. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Ng_%28actress%29 After leaving her acting career behind her, Ng pursued her education, and is a graduate of Harvard University. She was formerly a banker for Merrill Lynch. She married David Rosa in July 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming-Na_Wen In 1990, Wen married American film writer Kirk Aanes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Chao http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Templeman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Wu Wu married Oscar L. Costo, director and producer on December 30, 1996.

More desi girls with white guys! https://www.facebook.com/sundaridini https://www.facebook.com/krishnadasbosch https://www.facebook.com/bala.bosch https://www.facebook.com/rowita108/

Born in Shanghai, China to Z.M. and Dulcie Lynn Tsu Spouse(s) Ivan Nagy (1971) n the 1960s, Tsu met Frank Sinatra in Miami, Florida where she was filming the "Chevron Island" commercials and Sinatra was filming "Tony Rome". They dated for over two years. Tsu later married director Ivan Nagy in 1971. https://www.facebook.com/eranjames/photos http://weddingnouveau.com/real-interracial-and-multiethnic-wedding-gallery/sarah-falugophotography/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2013/07/moroccan-wedding-by-christophe-viseux/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2011/08/real-wedding-interfaith-hindu-jewish-wedding-by-tunji-sarumi/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2011/02/real-wedding-nigerian-chinese-fusion-part-1/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2012/11/japanese-zulu-wedding-in-south-africa/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2012/09/interracial-indian-weddding-in-austin-by-qweddings/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2012/09/thai-scottish-wedding-by-caroline-tran/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2012/08/cambodian-khmer-american-wedding/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2012/07/interfaith-hindu-christian-wedding-by-mccardell-photography/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2012/05/cambodian-wedding-romance-by-carmen-wang/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2012/03/japanese-rwandan-fusion-wedding-in-northern-california/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2012/01/korean-english-fairytale-wedding/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2011/10/real-wedding-vietnamese-fusion-wedding-in-new-orleans-bykace-and-alli-photography/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2011/09/korean-fusion-wedding-in-ny-by-lilian-haidar-photography/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2011/04/real-wedding-chinese-canadian-fusion/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2009/11/real-wedding-chandra-and-derrick-a-charming-union-on-a-texasestate/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2009/10/real-wedding-jane-john/ http://weddingnouveau.com/2010/05/real-interracial-wedding-cambodian-canadian-khmer-yean-andkyle/

http://weddingnouveau.com/2009/09/interracial-wedding-noriko-john-a-california-vineyard-affair/ this article is a very well written observation on how western girls shame desi culture with their attempts to show off. this was written by an indian who has clear respect for his culture. http://www.ibtimes.com/western-women-should-not-wear-indian-sari-213632

In recent years, buoyed by the popularity of Bollywood films and the rising profile of India in the global economy, a number of female celebrities in the West have taken to wearing saris, the traditional garment of Indian women, in public appearances From Oprah Winfrey to Elizabeth Hurley to Paris Hilton to Madonna and Cherie Blair, some prominent women in the west have been seen flaunting the Indian-style clothing in various public forums. While these women are not intentionally seeking to do any harm (and in many cases are exhibiting their fondness for Indian culture), to me, as a person of Indian descent, I find the whole spectacle rather patronizing and yet another effort to both trivialize and unnecessarily exoticize Indian women and their lifestyles. In short, Western women look ridiculous wearing saris and most of them likely know nothing about Indian culture. For one thing, while these women probably think they are being open-minded and multi-cultural by donning the clothes of a far-away land that they have only a superficial knowledge of, the sari was originally intended to keep teenaged girls and women both comfortable in the heat and to look modest. While not as extreme as the Islamic burqa, the sari was designed to hide a womans figure and curves in order to prevent the unwanted attentions of men (and, by extension, a sexual assault). (Not that this has prevented millions of Indian men from bothering women over the centuries). Moreover, from a purely personal perspective, when I see an American or British woman clad in a sari at some glamorous function, I feel like I am watching some deep-pocketed trick-or-treaters on Halloween. Its a game for them, a time to play dress-up. Today, its the Indian sari, next week it might be the Japanese kimono, next month, it could be a Moroccan fez (whatever is hot and trendy at the moment). My mother wears a sari because it is her culture and she grew up with it (she could not imagine ever wearing anything else, and she has lived in the West for decades). However, ironically, as saris become an increasingly popular fashion item in the West, increasing numbers of Indian women living among the Diaspora are abandoning the sari in droves. They might wear the sari at some unusual special function like a wedding, but for the most part, young Indian ladies in London, Toronto, New York and Los Angeles wear western clothes on a daily basis, when they are at work or play or out on the town.

I cant remember the last time I saw an Indian woman under the age of 50 wearing a sari in public in New York City. An Indian girl I know (born and raised in Boston) once told me that she did not even know how to put on a sari and had no desire to learn. She equated the sari with the oppression of women in India and wanted no part of it whatsoever. Another Indian girl (from Toronto) told me she found the sari too old-fashioned and too time consuming to put on. Granted, a great many Indian women in the west love the sari and find it a glorious expression of ones unique and ancient culture but even they wear it only once in a blue moon. As for Western women, they have no pressing need to wear a sari. A blogger calling herself Gori Girl (which translates into white girl) would strongly disagree with me. She once wrote: When I read that a Westerner in a sari is committing the sin of cultural appropriation, I got more than a little offended. Isnt the intent more important than outside opinion? .. How is my admiration and love of the sari an insult to anyone? How is something so positive turned by some people into a negative? To answer Gori Girl, my response would be: You can wear the sari only if you are willing to fully embrace Indian culture, even the parts that you as a white Westerner would normally find offensive or even appalling. But by wearing a sari while having no real links to India, you come across as very superficial. However, Gori Girl raised a good point by noting that many non-western girls wear western-style clothing these days. As people all over the world turn aside from their traditional wear in favor of the Western uniform of jeans and t-shirts, shouldnt it be an occasion of joy to see that their cultural heritage is treasured by people on the outside of the culture?, she asked. How exactly is it that a non-Westerner can go between the different styles of dress, but a Westerner cannot? Is this not a double standard, and is this truly acceptable? My answer to this query is that non-western (i.e. Indian ) women are wearing western-style clothes because Western Europe -- and later, the United States -- has dominated world affairs for the past four or five centuries. They have, in effect, become the arbiter of what is acceptable and fashionable solely due to their vast economic and military power. Gori Girl rightfully added that Indian is a rising global power itself now. She wrote: My embracing of the sari, rather than being seen as a confiscation of something that does not belong to me, should perhaps be seen as my acceptance of future world leadership. The world gets smaller every day. We all have to live in it. We should all be allowed to celebrate whichever parts of it that we love, no matter if it is something native to our lands or not. Even if something is not native to ones homeland, it can become native to ones heart.

I cant deny these latter sentiments, though I respectfully disagree with Gori Girl. In an article in the Toronto Star newspaper, an Indian woman named Anju Saini said: People want all that Bollywood glitter to make that Bollywood entrance Indian outfits are so vibrant, so colorful, so sexy they cheer you up. Sainis statement perfectly crystallizes how shallow and superficial this phenomenon is Bollywood had little or nothing to do with Indian culture. The Mumbai film industry is itself a gross and vulgar distortion of Indian society and this is what is being broadcast to the world as representing India. This article was written by a western woman, yet shares similar sentiments. http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/nov/10/western-women-sari-indian-dress? INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487

Draping seven yards of material around the female form may sound a challenge but it is second nature to millions of women who go about their daily lives in traditional Indian attire.

Last week, the prime minister's wife took her cue from Indian style when she accompanied her husband on a visit to Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, the Hindu temple in north-west London, to celebrate Diwali. Discarding her signature pared-down, urban yummy-mummy style, Samantha Cameron wore a russet silk sari with an ornate jacquard-woven gold border design. "The other ladies that met her were truly pleased to see the effort that she had made, and indeed many were left wondering how she managed to carry the sari so well," said Sejal Saglani at the Mandir, when I asked how the ensemble had gone down. "The fact that Mrs Cameron made such a huge effort to dress as per Hindu customs most definitely shows how much she values our culture, religion and traditions." Yet I couldn't help feel that this was all a rather gauche form of fancy dress: another woman in the spotlight trying to make a statement by mimicking the complex cultural costume of her host. Mrs Cameron, usually confident in her own style identity and a worthy ambassador for the British Fashion Council, is wise to the nuances of dress, yet here she was, resorting to copycat style to "fit in". While her outfit may have been well received by the women who gathered in their own jewel-hued saris to meet their guests, the wisdom of her choice was questionable.

The language of clothes is carefully coded as a result of thousands of years of social, cultural and religious lore, and the unspoken rituals that dictate what we choose to wear. As a race, we make instinctive judgments based on appearance and attire. It may make us uncomfortable that superficial impressions are so fundamental in forming opinion, but such impressions are deep in our subconscious. In her book Understanding Fashion, the cultural historian Elizabeth Rouse explains: "Clothing is not a random or totally individual affair: it is a social activity. The overall pattern of our dress, be it grass skirts or tailored clothes, is a consequence of the society in which we live we cannot interpret the

clothing of other societies, we cannot understand their significance, if we have not learned the code," she says. "There are strict codes of dress for the wearing of traditional clothes. The type of fabric, the colours, the type of design or pattern on the fabric, the length of sleeves, the way a sash is tied, all act as signs and social meanings." Alice Cicolini, former director of arts and culture for the British Council in New Delhi, now a jewellery designer based in London, describes her fashion faux pas on arriving in India, wearing a short sari. "Everything about your sari is a social signifier, and only members of the lowest caste would wear a short sari," she says. "All my colleagues were horrified." So, take traditional costume out of context and it feels awkward. Discussing the specific language of costume around the world, Rouse says: "Many Asian women retain the sari as a form of dress, despite its impracticality in British winters, because of its social significance within their culture as an expression of loyalty to that way of life." And it is the significance of clothing in relation to a specific culture that makes me uncomfortable with the casual adoption of traditional attire for "an occasion". It feels too nonchalant, somehow, too lacking in respect for the rich heritage and language of such attire. Because the sari is so deeply ingrained in a certain ethnicity, it is not easily adopted by others. Jessica Frazier, a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and founder and managing editor of the Journal of Hindu Studies, stresses the importance of getting the detail correct when wearing a sari. "It is laden with unwritten language: the way you tie it, the length, the fabric, the way the pallu is draped over one's shoulder, the under blouse, the accessories, the posture," she says. "It is a very grand statement, and finessing that is crucial. The Hindu community is very good at letting other people into their space and [letting them] borrow their cultural goods, as long as it is done respectfully, but I have never worn one for work or even to a function hosted by Hindus. I prefer to wear an Indian scarf or some jewellery as a mark of respect." It is this nod to cultural heritage, rather than slavish imitation, that tends to result in a more successful look. The Queen, probably the world's leading arbiter of social and sartorial protocol thanks to decades of state visits and experience of dress codes takes her cue from her hosts, appropriating a colour or a national emblem within a garment that itself sits within her own clothing comfort zone. Michelle Obama nailed this dress-code problem perfectly in her own Diwali ensemble last week. The First Lady cleverly chose a silk shift dress by Mumbai-born, New York-based designer Naeem Khan, deftly combining a western silhouette with a skirt embellished in exotic silken embroidery that would not have looked out of place on a Rajasthani maharaja. She looked at ease and elegant, seamlessly blending two cultures in a way that was far removed from the clumsy costume-wearing of others. I turned to Bandana Tewari, the fashion features director of Vogue India, for her thoughts on the matter. "If I wore a kimono today I wouldn't be as comfortable as a Japanese lady, because I don't have the cultural upbringing to look like a lady in it," she says. "Women who wear saris every day can do cartwheels in them, because it is second nature to them to move easily in them. "I think it [the sari] is a more versatile garment than the rest of the world sees. When I travel outside India, the Indian women I see elsewhere are much more traditional in the way they wear them. Here, we have much more fun adapting our saris to a modern lifestyle, blending our own aesthetic with western influences. I wear a little black sari in Italian chiffon with a bikini blouse and Louboutin heels,

in the same way that western women wear a little black dress." So, across the globe, different cultures pay their respects to others most successfully when they seamlessly integrate their heritage to create a new aesthetic that sits comfortably with contemporary ways.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soraya_%28musician%29 Soraya's maternal relatives were Lebanese Christians who emigrated from Lebanon to Colombia.[3] Soraya's mother, Yamila Gharib Cuevas, had been a housewife in Colombia. Soraya's father, Gregorio Lamilla, worked for an exporting company in Colombia; in the U.S., life was hard for the family, so to make ends meet, he worked three or four jobs. Soraya died of breast cancer on May 10, 2006, aged 37. She was first diagnosed in 2000, at the age of 31, after finding a lump while conducting a routine self-examination. She was diagnosed at Stage III and had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction as well as radiation therapy and chemotherapy. In addition to her own death, Soraya lost her mother, a grandmother, and a maternal aunt to breast cancer.

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http://niralimagazine.com/2006/12/captivating-kavi/ Ladnier is a full-time mom to her three-year-old daughter Leela with husband Cooper Madison, a musician and composer. http://www.nicklea.com/menintrees.htm From TV Guide: Yes, Sara gets a love interest. You will meet him this Thursday; his name is Eric, and he has a secret. Here's something fun: Eric is played by Nick Lea (of X-Files fame), who happens to be the real live-in boyfriend of Suleka Mathew (Sara). This is the first time they have acted together, and I am happy to report they have great on-screen chemistry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parminder_Nagra While on the set of the Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards, she met Irish actor Kieran Creggan with whom she later moved into a flat in Kennington, South London. They dated for five years.[1] On 17 January 2009 Nagra married her boyfriend of seven years, photographer James Stenson. ER costars Scott Grimes and John Stamos performed at the ceremony, and former ER co-star and friend Maura Tierney officiated over the ceremony.[16] Their son, Kai David Singh Stenson, was born on 19 May 2009.[17] On 8 February 2012, it was reported that Nagra had filed for divorce http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juju_Chang Chang married Neal Shapiro on December 2, 1995.[2] At that time, she converted to Judaism.[22] Chang and Shapiro have three sons: Jared (b. 2000), Travis (b. 2003), and Mason (b. 2007).[1][22] She is active in the Asian-American community as a founding board member of the Korean American Community Foundation and an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janel_Parrish Parrish was born on October 30, 1988 in Oahu, Hawaii, to Mark Parrish, who is of European descent, and Joanne, who is of Han Chinese ancestry.[12][13] She attended the Moanalua Elementary and Middle Schools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_Mohanraj Mohanraj lives in Oak Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, with her partner, Kevin Whyte (a mathematician), and their children, daughter Kaviarasi Whyte (born May 18, 2007), and son Anandan Whyte (born September 24, 2009). She has two younger sisters, Dr. Mirna Mohanraj and Dr. Sharmila Mohanraj. Her parents, Dr. N.A.C. Mohanraj and Jacintha Mohanraj, live in Connecticut. She has stated that they wanted her to have an arranged marriage like theirs, to a Sri-Lanka-born Tamil Catholic boy whom they would choose.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandana_Sen As of June 2013, she is married to John Makinson, CEO of Penguin Publishing.[34]

http://www.theprovince.com/Fred+Social+Network/8829613/story.html At the Queer Film Fest opening gala, Everett Blackwell and Yogi Omar puckered up in protest of new anti-gay laws in Russia leading up to the Dont Ask, Dont Tell Sochi Games. http://www.theprovince.com/cms/binary/8829626.jpg http://www.odt.co.nz/files/story/2013/08/protestors_yogi_omar_and_ryan_clayton_kiss_outside_51fc4f 83b9.JPG

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https://www.facebook.com/yogiomar/about yogi, u rock! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristy_Wu Wu is known to have dated her then co-star in Flight 29 Down, Johnny Pacar, who is currently a recurring actor in Make It or Break It. She is of Chinese ancestry.

http://gma.yahoo.com/photos/utah-gay-marriage-slideshow/derek-kitchen-left-moudi-sbeity-one-gaycouples-photo-095600429.html Derek Kitchen, left, and Moudi Sbeity www.gofundme.com/utahmarriageequality http://www.utahstories.com/2013/08/laziz/ https://www.facebook.com/Lazizfoods https://www.facebook.com/moudi.sbeity http://laziz-foods.com/blog-recipes/item/2-laziz-celebrates-the-bounty Moudi Sbeity realized when he moved to Utah from Lebanon in 2006 that he wasnt going to find hummus like his mother used to make. To a Middle Easterner, creamy hummus is a comfort food. Since Mom was a half-world away, Moudi and Derek Kitchen started their company, Laziz, to manufacture and distribute an authentic hummus throughout Utah. You guys rock!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Chin_%28actress%29 Spouse(s) Frank Chang Peter Coe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Eliade In 1930, while living with Dasgupta, Eliade fell in love with his host's daughter, Maitreyi Devi, later writing a barely disguised autobiographical novel Maitreyi (also known as "La Nuit Bengali" or "Bengal Nights"), in which he claimed that he carried on a physical relationship with

her. One of Eliade's best-known works, the novel Maitreyi, dwells on Eliade's own experience, comprising camouflaged details of his relationships with Surendranath Dasgupta and Dasgupta's daughter Maitreyi Devi. The main character, Allan, is an Englishman who visits the Indian engineer Narendra Sen and courts his daughter, herself known as Maitreyi. The narrative is again built on "notebooks" to which Allan adds his comments. This technique Calinescu describes as "boring", and its result "cynical"

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It is a fictionalized account of the love story between Eliade, who was visiting India at the time, and the young Maitreyi Devi (protege of the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who became a famous writer herself). Allan is an employee of the company ran by engineer Narendra Sen. When sent to work in a rain-abundant region of India, Allan gets sick of malaria. He is returned to Calcutta and admitted into a hospital. After treatment, Sen invites Allan into his own house. Shortly after the young guest fells in love with Maitreyi, the hosts daughter. The forbidden love gradually grows with Maitreyi and Allan ending up together. Chabu, Maitreyi's sister, unwillingly witnesses the lovers hugging thus bannishing

Allan and isolating Maitreyi. Both suffer immensely. To rid himself of the suffering, Allan retreats into a bungalow in the Himalaya mountains where he meets Jenia Issac. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreyi_Devi She was the basis for the main character in Romanian-born writer Mircea Eliade's 1933 novel Bengal Nights. In her Na Hanyate novel, written as a response to Bengal Nights, Maitreyi Devi denied claims of a sexual affair between her and Eliade during the latter's sojourn in British India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devika_Rani After that Bombay Talkies started to fade and she married Russian painter Svetoslav Roerich in 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetoslav_Roerich He was married in 1945 to an Indian movie star Devika Rani, widow of producer Himanshu Rai and known as "The First Lady of the Indian Screen" He had a large plantation on the outskirts of Bangalore, called Tataguni, on Kanakpura road. He and Devika Rani lived here, after their respective deaths the estate got involved in litigation and the case is still in the courts. Spouse(s) Himanshu Rai (1929 - 1940 His Death) Svetoslav Roerich (1945 - 1993 His Death)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BD_Wong Wong was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Roberta Christine (ne Leong), a telephone company supervisor, and William D. Wong.[1] He is of Chinese descent. Partner(s) Richie Jackson (19882004) Wong began a long-term relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson in 1988.[8] In 2000, the couple had twin sons: Boaz Dov, who died 90 minutes after birth, and Jackson Foo Wong. They were born through a surrogate mother, using Wong's sperm and an egg donated by Jackson's sister. In 2003, Wong wrote a memoir about his experiences with surrogacy titled Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. Wong and Jackson ended their relationship in 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthus His widow, Setsuko Klossowska de Rola, heads the Balthus Foundation established in 1998. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsuko_Klossowska_de_Rola Setsuko was born, Setsuko Ideta, in Tokyo in 1943. She

graduated from Tokyo Morimura Gakuen High School in 1961 and entered the department of French language at Sophia University in Tokyo.[1] As a university student, she met the painter Balthus who was visiting Japan for the first time in 1962. They got married in 1967. Setsuko assisted Balthus, acting as the headmistress of Villa Medici, where he presided as director of the French Academy in Rome. In 1968, she gave birth to a son, Fumio, who died aged two years and six months. In 1973, a daughter, Harumi, was born.[2] In 1977, Setsuko and Balthus left the French Academy and moved to Le Grand Chalet in Rossinire, Switzerland. Balthus died in 2001.

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Deaf baby who survived parents brutal slaying back as an adult to learn about unsolved triple murder EXCLUSIVE: Colleen Turzynski was a diaper-clad 17-monthold in March 1990, when police in Clifton found her in an apartment, with the corpses of her murdered parents and grandfather. The child had lived for a week by eating cheerios from the floor and drinking from the toilet. Comments (13) By Corky Siemaszko / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, January 19, 2014, 3:00 AM Colleen Turzynski cries recalling her parents who were murdered in Clifton, N.J., in 1990.

Bill Denver for New York Daily News Colleen Turzynski, 25, says the truth about the stabbing deaths of her parents and grandfather in Clifton, N.J., started trickling in when she was 7 years old. 'I was mad about it. It hurt my heart a lot,' she said. 'I was very depressed about it.' Related Stories Woman fined after organizing unruly, 20,000-person party on Facebook Polish mom suspected of killing her three newborns and stuffing their bodies in a freezer: cops Euro 2012: Polish anti-hooligan squads equipped with testicle-biting dogs, sonic cannons that induce involuntary urination Hitlers Wolfs Lair up for rent in Poland Powered by Inform It was a report of a foul smell that sent police on a cold morning in March 1990 to a scruffy building in blue-collar Clifton, N.J. Inside a second-floor apartment, they found a horror show. The rotting corpse of a naked man was lying on a bed. In the corner of the room, a slain woman sat sprawled, her clothes drenched in blood. On another bed, police found a second slain man dressed in nightclothes with a pillow covering his face and a suitcase across his legs. All three had been stabbed to death. And curled up on the floor amid the carnage was a mute

witness to the mayhem a 17-month-old baby girl named Colleen Turzynski, wearing only a dirty diaper. Baby Colleen as she came to be called stayed alive for a week with the bodies by drinking water from the toilet and eating Cheerios scattered on the floor. RELATED: FAMILY OF SLAIN GIRL BRITTANY STYKES STILL IN AGONY: REPORT Turzynski was a 17-month-old baby in a diaper in March 1990, when police found her in an apartment in Clifton, N.J., with the corpses of her parents and grandfather, who were stabbed to death. Bill Denver for New York Daily News Turzynski was a 17-month-old baby in a diaper in March 1990, when police found her in an apartment in Clifton, N.J., with the corpses of her parents and grandfather, who were stabbed to death. But she could not tell police what happened at 176 Ackerman Ave. and not just because she was too young to understand. Like her murdered parents and grandfather, Colleen is deaf. Now 25, Colleen is back in New Jersey after years of living with her fathers family in Poland to fill in the blank spots of her past. I never got to know my parents, she signed to Robin, the foster mother who took her in as a baby and with whom she

is now living. I want to meet people who knew them. I know so little about them. I want to know what they were like. Colleen, whose doomed mom was from Singapore, also wants to restart her life in a place where she doesnt stick out. In Poland, everybody is fair and I used to get teased at the boarding school I went to for deaf children, she said. They thought I was Japanese. RELATED: FISHERMAN DISCOVERS CAR LINKED TO 42-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE Colleen Turzynski as an infant in the arms of her mother, Lee Kui Yin Turzynski, along with her grandfather Mieczyslaw Turzynski (left) and father Kazimierz Turzynski (right). All three adults were found stabbed to death in a Clifton. N.J., apartment in March 1990. Bill Denver for New York Daily News Colleen Turzynski as an infant in the arms of her mother, Lee Kui Yin Turzynski, along with her grandfather Mieczyslaw Turzynski (left) and father Kazimierz Turzynski (right). All three adults were found stabbed to death in a Clifton. N.J., apartment in March 1990. Colleen laughed a little as she recalled how the Poles struggled to pronounce the classically Irish first name her parents gave her simply because they liked it. My classmates, they all thought it was beautiful, she

said. Much of what Colleen knows about the murders she keeps in a decorated wooden box that she got from Robin, who asked that her last name not be published. Amid the newspaper clippings, there are black-and-white photos of Colleen with her dad, Kazimierz; her mother, Lee Kui Yin; and her grandfather, Mieczyslaw Turzynski. From her mother, who was 39 when she was killed, she got the high cheekbones and the dark, slanted eyes her Polish classmates found so exotic. From her father, who was just 35, Colleen got a brilliant smile and clear complexion. RELATED: JONBENET RAMSEY'S PARENTS' GRAND JURY INDICTIMENT TO BE MADE PUBLIC, JUDGE SAYS Baby Colleen with her mother Lee Kui Yin Turzinski and Abdul Qodoos, who was jailed in the triple murder and later deported to his native Pakistan after investigators were unable to pin the killings on him. Bill Denver for New York Daily News Baby Colleen with her mother Lee Kui Yin Turzinski and Abdul Qodoos, who was jailed in the triple murder and later deported to his native Pakistan after investigators were unable to pin the killings on him. But when Colleen removed another photo from the box, her smile vanished. It showed her as a baby with her mother and a swarthy, slender man with a mustache.

This was Abdul Qodoos, the 25-year-old Pakistani that Colleen and detectives who worked the case believe stabbed all three victims to death on March 18, 1990. I hate him, she signed to Robin. I hate what he did. There was no justice. There was no justice. Qodoos was part of the wide circle of deaf friends that the Turzynskis socialized with. He was arrested after police found him with Kazimierzs camcorder under his bed, along with some $2,100 in cash. We were convinced he was the guy, said Harold Pegg, 68, who was then an investigator for the Passaic County, N.J., prosecutor. But he had us at a complete disadvantage. He would pretend to cooperate and we would ask him a tough question and he would say he didnt understand the signs. In the end, they could not pin the murders on Qodoos and he was deported to Pakistan after spending a year in jail. RELATED: DNA TIES PRISONER WITH 2009 RAPE, MURDER IN QUEENS Turzynski with her foster parents Robin (left) and Bob of Cream Ridge, N.J. Colleen was sent to live with her grandmother in Poland. Now, more than 20 years later she has returned to the U.S. to learn more about her past. Bill Denver for New York Daily News Turzynski with her foster parents Robin (left) and Bob of Cream Ridge, N.J. Colleen was sent to live with her grandmother in Poland. Now, more than 20 years later she

has returned to the U.S. to learn more about her past. I handled a lot of jobs and this was the toughest, said Pegg. Im not a soft guy, but I kept picturing the little girl in the apartment climbing up to cuddle with her dead mom. That case still haunts me, added Ronald Fava, a lawyer in Wayne, N.J., who was the Passaic County prosecutor at the time. Colleens dad was performing as a mime when he met her mom. She was an actress in a deaf troupe from Singapore that was touring then-communist Poland. Smitten, Kazimierz Turzynski soon proposed and later fled Poland for Singapore after he was twice arrested for posting Solidarity placards. From there, the young couple moved to Clifton, where Kazimierz landed a job at a rubber products plant and where Colleen was born Oct. 13, 1988. Around that time, Qodoos entered their lives. He worked for a tailor in Clifton. And he was frequently at their apartment. RELATED: FORMER PHOTOGRAPHER JOSEPH NASO CONVICTED OF FOUR KILLINGS Turzynski shows a wooden box with mementos of her childhood. She said her grandmother tried to shelter her from what happened. 'I would see my dad in pictures and my

grandmother would tell me how funny he was, how friendly he was, how he loved to travel.' Bill Denver for New York Daily News Turzynski shows a wooden box with mementos of her childhood. She said her grandmother tried to shelter her from what happened. 'I would see my dad in pictures and my grandmother would tell me how funny he was, how friendly he was, how he loved to travel.' Cops zeroed in on Qodoos shortly after Colleen and the bodies were found on March 25. He had a brown belt in karate. He seemed to Pegg capable of committing that brutal a crime. There also appeared to be a motive: Grandfather Mieczyslaw kept a nest egg of $3,000 to $4,000 under his bed and that was gone. So was the camcorder Kazimierz had just used to record a family trip to the St. Patricks Day parade in Manhattan. Qodoos insisted he was innocent. He said Kazimierz let him borrow the camcorder. But he gave conflicting statements about his whereabouts at the time of the murder. Soon there were reports that he owed the Turzynskis $400. Those were followed by rumors that he had been having an affair with Kazimierz, rumors he strenuously denied in an interview with The Bergen Record newspaper.

Meanwhile, Colleens grandmother, Teresa, flew in from Poland to claim the girl. Lee Kui Yins sister and brother also expressed interest in adopting the girl, but neither came to fight for the child. RELATED: KENTUCKY MAN CHARGED IN TEEN NIECES 1999 KILLING 'In Poland, everybody is fair and I used to get teased at the boarding school I went to for deaf children,' Turzynski said. 'They thought I was Japanese.' Bill Denver for New York Daily News 'In Poland, everybody is fair and I used to get teased at the boarding school I went to for deaf children,' Turzynski said. 'They thought I was Japanese.' Clifton city councilman Peter Eagler said the city and the Orthodox Christian church the Turzynskis attended in nearby Saddle Brook rallied around the family, paying for the funeral and providing burial plots for Kazimierz and Mieczyslaw. Lee Kui Yins ashes were returned to Singapore. Everybody came to help, he said. It was a real community experience. Karen Ellis Deland, the lawyer who represented Teresa Turzynski, remembers how enchanted everybody was by Colleen. When she visited my family, we would turn up the stereo real loud so she could feel the vibrations and she would dance, she said.

In the end, the judge decided Colleen would be better off in Poland. She has had no contact with her mothers kin. RELATED: FBI TAKES CONVICTED KILLER OUT OF JAIL TO SEARCH FOR VICTIM'S BODY Turzynski, back in New Jersey after more than 20 years, is comforted by her original foster mother Robin. She has had no contact with her mothers kin. 'I would like to find them to meet them,' she said. Bill Denver for New York Daily News Turzynski, back in New Jersey after more than 20 years, is comforted by her original foster mother Robin. She has had no contact with her mothers kin. 'I would like to find them to meet them,' she said. I would like to find them to meet them, she says. Growing up outside of Warsaw, Colleen said she always felt loved but out of place. She said her grandmother tried to shelter her from what happened. I would see my dad in pictures and my grandmother would tell me how funny he was, how friendly he was, how he loved to travel, she says. She told me my mother was always cooking Asian meals and how my father got skinny because he started eating vegetables. But Colleen said she had the sense that she wasnt being told everything. I would get nervous when I would see thin men with mustaches, or when I would see blood, and I

didnt know why, she signed. The terrible truth, Colleen said, started trickling out when she was 7. I was mad about it. It hurt my heart a lot, she said. I was very depressed about it. Colleen said one day she hopes to get the tapes her father made with the camcorder that wound up in Qodoos hands. That is my past, she said. csiemaszko@nydailynews.com

https://www.facebook.com/sherry.lacaille? http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00010/IN29-LAURIE_BAKER3_10156e.jpg http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/03/images/2007030322870301.jpg http://www.aidecworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/lauriebaker02.jpg http://www.designandpeople.org/creativeresistance/images/laurie_suku_1.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AeKWbBfYfKA/RnT9Irk2UUI/AAAAAAAAAAk/O5clnof1HAk/s1600h/other+side+cover.jpg http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00584/2007040210160401_584492e.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Baker Baker was born into a staunch Methodist family, the youngest son of Birmingham Gas Department's chief accountant, Wilfred Baker and Emily. Moving to India in 1945, he began to work across location and while in Uttar Pradesh, he stayed as a guest with an Indian doctor, P. J. Chandy and his family. The sister of his host, Elizabeth Jacob (Baker called her "Kuni"), worked as a doctor in Hyderabad with the same leprosy organization. The two met and decided to marry but there was considerable resistance and so they decided to wait. The work and travel allowed them only brief periods of time together. They both found that they did not agree entirely with the ideas of the mission and in 1948 both of the left the organization and got married.[5] They travelled to the district of Pithoragarh on a honeymoon trek. The availability of a doctor in the region that they travelled to led to the locals visiting them in numbers, even offering them a place to stay and set up clinic. The Bakers settled here and lived on for sixteen years[6] before moving to Vagamon in Kerala in 1963 and some years later to Trivandrum. He became an Indian citizen in 1988 Laurie Baker died at 7:30 am on 1 April 2007, aged 90, survived by wife Elizabeth, son Tilak, daughters Vidya and Heidi and his grandchildren Vineet, Lisa and Tejal. Until the end he continued to work in and around his home in Trivandrum, though health

http://www.celbcelb.com/bio/Milton-Reid.html His father Edgar William Reid was a Scottish-born Customs and Excise inspector who had married an Indian lady. http://www.celbcelb.com/bio/Persis-Khambatta.html Spouse: Cliff Taylor Spouse: Sean Kassidy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakina_Jaffery Along with her son Cassius Wilkinson and daughter Jamila Wilkinson http://www.celbcelb.com/Tara-Deshpande.html Spouse: Daniel Tennebaum www.setcelebs.com/arun-k.-vir.html Birthday: 1960-08-28 Place of bith: Punjab, India (India) Star sign: Virgo Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Spouse: Willie E. Dawkins | 2001-07-27 , 2 children

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Hayden Diana Hayden married Collin Dick from Las Vegas, USA on September 13, 2013. .[6][7] Collin has been working in Mumbai for an international NGO http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-being-a-motherhas-been-my-calling-says-ramona-narang-rodella-1471765 Husband Bruno Rodella is cooing to the twins, his Italian babytalk floats into the room. Ramonas eyes light up. http://www.google.com/url? sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=TiCsE8VwCRs6M&tbnid=JJ8Ay83qeUSR-M:&ved=0CAIQjBw&url=http%3A

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then George Clooney is telling us that he's really into his new girlfriend. The Oscar-winning actor and Amal Alamuddin recently went on an African safari together, and new photos have emerged from the couple's romantic getaway. Clooney, 52, and Alamuddin, 36, visited Tanzania back in March, and in one photo, they can be seen gazing into each other's eyes. Although the couple was first spotted together in October, Clooney initially denied relationship rumors. Clearly, things have changed! The jet-setting duo has been spotted together in the Seychelles, Washington, D.C., New York, and most recently Los Angeles. Just last week, Clooney and Alamuddin went on a double date with John Krasinski and Emily Blunt in Studio City, California. Here are a few things to know about Amal, George's new leading lady: 1. She's accomplished: Alamuddin is a lawyer, who specializes in international law, human rights, extradition, and criminal law. In 2011, she started representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his fight against extradition. 2. She's smart: The Oxford-educated Amal is fluent in three languages: Arabic, French, and English. She is a graduate of the New York University School of Law. 3. She's an activist: The brainy beauty is an advisor to former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Syria. This is a topic Clooney is well versed in. The actor was arrested last year for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C. 4. She comes from a highly esteemed family: Amal's mother, Baria, is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster in the Middle East and the U.K. and has interviewed the likes of former President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and President Fidel Castro, to name a few. Her grandfather was a government minister. 5. She doesn't need Twitter: Although Alamuddin was a hit on the social media site Ashton Kutcher and Julia Gillard, the former prime minister of Australia, were a few of her famous followers she shut down her account. Clooney spoke out in November about how he finds Twitter stupid, so we gotta wonder coincidence? https://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/married-couples-separated-german-language-test-082323066.html BERLIN (AP) Michael Guhle met the love of his life on the beach of a little fishing village in

Vietnam. Thi An Nguyen was selling freshly cooked mussels and fruit to the German tourist and they immediately clicked. Soon the Berlin nursing home worker was saving up all of his money and vacation days to visit Nguyen. Marriage was supposed to bring them together. Instead, it was the beginning of a long ordeal apart. Germany blocked Nguyen from entering the country after she flunked the language test that Germany requires aspiring immigrants to pass even those married to Germans. "I thought marrying the person you love and living together was a human right," Guhle said in his modest two-room apartment on the outskirts of Berlin. "Apparently this is not the case in Germany." Germany adopted German language regulations for prospective immigrants in 2007. Most EU countries including France, Italy, Spain and Sweden do not require foreign spouses to pass mandatory language tests before they join their partners in Europe. Austria, Britain and the Netherlands are among countries that require language tests before foreign spouses can enter the country, but experts say Germany's test is the toughest. The European Commission has criticized the law in Germany, saying it may violate European treaties. And a legal challenge to the European Court of Justice is expected to be heard this month. As things stand, however, binational couples like Guhle and his wife face costly and daunting challenges. Germany defends the law as a way to prevent forced marriages and to help immigrants integrate more easily. Critics maintain the law discriminates against the uneducated and poor. Most agree immigrants should learn German, but opponents of the law say that could be done more quickly, cheaply and easily in Germany. "Well-educated people who can afford the language classes won't have any problems meeting the language requirements quickly but not the others," said Hiltrud Stoecker-Zafari, the head of the national Association of Binational Couples and Partners. "Therefore we think: This country obviously wants to send out the message that financially weak and not wellqualified spouses should not even come here." Fueling that argument are some of the exceptions to the German language proficiency rule: People with university degrees and people who have founded companies are exempt. Another quirk: If a non-German EU citizen living in Germany wants to bring his or her non-German speaking spouse to the country,

that's not a problem. A Frenchman living in Berlin could bring his Vietnamese wife to Germany immediately but not Guhle. "We only wanted to live together," said Guhle, a soft-spoken 43-year-old with a stubbly beard and warm gray-blue eyes. "How are you supposed to learn German if you are poor and uneducated and live in a remote Vietnamese fishing village?" The government defends the measure, saying it requires only basic language knowledge including conversational German and some reading and writing skills. "If an immigrant doesn't have to start from scratch but already knows how to communicate, he will be more motivated to successfully work on his integration after he has received his visa," said a spokesman for Germany's Interior Ministry, speaking on condition of anonymity in accordance with ministry policy. While the government does not have statistics to show how many forced marriages were prevented by the regulation, the spokesman said that authorities have repeatedly been told by German diplomatic missions abroad that victims of forced marriages use the language test as a way to avoid getting into an unwanted marriage. "They repeatedly and on purpose fail the test to make sure they don't get a visa for Germany." It is not clear how many couples have been separated by the law. According to the latest official statistics, some 40,000 people took the test at Germany's partially state-funded Goethe Institute language schools around the world in 2012. Of those, around 14,000 failed and would not have been able to obtain a visa. When Guhle first went to Berlin's city hall in the fall of 2006 and said he would like to marry his girlfriend from Vietnam in Germany, an official told him without explanation that it wasn't possible. The couple then decided to have a traditional wedding with 300 guests in Nguyen's fishing village Doc Let. They got married in Vietnam in the summer of 2007 and planned to move to Germany straight away not knowing that Germany had just enacted the language law. Their relationship soon became a story of long stretches of loneliness and thousands of euros in expenses. Guhle, a low-paid nurse's assistant, took on a second job cleaning streetcars at night so he could finance his wife's German classes in Nha Trang, the nearest city where they could find a private German school. He paid for her hotel for nine months while she studied, and also financed the trip to Ho Chi Minh City where she would take the language test.

"These classes are unacceptable for people who are illiterate or come from rural areas," says Sevim Dagdelen, a Left Party lawmaker who has been lobbying to scupper the law. "There are many couples whose relations were shattered because of all of these burdens." Nguyen failed the test and did not get her visa. She kept trying to learn German, but it was never enough. German authorities even refused to issue a tourist visa to let Nguyen visit her husband in Berlin. "I reduced my life to working and visiting my wife on vacation. Every morning and night I would call her," said Guhle. "It wasn't easy for her either people in the village gossiped about why the man from rich Germany wasn't able to come and take her home." The couple took their case to a German court. After proving that Nguyen had repeatedly tried to learn German for over a year, she was finally allowed to immigrate. She arrived in Berlin last September. Sitting in their apartment, the two hold hands and talk to each other in a chaotic but fluent mix of English, German and Vietnamese. They call each other "honey" all the time. "I'm so relieved to finally be in Germany with my husband," said Nguyen, a shy woman with long black hair. The 27-year-old has signed up for an intensive German language class and is eagerly looking for jobs at Vietnamese restaurants. "One is married in good times as in bad," Guhle said. "I guess we started with the bad." http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/172/802/172802505_640.jpg http://vimeo.com/26180478 http://bradleyimages.net/blog/weddings/lona-and-steve.html http://bradleyimages.net/blog/weddings/lona-and-steve-cont.html