Originally posted by: chatbuster
haha, well u have to see where she's coming from when she got on leno. here's a middle-class desi girl, who'd been living with her folks, is surrounded by people in an industry with a limited world-view (even the yash chopras are ertswhile chaprasis), she's on a totally different stage asked questions that she's not sure of. how many desi girls with that background who're not ivy league product could do better? most desi girls (and guys) i know flounder even in routine biz meetings.
am actually happy tat at least folks in the west got to see a desi gal who's somewhat pretty. they must be already used to the other chappal-walking poorly-dressed types. and there's no point trying to sell intelligence to an audience that already thinks desis are a brainy lot. that's all we wld have gotten with a sush.
I agree with you here. Most desis don't know how to dress sharp. Most desi girls do not know how to manage their poufy puffy frizzie curly hair. At times it is kinda embarassing as they are dressed shabby too.
As far as brains are concerned, ash was always good at school. She dropped out of her degree...name's not coming to me right now...as she was offered numerous ads. Ms. Femina title was not her only ticket to fame.
as an aside, it was a bit embarrassing after sush won the crown to be told by a russain cabbie that she looked like a "do*". not sure i'd want to see that face as the face of the indian woman plastered on media here. only thing that won her the crown was the english.😊