Shilpa and racism

Do you think that award to Shilpa will overshadow the controversy regarding racism and memories of the disgraceful moments ?

lavina said…
Well, after the unjustified hype and chaos created over the issue, it seems as if the result was just to prove that the European nations are not racist but support the truly deserving candidate! :)


umesh said…
The issue of racism is not new for Britain; it is just some issues come into focus and a numerous go unheeded. The color of the skin has been the sole reason because of which racism has been prevalent. I think we Indians too are the worst racists. To be honest, we have as much dirt to clean up in our own backyard. We have the worst forms of racism. We still have so many villages in India where the lower castes still can’t consume the water from the same well the upper castes drink. Even in cities, we don’t treat our servants with respect and dignity. Let us ask ourselves this question. Do we treat every human we meet everyday with the same levels of respect? Racism or not Shilpa Shetty surely is sitting on huge moneybox now. That’s how I see the whole issue.


lostpatrol53 said…
I am sure Shilpa has endured more insults in Bollywood from her industrywallahs, than at Big Brother House. She has come out of it with crowning glory and pots of gold. Shilpa, splash some of it in my motherland, please...including some on Udipi Dosas, Uthappas, and Idlis.. Racism? Yes, Indians are equally race consncious. Doctor, heal thyself, is the proverb I like to recall...


Sumit said…
I think it was a game and should have been played like one, we all know sledging is there in every game, but that doesn't mean we are going to start crying. But then again it all is a media gimmick and Even though what Shilpa did was natural, it could have easily been prevented from being telecasted on TV. Winning the competition might not revert the words, thrown by Jade and Co. but it somewhere would have widened the existing the already present racial divide, even in the minds of people who had nothing to do racism till now. At 7:39 PM, amita said…
M sure they made her win coz of the controversy ... Point is jst coz something is shown on Tv we cud raise voices against it .. What abt the racist things that happen abroad and about which we are not aware of ???

ruggedboyz said…
i think that the aversion the people in the big boss show had for shilpa, is an inate quality that the "goras" have and i dont think that the award was any consolation to all that brickbratting some how i am only happy it all ended and showed a picture of the goras mindset towards us

Rajesh (Kachra King) said…
well what ever is said and happened is bad .. sure it should be crushed ... but since shilpa won a price for what ever is said and done ... i believe the matter wud subside now ... its what one gains is more important ... thatz the way some people are ... u call them what ever u want then give them some money.... everything said is forgoten ... its sad .. but tru ... some people dont have self respect ... if shilpa had some then she wud not have accepted the price money and thrased the bloody European people

Abha said…
I think that it was just a publicity stunt and didn't deserve the kind of media attention it got in the first place. There are more serious issues in the world we live in than someone commenting on Shilpa. IT didn't deserve the headlines. Really upset about racism ?? Then find a way to deal with it in real world, its a serious issue. So what if someone passed racial comments on her- she got paid big bucks for it.

Santosh said…
I think the way Shilpa behaved is stunt of Gan.dhi.giri. As Nana Patekar said if I would have been there I would have slapped Jed for her misbehaviour not only against Shilpa but agianst all our proud nation India. Also this all looks to be publicity stunt n media gimmic. Overall this is all disgusting to us which cant be forgotten though Shilpa won the battle

DecentmonKey said…
No.. Award to Shilpa will be soon forgotten.. but the issue of racism highlighted in the world media will live on, imo..

frenchita said…
No ,it will not Shilpa was only the instrument to bring to light the racism that England still is capable of ! agree with Nana Patekar .

Thisisme said…
I have living in uk since 2 yrs and lemme b very clear that ppl here arent racist as many of our proud indians tend to think they r. Uk has got one of the most tolerant society and one which respects othr ppl's religions very well. Diwali/Id r celebrated with almost equal fanfare as xmas. I am still to come across an India which can handle its own racism that lies within the caste system v have within india. i am sure if brits etc come to india in such huge quantities and celebrate their festivals in such a big way, there wud b "protests" agnst them by our culturals watchdogs sayin that india is gettin corrupted by their presence. i think v gotta learn tolerance from UK esp london. as far as jade/danielle/jo r concerned, ppl in Uk hardly identify with them and they r all eqaully hated by brits as much as by others..Its only the media which made them celebrities and its media again which has killed their celebrity status. and for shilpa..well...it was a tv show and she has made huge moolah n kickstarted her career again.and thats spells success for her. what happnd is the house is history for her and smthng which made her win. and for those who think she won coz brits wanted to prove how magnimous they r..pls come n have a luk at the number of asians here..u wud knw y she won then :P:P:D:D