this is not the start..the japanese are ardent fans of his father in law too.:O
Does this count as soft power?
Racist song that kolaveri. White girl black something.
No it says that the girl may be white but her heart is black (coz she dumped him)Racist song that kolaveri. White girl black something.
Even in Indian songs white has connotations of 'good' while black has connotations of 'bad'.No it says that the girl may be white but her heart is black (coz she dumped him)
Yeah it has been the case even in ancient literature.Even in Indian songs white has connotations of 'good' while black has connotations of 'bad'.
Ancient literature may not have been subtly racist but I doubt the same can be said for "modern" music and culture.Yeah it has been the case even in ancient literature.
It has more to do with white symbolizing day(bright) and black symbolizing night (dark)..Not with any racial theories.
yeah such symbolisms do exist. But just saying that particular line is not racist considering that even old poets have used those words in exactly the same meaning without any racial connotations.Ancient literature may not have been subtly racist but I doubt the same can be said for "modern" music and culture.
In Bollywood films lighting is used specially to make actors seem whiter than they actually are.
H. Rap Brown does a good job of explaining the "colour complex". Listen from 0:25.
Yup HT said its got 12 million views in 3 days and was the "most" watched Indian video ever, I was curious, I logged in and its got like 1.2 million views.I thought all this fuss is a result of viral marketing, paid news.
I'm still not convinced.