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44. that woman kind of looks like an indian halle berry

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So, this ad has a lot of people in India talking [View all] Recursion Nov 2013 OP

Lovely ad. Nine Nov 2013 #1

Talk about insensitivity seattle15 Nov 2013 #2

And his mother approves of this? jberryhill Nov 2013 #3

when a black person appears on television is your wife surprised that he/she is not a slave La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #6

No, but she was only using hyperbole jberryhill Nov 2013 #14

They kiss in Bollywood movies nowadays. And the cops can kill the bad guys. Recursion Nov 2013 #18

kissing has happened in indian movies since the 20's. the fear isn't public reaction La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #19

Okay, but I still see near misses jberryhill Nov 2013 #26

Thats awesome that you saw Dhoom- one of my fav movies Cane4Dems Nov 2013 #33

I've been watching Bollywood movies for a while jberryhill Nov 2013 #39

The posters for it are all over Mumbai Recursion Nov 2013 #40

in my experience it seems more than this ad has americans and non-resident indians in a tizzy La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #4

Well, my wife's family is certainly talking about it Recursion Nov 2013 #8

in india? or indians here? re-marriage is not a very big deal in urban india La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #11

In Kolkata. And they aren't NRIs Recursion Nov 2013 #15

yeah, i should know I am from kolkata. My mother was re-married in kolkata in the 90's. La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #16

The mashis sent the video to us (pointlessly, since it's 1 of the 3 ads Skytel loops) Recursion Nov 2013 #21

have you been to kolkata before? have a great wedding La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #29

Yeah, I love it there Recursion Nov 2013 #34

How lovely. It's funny how advertisments are often cultural weathervanes. nt Hekate Nov 2013 #5

Not to mention that the jewelry is absolutely stunning. :-) Hekate Nov 2013 #7

My wife and I are about to do the Big Fat Bengali Wedding next month Recursion Nov 2013 #17

Are you being (re)married for the family? One of my college friends ... Hekate Nov 2013 #31

Yeah, most of the India family couldn't come to the States Recursion Nov 2013 #38

She may not be "fair skinned", but she is far from dark skinned. Schema Thing Nov 2013 #9

It's on a lot of people's radar after Davuluri won Miss America Recursion Nov 2013 #10

jewelry in india has been a thing for centuries, its not a new form of commercialism La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #12

yeah I know, but I bet this massive company is trying to have Schema Thing Nov 2013 #20

tanishq has existed for quite a while as part of this titan/tata brand La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #27

Who would traditionally have paid for it? jberryhill Nov 2013 #22

The wife's family. It's her dowry, or was a million years ago Recursion Nov 2013 #23

loha? that's mostly bengali. other traditions dont have loha. La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #43

in the past brides family pays for most of her jewelry. its part of her security La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #25

Would this be correct? jberryhill Nov 2013 #32

i am going to say in this particular case the target is the bride/groom and not family La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #36

The German word for jewelry is "schmuck" jberryhill Nov 2013 #42

That's a nice looking ad. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #13

A tizzy? rdharma Nov 2013 #24

"Abuzz"? "Talking"? I don't know. Recursion Nov 2013 #28

A "tizzy" usually has negative connotations. rdharma Nov 2013 #37

Good point. I refined (nt) Recursion Nov 2013 #41

wow, yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #30

well that was a relief arely staircase Nov 2013 #35

that woman kind of looks like an indian halle berry JI7 Nov 2013 #44

i'm glad india tv is showing a bit of diversity Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 #45

India is a big diverse country, just the like the US IronLionZion Nov 2013 #46