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Sonia Gandhi
In the 16 years since the death of her husband, she had become the face of the country's most famous family and as leader of the Congress party, she has managed the largest political party in the country and steered it to victory. And she has done all this wearing a sari. Imagine if the US were run by an Indian Hindu woman without a college degree. It's tough: the US has never elected anyone who's not Christian, white and male - even as Vice President. But India, which is an even bigger democracy, is run in all but name by an Italian Catholic widow with a high school education. When her party won national elections in 2004, she was offered the Prime Ministership; she listened to her "inner voice" and turned it down, and anointed the economist Manmohan Singh in her stead.


Indra Nooyi
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Sonia Gandhi is Italian. Her husband is Indian.

Sonia Gandhi used to be Italian. She is Indian now.

Sonia Gandhi is an Indian citizen.

Her husband was too.

Sonia Gandhi has been assimilated, just like the late Mother Teresa.

its very nice, indian women are always kicking consistent azz - they may remind you of chinese girls...

She's an Indian citizen of Italian descent. How about that?

Just like how we'r Americans of Indian descent.

You mean Italian Indian.

She still looks like an Indian woman to me though. Quite a few Indians and Italians could be mistaken for one another.

She looks like an older version of Reese Witherspoon to me.

Those younger pics of her look very similar too.

She is white but Indians are not.

Sonia is Italian but she is now an Indian citizen. Infact she is more indian than most indians. She speaks fluent Hindi. She always wears saree in public as far as I remember.


O ya, how can you be that sure? For your information, so many indians have very fair complexion. Her husband Rajiv Gandhi also had fair complexion, and he was handsome. He is 100% indian.


Rajiv Gandhi

Now tell me who looks more italian or rather indian.

To clear your doubts further lets see their pictures together.


Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia, with Rajiv's mother Indira Gandhi.




Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi in Srilanka.

Define "white".

If you are referring to ethnic backgroud, then you should know that "whites" aren't banned from getting Indian citizenship.

Yes ethnic background.

Hindus don't want to see as her Prime Minister :


Hindu groups threatened nationwide anti-Sonia protests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3726081.stm

Fair skin does not equal to being white.

Mariah Carey also have fair skin but she is not white.

A lot of Japanese, Chinese and Koreans also have white skin but they are not white.
Arabs, Iranians and Central Asians also have white skins but they too are not white.

^ So you want to say that only europeans have the luxury to be known as the 'whites'?? And no one else can be termed as a 'white'?? Even if they have a very fair complexion?? Comon get over your colonial mentality.

^Why do you care who's called "white"?



I think you mean conservative Hindu groups. I doubt the average Hindu cares if Sonia becomes PM of their country.

I don't really care who is white or who isn't but I am sure you would argue if some Japanese , Korean or Filipino etc claim that they are white, right ?

If a black dude walks up to you and says that he is white I am sure you wouldn't agree white him.

you regard being known as white as a luxury?

The question was for him. I want to know why he's so concerned with who gets to be called "white" or not.

I think the other poster has issues, I didn't refer to anyone as white. In my opinion anyone who has fair complexion can be termed as white its not just the europeans. Btw I never use the words white, black, brown, yellow etc. I don't like these kind of words for people.

Can't you read the previous posts and the discussion which followed?

The other poster was using the word 'white' exclusivly for the europeans that is why I used the word luxury for it. Now you got it??

Let's have a Poll on "Other Culture" to see how many people agree with the above statement.

Oops

I read it.. You seem hung up on who gets to be called "white"... and it's not about opinion. In English the word is used to refer to people indigenous to Europe. When talking about skin color, we use light and dark.

I read it.. You seem hung up on who gets to be called "white". It's not about opinion. In English the word is used to refer to people indigenous to Europe. When talking about skin color, we use light and dark.

moviez you idiot, of course there's going to be controversy about Sonia Gandhi becoming Prime Minister. I don't think it would be proper for any country to have a leader who wasn't born in that country. And you can argue day and night till the day off your death, but I'll bet you a F and a U that if you asked her if she was Indian that she'd say yes.