India related cliches in Western Media

Somnath’s take on the same story, but in a different light is here.

Thanks for the link to Somnath’s post. He has captured the essence of my discomfort well with his words,

Exoticization is a fragment of a truth feigning to be the whole. It takes something out of its social, cultural, historical and civilizational context and presents a fractured reality.

I think the fault lies largely with Sepia Mutiny. They seem to begun the trend of criticising everything that is perceived by them as exotic (whatever that means). Others seem to have jumped in on the bandwagon.
I saw nothing wrong with the cover in Time, just as I see nothing wrong with the exotic-women-as-sun-god-with-rosy-dimples-and bindu on the Desipundit blog.

Ethnic can be chic.

Quizman,

Second that. Tells me, we are not comfortable with ourselves.

So much ado over a cover, when will we realize we are much bigger and important than a Time cover page?

I third that. Nothing wrong with the cover. It actually looked great. I think it only adds value to brand India.

This is a regular sort of a malaise some Indians seem to be afflicted with, It can be called “Getting Offended By *something* Dept”, where the something has to be something demonstrably trivial.

It could be TV-Ads, Newspaper Ads, Magazine covers, you name it…

Vulturo,

If DP rules allow it, a relinking to that lovely post Madman wrote about protest outsourcing would be appropriate.