Silver and Roses, Henna and Myrrh

 

 

Indian Beauties

 

This anecdote goes back to 2003, when I was working on my novel, A Tale of Ung, which can be read at Ung on this site.  I would select beautiful ladies as heroines in my novel, and in my mind's eye, I pictured Indian women.  I don't watch movies, so I know little about film stars.  I decided to look online for models for my story, and searching Indian actresses, I singled out Aishwarya Rai as the most beautiful.  I had no idea that she had already attained fame in the United States or that Americans even knew who she was.  So you can imagine my satisfaction when I learned that she had been named Miss World, as well as the most beautiful Miss World of all time, and that she had appeared on the cover of Time and was widely known in America.  My ability to pick them had been infallible.  It's not as if I joined a fan club and merely mimicked my peers.  I found her all on my own. 

As for Priyanka Chopra, the first pictures that I saw of her were her Miss World pictures, so I knew from the outset that she was a celebrity.

What I like about Indian women, in addition to their beauty, is their modest, reserved nature.  One doesn't hear anything about Indian women drinking, taking drugs and engaging in general promiscuity.  I appreciate ladylike decorum.

 

 

 

Aishwarya

 

Aishwarya Rai

 

Priyanka Chopra

 

Priyanka Chopra

 

 

Riya Sen

 

 

Raveena Tandon

 

Bipasha

 

Bipasha Basu

 

 

Kareena Kapoor

 

 

 

Amisha Patel

 

 

Amrita Rao

 

 

 

urmila

 

Urmila Matondkar

 

 

Malaika Arora

 

 

Yukta Mookhey

 

 

 

Shriya (Shriya Saran)

 

 

 

Kajol (Kajol Mukherjee)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Credits

Aishwarya Rai:

http://www.moviegupshup.net/details.php?image_id=15313

Priyanka Chopra:

http://www.moviegupshup.net/details.php?image_id=7518

Riya Sen:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8657696@N06/660311239/

Raveena Tandon:

http://www.moviegupshup.net/data/media/19/raveena30.jpg

Bipasha Basu

http://www.moviegupshup.net/details.php?image_id=16032

Kareena Kapoor:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sexyindia/272749849/

Amisha Patel:

http://www.moviegupshup.net/details.php?image_id=16537&sessionid=544fb21bd5b8651ff526fc8b10e357f9

Amrita Rao:

http://www.moviegupshup.net/details.php?image_id=20806&sessionid=544fb21bd5b8651ff526fc8b10e357f9

Urmila Matondkar

http://www.moviegupshup.net/details.php?image_id=6627

Malaika Arora:

http://utopianvision.co.uk/images/lib/540/medium/malaika-arora.jpg

Yukta Mookhey:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=103203576&size=o

Shriya (Saran):

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=404903529&size=m

Kajol:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1010833216&size=o