[Reader-list] two strange stories about women in india

[Yousuf]

Dear Rob
I posted your last link about the skin-whitening adverts to some friends on facebook, and it seems to be leading to an interesting debate there, especially the fact that the skin-whitening is not only an Indian phenomena - strange tendencies are still emerging about the colour of the skin even outside India...

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=1004356748350

I guess you'll need to log in to facebook with an ID to see this.

Yousuf




--- On Sun, 7/13/08, Rob van Kranenburg <kranenbu at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> From: Rob van Kranenburg <kranenbu at xs4all.nl>
> Subject: [Reader-list] two strange stories about women in india
> To: 
> Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 9:00 PM
> hi,
> 
> i can not make sense of it, but maybe someone can:
> 
> two strange stories about women in india:
> 
> one on the ratio male - female
> 
> http://www.actionaid.org.uk/doc_lib/disappearing_daughters_0608.pdf
> http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/10896/93/
> http://actionaidindia.org/camp_violence.htm
> 
> and one very scary ad:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKEF-8XkWMU
> 
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/skinwhitening-adverts-ignite-race-row-in-india-863936.html
> 
> greetings, rob
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