India and Indians hardly ever surface as serious news in the west. This is almost as true today as it definitely was a decade ago. The Himalayan hype that keeps getting generated by the Indian media about ‘emerging India’, ‘superpower India’, ‘IT behemoth India (???)’, ‘fast growing or fast developing (Vow!) India’ notwithstanding, any reference about Asia in the west still is almost all about China, making one wonder whether the west in general has anything more than a faint and distant awareness about the equally populous India !!! This truism extends as much to awareness in the west about Indian culture, music, sports, show business, etc. as it does to the bogey about ‘economically emergent India’. Considering that matters are so, the primary question that this rediff movie headline news solemnly proclaiming that a British magazine has labelled this hindi actor as the ‘worst dressed man on earth’ brought to mind was ‘since when have western magazines (even small and all but irrelevant publications such as ‘Esquire’) started considering Indian ‘stars’ as newsworthy and reportable ? Intrigued by this, I did a search on the net for ‘Esquire’ magazine and for the names of the other badly dressed ‘noteworthies’ it has thus branded. What I found was certainly interesting. The name ‘Akshay Kumar’ did not appear on any of the links that a search for ‘Esquire
Re: Oh! For a tidbit of western recognition, even if it is advers
by piri on Oct 21, 2009 05:32 PM
worst dressed’ led me to. What I found on the many links was the usual stuff about Hollywood artistes (and only about them). When I typed ‘Esquire worst dressed Akshay Kumar’ and searched however, his name promptly popped up on a few links, each one as Indian in ownership and content as any other !! It appears that ‘Esquire’ magazine has indeed named the hindi actor the worst dressed in one of it’s niche categories and not after taking into account the entire world of showbusiness !!! By gingerly avoiding anything that will give a realistic perspective about western ‘acknowledgements’ and ‘recognition’ for matters Indian, the Indian media repeatedly shows how desperately yearning they (and Indian showbusiness) really are for ‘tidbits of western recognition’ !!!
Re: Oh! For a tidbit of western recognition, even if it is advers
by akshay mehra on Oct 21, 2009 05:35 PM
m sory Mr Jeremy u r cmpletly wrong.. Akshay Kumar is the star of the nation. He is d only superstar who does not hav khan aftr his name.. n peopl in india r crazy bout him. so watevr he wears becoms a trend in India.. -Aks
m sory Mr Jeremy u r cmpletly wrong.. Akshay Kumar is the star of the nation. He is d only superstar who does not hav khan aftr his name.. n peopl in india r crazy bout him. so watevr he wears becoms a trend in India.. -Aks
the all above articles once again proved that... akshay has a huge fan following after all he is a man of adventure... if he is a worst dressed man then how he becomes an icon in fashion/styling as well as in bollywood...
Re: Re: Luv Akshay !
by parwez alam on Oct 21, 2009 05:54 PM
for your king info, it'll be flop bcoz to cross 50cr is impossible for this movie, and budget u know urself...
Re: best dresser akshay!!!!!
by serial killer on Oct 21, 2009 05:12 PM
who cares if he is best dressed or not matter of fact is that he is giving hits & making ppl smile.
