Why are Asian women aspiring to Western ideals of beauty?

Why are Asian women aspiring to Western ideals of beauty?
Five years ago, Kareena Kapoor, a top young actress in Bollywood, was a typical Punjabi girl, buxom and shapely, luscious like sweet kulfi ice-cream. Today, I imagine, kulfi would make her heave and biryani is never on her plate. For, you see, Kareena saw the light, and today she is svelte and sinewy enough to jog on the streets of LA and wear the tightest of designer jeans. Her millions of fans …
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Pimping the Nokia E55 (and E52 and E72)
This ‘pimping’ series is looking at hardware which is one or two steps from the cutting edge, yet with a little loving care can be brought well and truly into the 2010 smartphone world.
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