Chiman Rai, the Indian-born entrepreneur who was accused of having his daughter-in-law killed because she was black, got life in prison for his crime…. that's not the correct link

yeah and i really wanted to read that

So sad re: Sparkle Rai. That his son basically ditched the baby and went on to marry an Indian woman, having no recollection of her biological father, basically says that it worked. Killing people off? Abandoning your baby girl? WTF is wrong with this family?

Yeah, Indians are very caste conscious. A lot of people are. I would never think that they partake in "honor killings" though.

…and Ms. Erykah is looking sexy as ever in that Tom Ford ad. Good call, Tom.

What is so wrong with birthcontrol Paris.

Daria - I agree. It totally worked on the man's son. I saw an interview with him - he seemed scared that his daughter could still be harmed so he just gave up. That's pussy business. How about fighting back? Nothing will ever change in our culture if people give up!

Relations between Indians and blacks have never been good; even Gandhi who is regarded as icon of peace held negative views of blacks.

In 1896 during a public meeting in Bombay he referred to blacks as "Raw Kaffirs" in the following statement about the struggle of Indians in S. Africa:

"Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness."

I am really not surprised by Rai's or Ghandi's attitude, to understand the view one has to look at Hinduism where cast system and skin color play huge role. Darker skinned people are positioned at the lowest level. So I marrying Sparkle a black person, a non Indian and not a Hindu would put her way beneath an untouchable.

I really do feel sorry for Sparkles family and her daughter who will have to live with this.