Comments on: Shilpa, You Need To Step It Up. http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/ Don't just sit there...do something ! Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:23:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: How to Record & Save BBC Radio Shows as MP3 Audio Files | Etixet http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-106085 How to Record & Save BBC Radio Shows as MP3 Audio Files | Etixet Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:54:23 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-106085 [...] Juneja was recently interviewed on BBC Radio Five Live by Anita Anand for her views on the Big Brother Shilpa Shetty [...] [...] Juneja was recently interviewed on BBC Radio Five Live by Anita Anand for her views on the Big Brother Shilpa Shetty [...]

]]> By: star http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-46552 star Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:08:30 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-46552 nah, shilpa knows exactly what she's doing. What no one seems to have quite understood is that Shilpa is a very good actress. Everyone hates her because she wants them to. She also knows that if she infuriates people enough, their innate racism will spew forth. Bollywood is no picnic; anyone who makes 51 Bollywood movies in 13 years has to be tough. Shilpa has a black belt in karate. She is just the girl to raise the pit bull in a dizzy little drip like Danielle and keep her frothing at the mouth long enough for her nascent career as a sweet little Wag to disappear down the drain. But it's a funny old world, to be sure. You can call her a "dog". Sexism is fine. What you mustn't do is call her a "Paki". As if to be Pakistani was to be worse than being a dog. Our very tenderness on this issue is the flip side of racism, and still part of the same coin. If you call me an Aussie you don't insult me because Aussieness is OK. Pakiness is evidently not OK. nah, shilpa knows exactly what she’s doing.
What no one seems to have quite understood is that Shilpa is a very good actress. Everyone hates her because she wants them to. She also knows that if she infuriates people enough, their innate racism will spew forth.
Bollywood is no picnic; anyone who makes 51 Bollywood movies in 13 years has to be tough. Shilpa has a black belt in karate. She is just the girl to raise the pit bull in a dizzy little drip like Danielle and keep her frothing at the mouth long enough for her nascent career as a sweet little Wag to disappear down the drain.

But it’s a funny old world, to be sure. You can call her a “dog”. Sexism is fine. What you mustn’t do is call her a “Paki”. As if to be Pakistani was to be worse than being a dog. Our very tenderness on this issue is the flip side of racism, and still part of the same coin. If you call me an Aussie you don’t insult me because Aussieness is OK. Pakiness is evidently not OK.

]]> By: the mad momma http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-22844 the mad momma Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:40:35 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-22844 i am sorry i am joining in so late but i just discovered your blog. i guess now that its all over its obvious that shilpa had a plan and was playing the victim card. we all needed to realise that she was a consenting adult on the show and knew what she was doing. if the racism bothered her, she should have walked off or whatever... she has the country in an uproar while she doesnt give a shit because she is busy making money out of it... amazing. I wrote a post on it long ago too.... http://themadmomma.blogspot.com/2007/01/shilpa-shetty-furore.html also barkha dutt's take on it... http://themadmomma.blogspot.com/2007/01/barkha-on-shilpa.html and another one on racism we all face daily... do see them if you have the time. http://themadmomma.blogspot.com/2007/01/racism-in-my-life.html i am sorry i am joining in so late but i just discovered your blog. i guess now that its all over its obvious that shilpa had a plan and was playing the victim card. we all needed to realise that she was a consenting adult on the show and knew what she was doing. if the racism bothered her, she should have walked off or whatever… she has the country in an uproar while she doesnt give a shit because she is busy making money out of it… amazing. I wrote a post on it long ago too….
http://themadmomma.blogspot.com/2007/01/shilpa-shetty-furore.html
also barkha dutt’s take on it…

http://themadmomma.blogspot.com/2007/01/barkha-on-shilpa.html

and another one on racism we all face daily… do see them if you have the time.

http://themadmomma.blogspot.com/2007/01/racism-in-my-life.html

]]> By: Dave http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20542 Dave Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:07:47 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-20542 I did not say it (Krishnan did) so you would have to ask him. I did not say it (Krishnan did) so you would have to ask him.

]]> By: Rebecca~ Liverpool~ UK http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20537 Rebecca~ Liverpool~ UK Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:40:33 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-20537 Firstly i have just posted a comment and i think my son may have deleted it before i got chance to post it so i will start again........ :( shadows 5 | Jan 18th, 2007 at 8:50 pm | # Well well Rebecca, Would you be offended if I call you a whitewashed ghostface !! No offence meant, its just that everyone has blood on their hands. Just best to avoid such comments. SHADOW no offence taken as words can't hurt anyone! but i do look ghost faced at the moment....hehe Sarah, yes i know Shilpa is a huge star in India and i know she has enough money to feed a third world country, but she went in to the house for a reason, which she did tell other house mates she wanted to make it in the UK & USA Also Jade is worth over £8 million and again she doesnt need the money but she also must have had a reason to go in to the house <b>Sarah</b><b> It is your right to complain if you want but i would like to know if you or anyone else complained about the Racist comments Shilpa and Jermaine made? As Jermaine and Shilpa had a conversation where they called Jackie 'WHITE TRASH' and another time Jermaine said, its them against us and Shilpa said yes but there are only 2 of us? and when Shilpa mimic'd the way the girls spoke! Maybe its because us 'White Trash' don't really take name calling to heart? I am calling myself white Trash as that is the way Mr Jackson would see me if he looked at me, but i am not 100% white, Just like Jade, Did anyone know Jade was also mixed race? I hate the way the british public act like sheep following everything the press say, i wish people had learned when Princess Diana was killed and when 96 Football fans died to steer clear of the lies the press write but no people become brain washed by them everyday I am so glad that there will be no public at tonights eviction as it would be like a barbaric hanging if Jade where to go! For all the people who have complained about Jade Bullying i would like to ask what you would do if you where in a room with her tonight? I can imagine the Hate people have towards her would turn in to more than verbal abuse. Hate and Anger is a vile thing and makes people ugly! Why has no one complained that Jades LIFE is now at risk from vile people who can't separate Real life from a TV show? Also has it been showed that Both Jade and Shilpa are now acting like the best of Friends, and Jade has told Shilpa everything she had said about her? They have put it all behind them until one gets the boot tonight and then the Press will drag it all up again I for one hope Jade stays tonight, so she can try and fix what damage has been done before all the vultures get at her Oh and can someone please define Racism to me? and what words are we alowed to use? as i know when Shilpa was called the 'Indian' it was classed as racist, but i am going for a meal tomorrow night to my favorite resturant, i am having an Indian Meal, is that classed as Racist? Oh and I like my coffee Black, is that Racist, I just want to make sure we all know what being a Racist means as it looks like we have differnt views on this</b> Firstly i have just posted a comment and i think my son may have deleted it before i got chance to post it so i will start again…….. :(

shadows
5 | Jan 18th, 2007 at 8:50 pm | #
Well well Rebecca,

Would you be offended if I call you a whitewashed ghostface !! No offence meant, its just that everyone has blood on their hands. Just best to avoid such comments.

SHADOW no offence taken as words can’t hurt anyone! but i do look ghost faced at the moment….hehe

Sarah, yes i know Shilpa is a huge star in India and i know she has enough money to feed a third world country, but she went in to the house for a reason, which she did tell other house mates she wanted to make it in the UK & USA

Also Jade is worth over £8 million and again she doesnt need the money but she also must have had a reason to go in to the house

Sarah It is your right to complain if you want but i would like to know if you or anyone else complained about the Racist comments Shilpa and Jermaine made?

As Jermaine and Shilpa had a conversation where they called Jackie ‘WHITE TRASH’ and another time Jermaine said, its them against us and Shilpa said yes but there are only 2 of us? and when Shilpa mimic’d the way the girls spoke!

Maybe its because us ‘White Trash’ don’t really take name calling to heart? I am calling myself white Trash as that is the way Mr Jackson would see me if he looked at me, but i am not 100% white, Just like Jade, Did anyone know Jade was also mixed race?

I hate the way the british public act like sheep following everything the press say, i wish people had learned when Princess Diana was killed and when 96 Football fans died to steer clear of the lies the press write but no people become brain washed by them everyday

I am so glad that there will be no public at tonights eviction as it would be like a barbaric hanging if Jade where to go!

For all the people who have complained about Jade Bullying i would like to ask what you would do if you where in a room with her tonight? I can imagine the Hate people have towards her would turn in to more than verbal abuse. Hate and Anger is a vile thing and makes people ugly! Why has no one complained that Jades LIFE is now at risk from vile people who can’t separate Real life from a TV show?

Also has it been showed that Both Jade and Shilpa are now acting like the best of Friends, and Jade has told Shilpa everything she had said about her? They have put it all behind them until one gets the boot tonight and then the Press will drag it all up again

I for one hope Jade stays tonight, so she can try and fix what damage has been done before all the vultures get at her

Oh and can someone please define Racism to me? and what words are we alowed to use? as i know when Shilpa was called the ‘Indian’ it was classed as racist, but i am going for a meal tomorrow night to my favorite resturant, i am having an Indian Meal, is that classed as Racist? Oh and I like my coffee Black, is that Racist, I just want to make sure we all know what being a Racist means as it looks like we have differnt views on this

]]> By: Rebecca~ Liverpool~ UK http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20531 Rebecca~ Liverpool~ UK Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:54:03 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-20531 Peter Cooper 11 | Jan 19th, 2007 at 5:02 pm | # >> Like loads of other people I filed a complaint to Ofcom but it look’s like nothing is going to be done its all ridiculous really I want to understand why anyone bothers to do this. Perhaps you could fill me in? I have an “Off” button on my TV and if I don’t like what is being shown, I can turn it off. I don’t like people smoking either, but I don’t write to the government about it. Well said Peter!!! Peter Cooper
11 | Jan 19th, 2007 at 5:02 pm | #
>> Like loads of other people I filed a complaint to Ofcom but it look’s like nothing is going to be done its all ridiculous really

I want to understand why anyone bothers to do this. Perhaps you could fill me in? I have an “Off” button on my TV and if I don’t like what is being shown, I can turn it off. I don’t like people smoking either, but I don’t write to the government about it.

Well said Peter!!!

]]> By: Peter Cooper http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20525 Peter Cooper Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:02:51 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-20525 >> Like loads of other people I filed a complaint to Ofcom but it look’s like nothing is going to be done its all ridiculous really I want to understand why anyone bothers to do this. Perhaps you could fill me in? I have an "Off" button on my TV and if I don't like what is being shown, I can turn it off. I don't like people smoking either, but I don't write to the government about it. >> Like loads of other people I filed a complaint to Ofcom but it look’s like nothing is going to be done its all ridiculous really

I want to understand why anyone bothers to do this. Perhaps you could fill me in? I have an “Off” button on my TV and if I don’t like what is being shown, I can turn it off. I don’t like people smoking either, but I don’t write to the government about it.

]]> By: Peter Cooper http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20524 Peter Cooper Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:00:27 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-20524 I can't believe people are talking about this show as if it's a microcosm of the real world. It's not. It's a bunch of B-list celebrities (Shilpa might be famous in India, but no-one I know has heard of her before) being couped up in an unnatural situation and throwing dirt around at each other. Their actions are not going to be in keeping with how they'd be in the real world, so trying to enforce real world standards on them is pointless. It's a big media and celebrity circle jerk that's put on as theatre.. just see this as Shilpa playing a heroine in yet another movie and Jade playing the baddie. When they get out it'll be all smiles. I can’t believe people are talking about this show as if it’s a microcosm of the real world. It’s not. It’s a bunch of B-list celebrities (Shilpa might be famous in India, but no-one I know has heard of her before) being couped up in an unnatural situation and throwing dirt around at each other. Their actions are not going to be in keeping with how they’d be in the real world, so trying to enforce real world standards on them is pointless.

It’s a big media and celebrity circle jerk that’s put on as theatre.. just see this as Shilpa playing a heroine in yet another movie and Jade playing the baddie. When they get out it’ll be all smiles.

]]> By: shadows http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20496 shadows Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:49:02 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-20496 >> trust me there is more discrimination in India than in the UK OK Dave, there is, but how do you define more. Whats your yardstick? The fact that more than 15 languages are spoken in India, and we get along pretty well, compared to Britain, which seems unable to integrate even 5 other communities. Yes, there is discrimination against us in India. I say, I am a victim. Muslims have more rights than Hindus in India (it may seem strange, but thats how it is ... in the name of liberalism and secularism). Now I see Britain going down the same appeasement path as India, and soon you gotta have a Kashmir on your hands. The intensity of racism is much much less in India as compared to Britain. In fact, they say, even Germany and France are a lot less racist than Britain, contrary to perceptions. >> trust me there is more discrimination in India than in the UK

OK Dave, there is, but how do you define more. Whats your yardstick?
The fact that more than 15 languages are spoken in India, and we get along pretty well, compared to Britain, which seems unable to integrate even 5 other communities.

Yes, there is discrimination against us in India. I say, I am a victim. Muslims have more rights than Hindus in India (it may seem strange, but thats how it is … in the name of liberalism and secularism). Now I see Britain going down the same appeasement path as India, and soon you gotta have a Kashmir on your hands.

The intensity of racism is much much less in India as compared to Britain. In fact, they say, even Germany and France are a lot less racist than Britain, contrary to perceptions.

]]> By: Sarah UK http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-20443 Sarah UK Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:43:17 +0000 http://sakshijuneja.com/blog/2007/01/17/shilpa-you-need-to-step-it-up/#comment-20443 Hi I saw your blog mentioned in a aol article on what Indian bloggers think about the whole situation in Celebrity Big Brother. I totally agree with what you are saying and it angers me as well that people wont admit this is racism. Me and my husband who is of Bangladeshi origin where huge Big Brother fan's before this but this has totally changed are minds. Normally in big brother if a situation occurs where one housemate is being aggressive to another big brother immediately call's the one who started it to the diary room to cool of. The other night when they had that huge argument over the stock cube Jade came over very aggressive to the point I actually thought she was going to hit Shilpa and nothing happened Big Brother didn't call Jade to the diary room when other housemates have been called in the past for a lot worse even on one occasion one girl was booted of big brother but why not this time. I read a post on the big brother community on Livejournal that apparently since Jade Goody left the big brother house first time round she has the same management as Davina the host maybe this is why nothing is being done I don't know I am just so shocked them bitches are still in the house. I think Shilpa is dealing with it all amazingly and I don't think she's playing for the sympathy vote or the money really because she is a big star she already has loads of money I think she just doesn't want to lower herself to Jade's level and I respect her even more for this. Rebecca~ Liverpool~ UK - I don't think she is behaving like a 4 year old at all the other girls are behaving like 4 year old's actually that's an insult to 4 year old's they behave far worse then any 4 year old and about her wanting fame in the UK thats a joke go and look Shilpa Shetty up on google or Wikipedia she is a huge star already and is lived and known by million's already in the UK even before Big Brother. She was in the film Baazigar which was the first Bollywood film I ever saw and started my love and obsession with Bollywood and to this day remains one of my all time favourites. Like loads of other people I filed a complaint to Ofcom but it look's like nothing is going to be done its all ridiculous really and I am really excited for tomorow's eviction the look on Jade's face when she realises she is hated by million's all over the world is going to be priceless like someone said the other day the program that made Jade Goody is going to break her and damn right to. If anyone wants to chat about the whole thing my email is sarah555666@gmail.com or I posted the link to my Livejournal blog above. Hi
I saw your blog mentioned in a aol article on what Indian bloggers think about the whole situation in Celebrity Big Brother.
I totally agree with what you are saying and it angers me as well that people wont admit this is racism.
Me and my husband who is of Bangladeshi origin where huge Big Brother fan’s before this but this has totally changed are minds.
Normally in big brother if a situation occurs where one housemate is being aggressive to another big brother immediately call’s the one who started it to the diary room to cool of.
The other night when they had that huge argument over the stock cube Jade came over very aggressive to the point I actually thought she was going to hit Shilpa and nothing happened Big Brother didn’t call Jade to the diary room when other housemates have been called in the past for a lot worse even on one occasion one girl was booted of big brother but why not this time.
I read a post on the big brother community on Livejournal that apparently since Jade Goody left the big brother house first time round she has the same management as Davina the host maybe this is why nothing is being done I don’t know I am just so shocked them bitches are still in the house.
I think Shilpa is dealing with it all amazingly and I don’t think she’s playing for the sympathy vote or the money really because she is a big star she already has loads of money I think she just doesn’t want to lower herself to Jade’s level and I respect her even more for this.
Rebecca~ Liverpool~ UK – I don’t think she is behaving like a 4 year old at all the other girls are behaving like 4 year old’s actually that’s an insult to 4 year old’s they behave far worse then any 4 year old and about her wanting fame in the UK thats a joke go and look Shilpa Shetty up on google or Wikipedia she is a huge star already and is lived and known by million’s already in the UK even before Big Brother.
She was in the film Baazigar which was the first Bollywood film I ever saw and started my love and obsession with Bollywood and to this day remains one of my all time favourites.
Like loads of other people I filed a complaint to Ofcom but it look’s like nothing is going to be done its all ridiculous really and I am really excited for tomorow’s eviction the look on Jade’s face when she realises she is hated by million’s all over the world is going to be priceless like someone said the other day the program that made Jade Goody is going to break her and damn right to.
If anyone wants to chat about the whole thing my email is sarah555666@gmail.com or I posted the link to my Livejournal blog above.

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