Smokin - great smile

holy hell! he's adorable! my antenna doesn't pick up NBC very clearly....might have to get another friend hooked on the show.

He is one hot macaca.

SM should post more photos of hot desi guys. Then the desi guys posting on here wouldn't be dissing their sex appeal all the time. I mean, next to emaciated teenage girls, desi guys seem to have the lowest self-esteem when it comes to body image. They need our help.

And I'd just like to see more photos of hot desi guys.

so where do i send my biodata ;)?
he's a sizzler...
hot diggity damn.

yummy :)

Oh shit hot hot hot hot. My Monday nights have been freed up!

DQ, what is your problem?

dammit dammit dammit.

lucky olga.

p.s. here's olga

thank god for good brown eye candy however.
this macaca will be sure to watch.
:)

thanks again taz for the enlightenment ;)

Sahej - pls explain. If I inadvertently ticked you off, it'd be nice to know why.

Yes.

That's all I have to say.

Yes.

holy s... it's like he's the old and new michael jackson rolled into one desi package!!

Oh.

Oh my.

Hhotttt! Show sounds good too.

I think you should be able to tell. You're being a bit antagonizing, and your last comment was just simply name calling. i actually would like to know where you're coming from

Then the desi guys posting on here wouldn't be dissing their sex appeal all the time. I mean, next to emaciated teenage girls, desi guys seem to have the lowest self-esteem when it comes to body image. They need our help.

DQ - even a monkey can see that your statement was both dismissive and patronizing. And given your stated aim of "helping" desi men with their "self-esteem" issues, it was hardly constructive.

i hope i don't come off as angry DQ because i'm not, but i do think after such a comment you should expect people to take a little offense. as its out of left field. everyone has their certain amount of pride. i don't know, i would like to avoid beef. maybe i should have kept it to myself. cheers though!

So... I've been obsessing over this show and went as far as to stalk this guy online who had posted on a forum that he had a code to download the pilot for free off of iTunes.

I've watched the damned thing 5 or 6 times in the past two weeks. Amazing. Loved it. (And Sendhil has the most adorable Brit-Indian accent EVER.)

Can't wait to see the next episode.

P.S. If you visit any AMC Theatre you can get a card with the code so you can download and watch before the premiere. (If, um you're obsessing...)

With all this talk about desi accents: :) for the record, I think (any) South Indian accent is the sexiest, most adorable in ALL the world. Kannadiga, Mallu, Tamilian...you name it, in my book the accent is the YUMMYEST!

wow...

Nirali Magazine thinks he's pretty great, too--look for our exclusive interview with Sendhil on September 25, the premiere date of Heroes. Lots of scrumptious photos to accompany...

Look - have any of you been reading the comments by desi men on here lately? About how everyone thinks they're nerds and non-sexy and effeminate and sexist and have small penises etc. etc.? NONE OF WHICH IS TRUE. My comment was a reflection of the attitudes posted on this site. I didn't mean to dismiss or antagonize - I think many desi men DO have self-esteem issues when it comes to their sexuality.

So bring on the hotties (and there are plenty) if it can help them any.

Look, there are idiots of every gender and color. You should be a little more clear about who you are talking about, because your comment was desi men. I'm a desi man and proud to be one. So when you say, desi men, that does include me. I do not talk crap about desi women and I don't think I should expect a desi website to talk crap in general about desi men. It makes no difference who you've been battling with, if you don't single them out and instead generalize about all desi men, that includes, all desi men. I could have easily said, oh thats not about me, but why should a desi website have to put up with that stuff, of all places? If you think desi men have an insecurity problem, you can always ask.

DQ, what in the hell are you talking about? Please, just strategically retreat before you do yourself more damage.

I think many desi men DO have self-esteem issues when it comes to their sexuality.

And my question would be, do you shed crocodile tears for them? focusing on penis size is a regressive and patriarchal standard of what constitutes a man and masculinity. I agree with you that an insecurity complex is to be found among some people, but as a marginalized enthic group you should be aware that desi male masculinity is in some way problematized. Hopefully we will remain friends. I do not want to be arguementative, and even know what to turn this discussion into a positive discussion.

Also, this thread is about this dude and all so.......happy trails to y'all

* even now want to turn this discussion

Okay, I was not clear. Some (and to my eyes, sadly numerous) desi male commenters occasionally (to my eyes, frequently) make statements on SM along the lines of 'desi men are not perceived as sexy'. I find such statements sad and not reflective of the truth. If my lack of clarity, flippancy, and the generalizations I no doubt made, have angered you - mea culpa. Sorry. I just wanted to say I find desi men hot, and they should feel they are hot, OKAY?

I'll shut up now.

but as a marginalized enthic group you should be aware that desi male masculinity is in some way problematized

This is emblematic of the insecurity (which I dare say is noticable) of which she references

suddenly I have a song stuck in my head... "I'm bringin sexy back..."

tell me he can dance, too, Taz.

Haha, enjoy your eyemithai girls :)

but as a marginalized enthic group you should be aware that desi male masculinity is in some way problematized

This is emblematic of the insecurity (which I dare say is noticable) of which she references

Haha. Ok, well, I guess I deserve that.

Dharma, I don't need to hear that desi men are hot personally. I'd prefer not to have the negative stereotypes about desi men, which, as a marginalized group, do occur.

Anyway, Hari, I will sincerely take your comment. I was already in the process of self-examination after posting on this thread.

But......I do know that my culture did intill in me a sense of pride about myself, and I do want to help that continue. If Sepia Mutiny is part of that, that's a good thing. Left to the whims of the wider American culture, desi pride would not be as strong as it is within the desi community itself. Hence places like SM.

This is seperate from the discussion we just had and I don't want to conflate the two.

Each one teach one and all that.

I apologize for bringing strife to the thread, such as it is.

Whirled Peas y'all

Also, I'm not sure posting lots of pics of 'hot' desi men would have been the solution to the (highly debatable) 'problem.' I imagine that, if indeed we assume that there are some who feel somewhat challenged in the hotness arena :), in some cases it would just further convince them of Sendhil/XYZs red hot heat versus their own woeful lack of any such!

After all, 'babe' magazines (even desi ones) aren't exactually successful in convincing the average woman shes a hottie :).

Boys, you can have your Lakshmi-the-cooking-show-host because us girls will have Ramamurthy-the-geneticist- professor-who-will-solve-the-mystery.

don't be so heteronormative.

I would like to add my voice to the chorus of outrage directed at DQ. We desi male have made it explicitly clear in our matrimonial biodata that we are extremely handsome and and even very fair. Caste is no bar either, though I am a brahman. If you don't believe us, just ask our mothers. In fact, a quick glimpse of these ads will show we have an average height of 6' 1" which naturally means we are well endowed. Studies show we are way bigger than the Koreans, as our leader demonstrates.

Big fish in a small pond

audi

don't be so heteronormative.

Good one!

I object to the objectification of men!

DQ wasn't offensive at all; she was just making an observation.

But this, by Sahej, is truly a wonderful line :

I agree with you that an insecurity complex is to be found among some people, but as a marginalized enthic group you should be aware that desi male masculinity is in some way problematized

Let's move on please. DQ has clarified herself and there are more important things to talk about now such as why one of the "heroes" isn't a fossil hunter-blogger-who-will-solve-the-mystery. Or a Literary-professor-blogger-who-will-solve-the-mystery.

problemetize this: hit it hard & hit it often :-) problem solved?

stop being hardonormative, different folks use different, watchu talking about Willis?

Atheist - onanism leads to blindness!

I'm going to ask the question no one's asked yet. What is Prof. Suresh's super power? He's got to be more than Penis-bigger-than-Korean man.

He's got to be more than Penis-bigger-than-Korean man.

A: India is located geographically closer to Africa than China and other Far East Asian countries. That is why Indians have larger penises than Far East Asians. Trust me, I've done research on this on the Internet. And being Indian, I know the Internet.
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Suresh doesn't have a superpower- he's the professor that sees all the intersections and tries to bring them all together. Like the dude in the wheelchair in x-men. Hence, who-will-solve-the-mystery.

His character has a video profile on the NBC site- go watch it. you'll be hooked, no matter what your sexual preference is. This show looks promising.

Suresh doesn't have a superpower- he's the professor that sees all the intersections and tries to bring them all together.

Great. Stereotype confirmed! The marginalization of desi men on television continues. Of all the "heroes" only the Indian guy doesn't have any powers...except his brain. He is the nerd that has to advise all the "real" heroes. Model minority. I suppose we should be greatful that he is an attractive nerd at least. I bet if there was an Indian woman cast on the show she'd have a superpower.

Now, what do you say to that DQ? :)

Good looking bloke. Damn. This brother can make his own Sepia Destiny on the go.

Suresh doesn't have a superpower- he's the professor that sees all the intersections and tries to bring them all together. Like the dude in the wheelchair in x-men.

Except that bloke in the wheelchair is actually the most powerful one of all of them, since he can read and control minds. No, baldy had mutant powers up the arse, but desi-man here gets none.

Except that bloke in the wheelchair is actually the most powerful one of all of them, since he can read and control minds.

Also, that bloke in the wheel chair was Jean-Luc Picard! No desi man was ever a captain in Star Trek. Well, except one.

Whatever boys- I'll take smart geeky professor that will solve the mystery (it does seem like he has the power of holding the key to everything, which is powerful, no?) over a guy with a superpower any day.

Anyone else enjoying clicking the refresh button today? ;-)

No desi man was ever a captain in Star Trek

True, we had to settle for assistant chief engineer.

*Sigh* They always kill off the ethnic dude first.

No desi man was ever a captain in Star Trek.

don't be so heteronormative.

Everyone on this thread must immediately give up 50 cool points for turning the discussion to...Star Trek.

Seriously.

C'mon. Hand 'em over.

Anyone else enjoying clicking the refresh button today? ;-)

ME ME ME

Everyone on this thread must immediately give up 50 cool points for turning the discussion to...Star Trek.

Anyone else enjoying clicking the refresh button today? ;-)

Chick Pea and Taz:

me too. But hey, it's a lot more fun than clicking the refresh button on Browndating.com :-D

And Chick Pea, I've never seen the show "Popular." I don't know how many cool points I'd have to give up for that...

salil:
popular was a overly sarcastic take on high school popularity.. of course it was a great shows..and as most great shows (if not all) they get cancelled as my favorite one arrested development recently went to the graveyard (bad bad bad move fox...)--salil if you haven't seen AD then hand over all your cool points..

I object to the objectification of men!

Protest!

GujuDude runs outside and sets his bundi on fire.

Well, I did love Arrested Development, too, so I'm going to keep like...12 points.

Though I do think The Wire is the best show on TV. Y'all gotta put that in the TiVo lineup. :-)

As far as the objectification of men is concerned, I'm totally against it unless the man in question is me. In which case, objectify away! I am strong, I will survive.

Maybe even flourish. :-)

One uncle in my neighborhood insisted that Captain Kirk looked Indian.

Of course, it's that wonderful brown tan he has :)

(Finkie losing 100 more points)

oh, HELL-o. thank you for making my nap-filled hungover sunday oh so much better, taz.

salil -- here are my 50 cool points. jean-luc picard rules.

Thank you, Taz :).

Salil,
What is your problem with Star Trek fans? They are just like everyone else. Cool is a state of mind. ;)

Besides, the willingness with which Star Trek fans let their cool points be taken away points to a sad lack of self esteem :)...I hereby call for a picture gallery of hot Trekkies (I'm willing to contribute my pic to the cause ;))

Besides, the willingness with which Star Trek fans let their cool points be taken away points to a sad lack of self esteem :)...I hereby call for a picture gallery of hot Trekkies (I'm willing to contribute my pic to the cause ;))

Uh...I always thought that hot Trekkies could only be caught on camera in Cardasian or Klingon outfits. Oh yeah, and there must be some freakin' quantum singularity in the tachyon field at the same moment.

X Men meets Lost cannot be too bad! I'm looking forward to it!

Uh...I always thought that hot Trekkies could only be caught on camera in Cardasian or Klingon outfits.

Actually, you'd surprised at the variety available to science fiction fans these days.

Abhi,

thank you (I think) for introducing me to yet another SF oddity: Femtroopers.

The pictures are odd. Am I the only guy who thinks these girls are not hot? I'm flashing back to when Triumph the Dog freaks out when that one dude takes off his helmet and goes, "Hi, I'm Colonel Sanders..."

But these...these comments are hysterical!

In all seriousness, though...I watched a certain amount of The Next Generation during my college years, and maybe a bit after. But the thing that really bothered me about Star Trek was how obnoxiously clean and understandable everything was. The aliens were never anything more than humans with odd bits of crap glued to their foreheads; the most alien race would have been Vulcans, who weren't alien so much as autistic.

Most science fiction television leaves me clammy, though. I enjoyed Firefly / Serenity for daring to be a little different, and whimsical. But not much else really draws me in.

I actually happen to be a ridiculous science fiction fan, though I must insist...I am also a science fiction snob. The serialized pulp of Star Wars and Star Trek novels makes my stomach churn with dread. Give me Ender's Game, Bruce Stirling, or Ian McDonald...or give me something else (probably South Asian). :-)

I guess this qualifies as a threadjack. Oh well. From attractive desi dude to an exploration of science fiction. You never know which way the discussion will turn on SM.

Salil-

I take away all your cool points with that last comment... ;-)

Abhi-

You were just waiting for a moment to post that link up on SM. Waiting... Nerd.

I never had a complex when the womenz axe me out but I will now. Thanks guys.

Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. I can't even keep up a poser attitude for long. Sheeze.

Well, what can I do? It's not like y'all didn't know I was a geek already.

In other news, I'm thinking about writing a science-fiction script for a satire on Japanese monster movies. I will call it...Tanzila.

Hee. :-D

Salil.

THIS is war.

I saw the ads to the show whilst on my trip to the US last month...
...unfortunately, Middle Earth would probably not get to watch the show until next year some time.

My main interest would be Milo Ventimiglia - of course, second to Mr. Ramamurthy!

Of course, it's that wonderful brown tan he has :)

I believe you are thinking about this other tan person....

i didn't recognize him from the photo but this same sendhil was famous for stopping traffic and inspiring drool on a certain new england college campus back in the day. his then long-term girlfriend was the target of some desi verbal voodoo but when i finally met her she turned out to be one of the most intelligent, earnest and well-read women i have ever met. just mentioning this because i think good taste in women makes a specimen of eyemithai (mocha or otherwise) all the more de(si)licious.

anyhow, ten years later and i'm glad to hear that he's doing so well (and still lookin soooo fine!)

['eyemithai', 'macaca', 'machang', 'kundi' - i see a desi slang dictionary in the making]

i would crush his tamil money-maker if i was a) in prison b) gay

this fool wishes he had my samosa-powered belly jiggle

p.s. everyone in the "know" knows that a proper treatment of good science fiction must consider the original works of Dr. Who.

Star What?

now if i can only find my Dalek costume...

Always good to see a good desi winning hearts

That is one attractive man.

What's all this? A heart-throb actor with Tamil roots? Time to bust out the Kannadhasan:

தேக்கு மரம் உடலைத் தந்தது
சின்ன யானை நடையைத் தந்தது
பூக்கள் எல்லாம் சிரிப்பைத் தந்தது
பொன்னல்லவோ நிறத்தைத் தந்தது*

The teak tree gave its body => The teak tree gave you your body
The baby elephant gave its walk => The baby elephant gave you its walk
Flowers gave their laughter => Flowers gave you their laughter
Wasn't it gold which gave its color? => Wasn't it gold which gave you your color?

--
Originally sung to one of MGR's characters, but I suppose this guy comes in a close second... :P

my memory is sketchy on the tamil script...

தந்தது --> is that k - ru - k - ka ?

what does it mean. It looks like quite a catchy song.

ok. i was talking out of my behind there. my knowledge is very sketchy... just some names that i remember from hoardings - written in tamil and english. pardon me if i insulted anyone - but i am curious at the wordplay - the one word could be used in different context.

i think good taste in women makes a specimen of eyemithai (mocha or otherwise) all the more de(si)licious.

kavita:
here here...
:)

Sorry hairy_d! Here's a transliteration:

thEkku maram uDalai thanthathu
chinna yaanai naDaiyai thanthathu
pookkaL ellaam chirippai thanthathu
ponnallavO niRaththai thanthathu

as for this:

pardon me if i insulted anyone - but i am curious at the wordplay - the one word could be used in different context.

I tried to think as dirty as possible, but I still don't know what you meant. You did, however, spark a memory of an argument I once had with my aunt about whether there was an innuendo in one of the songs we were listening to.

If any of you know of good innuendos in Indian film songs (any language) please contribute here!

/* end threadjack */

By the way taz, the only reason I started thinking about Tamil songs was to try and get *@#&$@#^ing Mariah Carrey out of my head and damnit! It isn't working! Make it stop, make it stop!

I tried to think as dirty as possible, but I still don't know what you meant. You did, however, spark a memory of an argument I once had with my aunt about whether there was an innuendo in one of the songs we were listening to.

:-) no man..no innuendo.

I just meant that தந்தது was used to end each line. I am sure it made for a catchy song - but I wasnt sure what it meant.. i'm guessing it probably could be translated as ...

the teak tree, its body it gave
the baby elephant, its walk it gave
the flowers, their laughter they gave

etc.

thanks for the clarifications.

while i can quite imagine the gushes from the ladies... i'm oddly reminded of ann coulter... coulter was ridiculing berry for embracing her inner black woman and negating her irish roots in her oscar speech... the article took a twist in which the long tall one went all out praising denzel for 'training day'... for anyone who's seen malcolm x, philadelphia... you got to hand it to the man... he took on a dark character and brought it to life.

anyhow, my point being is that sendhil could easily pass for someone from southern europe... not that there's anything wrong with it... but let me think back... does nayone remember that beauty from togo who was hailed as the first truly black supermodel... everyone before that was a colored version of an ideal...

catch my drift.

He needs a haircut!

He needs a haircut!

UMM: umm... no! long and sexy... ;)... he's brown candy for the female macacas allright.. no change needed.

Sin (#14):

Oh.

Oh my.

he's brown candy for the female macacas allright.

not just!

oooohhh!! and he's a southie!! HOORAY!

89 Hairy
Are you, by any chance referring to Alek Wek?

Hairy D:

anyhow, my point being is that sendhil could easily pass for someone from southern europe...

The guy's good looking, but southern Europe? I don't think so...he looks very Indian.

southern europe? he isn't the most chocolate brother of all time, but he is certainly not light-skinned. seems like this guy is much lighter.

Oh great, skin colour again.

Yeah he's hot and I'm not even gay.

Since we are talking of desi heroes does anyone know if there are any desis in any professional sports (minor league baseball counts) here in the US? How cool would it be to have someone named Karsanbhai Somabhai Patel in the NFL.

shodan: It might be Wek - but my memory is of a person who was much much darker... but i think you get my point. that ramamurthys 'good looks' are very conventional - oddly so, given that he's being positioned as a misfit.

amitabh: i am not begrudging him his ethnicity by any means - he cuts a fine figure anyhow - but he is definitely the kind of guy that people would tell, "o! you dont look eendian".

yeti: it's not about dark. it's the features... the kind of guy that people would could "pass" as being from south america, italy, portugal, brazil whereever... except from ye olde desh- but i suppose the good news is that this guy is being positioned as being a cabbie with an indian accent (i only heard the video a few minutes back after post #89).

speaking of the video - i have a bad feeling this was designed by bean counters - factoring in the target demographics - saying x% of the asian with a y% hit ratio + z% of the indian with a k% hit +... = 12M hits a week -> advertising revenues of $25M --> gravy. anyhow... a desi in the band is worth two in the bush. so general woohoo all around.

Vijay Singh in golf...if you consider pro wrestling a sport, there's a desi who calls himself Sonjay Dutt...I was playing my MLB 2005 game the other day (which has real players), and there was a player on a minor league team named Singh...but the minor league rosters do include some fictitous players, so I dunno about that one.

Any football fans? I'm sure there must be some desis in college football, or maybe even the NFL, haven't paid attention to football in a while...

btw - i felt the same about mrs rushdie. i cant even recall clicking on that.

#100 was a reply to 98...

Dammit. Married: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Sosnovska

Thanks for bringing this eye candy to our attention Taz :)

madhu that was already pointed out here and here.

I don't get the 'he doesn't look Indian' thing - to my eyes, he looks obviously South Indian in the same way that Naveen Andrews does (although the two dudes don't look alike).

Naveen Andrews does (although the two dudes don't look alike).

Sendhil kicks Naveen to the curb.

I take that back. he doesnt look swiss or brazilian... ordinary people with extraordinary powers.

Olga's on one of my favorite BBC shows- MI-5. I just saw Sendhil's video on the NBC Heroes website---what accent exactly is he supposed to have?

I don't get the 'he doesn't look Indian' thing - to my eyes, he looks obviously South Indian

He's a hottie with a body. And he's a papa too!

I think it is funny that in the description it talks about how his SISTER is a doctor and describes HER residency info.

I can hear the mom saying: Ya, ya my beta is an actor, but my beti is a doctor. ;)

"He has one sister, who is also a physician, doing a residency in a Combined Internal Medicine & Psychiatry program."

"He has one sister, who is also a physician, doing a residency in a Combined Internal Medicine & Psychiatry program."

...."non-smoker, non-drinker (she claims), vegetarian (she claims), no previous relationship history (she claims), 5'6", good mixture of East-West values, 27 years old, looking for suitable boy, caste no bar, South Indian preferred, ideally doctor although will compromise for lawyer, chartered accountant, even dentist. Please send full biodata with returnable colour photograph to *******@gmail.com".

hairy_d,

Try imagining him with a big moustache. There, does that help? ;)

Data collection methodology consisting of a highly developed technique known as Kavi Eye for the Southie Guy has recently been employed in order to survey Y chromosomal manifestations in the south Indian setting. While a strong possibility for future Sendhil Ramamurthys appears to exist, the data indicates that the Mohanlal model of Y chromosomal transmission is endemic to the region. Further investigation into how Mohanlal consistently manages to land the hotties would contribute much to this body of research.

Based on our work thus far, we suggest replacing Mohanlal with that young Prithviraj fellow, posthaste. Though samples taken from actual film viewings proved quite promising, flattering photos of the latter do not seem to exist. At present, additional research in Kodaikanal and on the streets of Singapore appears to be our only recourse.

i'm guessing his mom doesn't use the words 'beta' and 'beti'...southie pride!! woohoo!! some of us may be short (although my dad is 6'1'' and he's the shortest of his brothers...), but who cares??? we got some hotties too. woohooooo!!

kavita!

More from Kavi Eye soon, please! Are you accepting applications for field assistants for research in Kodaikanal?

this is for kavita...
the rest of you, plss dont be mad... i will delete after an hour.

Hairy_d,

I do not think there is per se a typical South Asian man and woman.

You may have point about the majority looks, as Kavita points out Mohanlal. But then how many white guys in your friendly town look like Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Bratt Pitt either.

Do you think Imran Khan looks South Asian or Rishi Kapoor from Bobbby Days or Dharmendra.

I think Dharmendra and Imran Khan both made to world's hot list for a long time, Imran Khan still does, but his political career is going nowhere.

He has excellent dentition.

p.s. Kavita, you were right.

Kush - machang!! I keed. I keed.

Oh lordy, with that 'stache he looks like the traffic cop down the road from here (minus the long hair, of course)

Seriously, I think people are being a little too calculating here- not only does he look South Indian, but he wouldn't be out of place at one of our family events. To me, this is the first straight up typical Indian guy on here that's a legit sex symbol

The teak tree gave you your body

Someone took a fine chistle to that teak tree.

While a strong possibility for future Sendhil Ramamurthys appears to exist, the data indicates that the Mohanlal model of Y chromosomal transmission is endemic to the region.

What ARE you talking about. Take a trip down Tamil countryside. They look nothing like Mohanlal. Not that anything is seriously wrong with him. Tamil teenage boys have that lean chistled look that is extremely attractive even when they are dark. Then they grow that damn mustache. But people there prefer fairer Mohanlal and Kamal who look like they could afford to eat mutton everyday.

dont be dissing kamal. i became a fan after seeing guna. that guy really takes care of himself. his legs had a lot of muscle , not flab.

agree on the chiseled look. but i really think moustaches have a bad rap. i have facial hair myself.

ok kids. dont be mad. i killed that juvenile piece of crap.

Boys, you can have your Lakshmi-the-cooking-show-host because us girls will have Ramamurthy-the-geneticist- professor-who-will-solve-the-mystery.

Maybe there are some of us boys here who find this chap attractive as well...

Just in case there's ANY confusion about this WHATSOEVER, I'd like to state--as categorically as HTML can convey--that I am a boy who is ALL about the HoYay! with this one. I don't just think he's attractive: I'd like to tie him down, spread Nutella all over him, and then...

Sorry, my keyboard caught fire. And for once, it wasn't a battery issue.

But I suspect that Anna knows what I'm talking about. ;)

hairy_D- it's funny how often Indian men and women who are considered attractive are said to look "not Indian" or like they could "pass" for something else. This guy definitely looks Indian, and South Indian at that. Sometimes I wonder if people making such comments have internalized an ugly stereotype of Indian people, so that anything attractive can't possibly look Indian.

not only does he look South Indian, but he wouldn't be out of place at one of our family events.

An obvious Machiavellian maneuver designed to get Taz and some female commenters (perhaps even pardesi gori but i won't got there) to attend your family events. I'm onto you.

hairy_d,

you need look at more indian guys :)

An obvious Machiavellian maneuver designed to get Taz and some female commenters (perhaps even pardesi gori but i won't got there) to attend your family events. I'm onto you.

haha Oh I don't care if it's Machiavellian. Gautam, if the men in your family look like Sendhil, I'll be your date to all the family functions... you'll just have to excuse me if I wander off from time to time ;)

An obvious Machiavellian maneuver designed to get Taz and some female commenters (perhaps even pardesi gori but i won't got there) to attend your family events. I'm onto you.

haha Oh I don't care if it's Machiavellian. Gautam, if the men in your family look like Sendhil, I'll be your date to all the family functions... you'll just have to excuse me if I wander off from time to time ;)

I second Shruti. You can always count on me as a backup date in just such circumstances.

wow. He's hot (no arguement there) and he definitely looks South Asian to me. Instead of thinking that the dude doesn't look desi, how about thinking that lots of populations around the world may look somewhat similar? Besides, India is a huge country, who's to say what the 'typical Indian' looks like anyway?

As for the nerd stereotype, he's a *hot* nerd. ;) Good looks + brains seems like a good combo to me.

Actually, you'd surprised at the variety available to science fiction fans these days.

Dear God.

he doesn't look like the 'typical brown person' cuz he's very good looking (juding from secondary sexual characteristics, not intuition since i don't dig the schlong). good looking people by definition don't look typical, else they'd be average.

he doesn't look like the 'typical brown person' cuz he's very good looking (juding from secondary sexual characteristics, not intuition since i don't dig the schlong). good looking people by definition don't look typical, else they'd be average.

Then I think you mean to say "he doesn't look like the 'typical person'"

Instead of thinking that the dude doesn't look desi, how about thinking that lots of populations around the world may look somewhat similar?

My organizing friends and I had this running gag where we said, "Everybody Looks South Asian from a distance." (This stemmed from our days of registering desis to vote on campus/rallies/anywhere and you never really knew who to approach- so you just approached everyone that looked remotely desi- which surprisingly is 'everybody.')

We wanted to make stickers with that slogan... :-) Ok, ok, I'm a geeky nerd, I know.

'Then I think you mean to say "he doesn't look like the 'typical person'"'

that is true too. but since the poster in question was asserting he didn't look south asian, i couched it in that context.

btw, perhaps related, i read an article by a buff & athletic chinese american guy who resented it when women (usually asian american) asked he if he was half-white all the time.

I vote for MBMITW.

I didn't know where else to post this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KlxhD284RKM

It's a funny video clip with Kal Penn.

I didn't know where else to post this

I didn't know where else to post this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KlxhD284RKM

that video is funny dude

is the cop in it the guy from superman returns... i think it is...

Not funny at all, trying to be the next "Lazy Sunday"

Amitabh, that was awesome.

If he was born and raised in the US, does that mean his Indian accent is fake?

patm,

yes. Watch the profile video where he is interviewed. (Linked in main post)

Not funny at all, trying to be the next "Lazy S