[Ruth]

Originally posted by CharlotteSometimes

Yeah, she did. But to automatically presume that the three of them knew absolutely nothing is prejudiced. Unless you were there whenever any of them were talking, 24 hours a day, of course. All of the hm's have said that certain things weren't shown, including the supposed 'good guys'. Wouldn't your average English/British person be equally as naive about her culture? For all we know, they could've asked her plenty about her culture. Did she ask them about theirs?

Considering Jade thought Cambridge was in London, 'East Angular' was abroad, and she didn't know who George Bush or Tony Blair are, it's not a hard stretch to realise that she's not going to have a clue about Asian culture.

Did Shilpa ask them about their culture? Well, I don't know. Unless you were there whenever any of them were talking, 24 hours a day, of course - you couldn't know either.

Indeed. I don't think that she's a bad person at all. Much like anyone else, she has her good points and her bad points, too. But she's been painted as almost serene, somehow floating in a special aura that exists just for her. That's what I'm objecting to, because she hasn't done anything to justify being elevated to some kind of cod-sainthood.

I'm not a particular fan of Shilpa. But I do think she handled herself with grace and dignity. I doubt that Jade could even spell grace or dignity. If that makes me prejudiced, so be it.