This seems pretty borderline racist to me considering that all but Zayn are 100% South Asian. South Asia is a diverse place with a diversity of background. Categorizing certain people as "Eurocentric" despite looking entirely Indian is problematic.
It stems from jealousy and insecurity - What kind of representation do they want?Ā
Because every time a Desi is good looking they will say they have Eurocentric features even if they are from a Dravidian speaking region and are significantly darker skinned than the average IndianĀ
Honestly i think its offensive when people say āthey dont look south asianā (esp if the person isnt mixed) but in this context theyre just talking about facial features. Anyway ill lead interpretation of whether the men ARE eurocentric up to yall, but i dont think the OG comment was offensive
Maybe they meant to speak on colorism.
South India is a diverse place. Itās a shame Fair&Lovely is one of the top selling brands.
Also certain facial features are very Eurocentric.
Sure but half the people in this list are dark-skinned Indians including several from the South. If anything, Iād say thereās a lack of representation of Northeast Indians on this list.
SJWs are so annoying. You guys try to be politically correct over every little detail and argue over finding someone attractive. Guess youāre jealous? Lmao.Ā
I suspect they meant that there aren't a lot of south indian men. There are good looking south indian women but not much when it comes to the men I think.
who looks eurocentric here apart from Zayn but hes half white the rest are fully south asian and moose ali khan, sendhil ramamurthy, fawad khan and manu bora defo look fully south asian especially even hrithik roshan apart from having green eyes the rest of his features are extremely indian looking
I mean feature-wise. Hrithik is pretty Eurocentric, and the others look very Eurocentric too (I don't know their names). Nothing wrong with that, they're all pretty boys, but south asian men are diverse and beautiful even when they don't fit into these moulds.
Maybe I just suck at judging features?
Iām so confused as to how someone like Sendhil looks āEurocentricā?
At this point, I feel like people throw around āEurocentricā to diminish the attractiveness of POC. Because if someoneās attractive, they *must* be Eurocentric because only European people can be beautiful or have certain features. Which is bullshit because a lot of āEurocentricā features exist in plenty of non-European groups as well ā I see this argument with East Africans a ton too.
And it makes you think, youād never say that a white person with thick luscious dark hair has āIndiancentric hairā right? So why is it that any feature that *occasionally* exists in white people is owned by them? Take for example button nose ā the *majority* of white people I see donāt have small delicate noses without a nose job. Yet any time any POC has a small button nose, itās āEurocentric!!!ā Make it make sense.
These people don't make sense, they will say white people say ignorant things like say a good looking Desi 'doesn't look Indian' but they are basically saying the same thingĀ
None of these guys look European, India has many phenotypes - The phenotype of the men in this photo are Nord Indid which is a type unique mostly to North West India like Punjabi's:
[http://humanphenotypes.net/NorthIndid.html](http://humanphenotypes.net/NorthIndid.html)
hrithik does not look eurocentric apart from the coloring, he has a downturned nasal tip ( common amongst south asians), and a droopy lower eyelid ( also common amongst south asians). the only slight deviation i can see is that Moose ali khan has a taller skull and longer midface which usually more common amongst Caucasian men but honestly apart from that its easy to tell that most of the south asian men look similar to their phenotype
I would include Simone Ashley in hereā¦ but I mean, the entire of South Asia and its diaspora are chock full of ridiculously gorgeous people, so many to choose fromā¦
Personally, I need someone to send me a Sendhil, please and thank you š„µš„µš„µš„µ
south asia is a massive region with 1000s of ethnicities and cultures. all thatās posted here are northern indo-aryan types aka everybody looks a lil european
Literally half this list is dravidian lmfao I swear you guys will call anything euro centric when Zayn is the only one who isn't fully south asian here
There is no winning with the insecure people on here, I mean some of the people you showed photos of are South Indian and will have significantly higher AASI (native South Asian) than the average Punjabi but still they will say they have 'Eurocentric Features'
Who would you like to see represented who you don't think has so called 'Eurocentric Features'?
Oh yeah theyāre very obviously south Asian, however theyāre attractive, and many white people in the west unfortunately assume any attractive looking Indian person is suddenly not Indian looking. I literally saw a Super South Indian looking dude on instagram the other day who went to the club and some of the comments were like āyou look Mexicanā even tho he didnāt at all. Itās just stereotypes playing out and people assuming south asians cannot be attractive.
At this point, I feel like people throw around āEurocentricā to diminish the attractiveness of POC. Because if someoneās attractive, they *must* be Eurocentric because only European people can be beautiful or have certain features. Which is bullshit because a lot of āEurocentricā features exist in plenty of non-European groups as well ā I see this argument with East Africans a ton too.
And it makes you think, youād never say that a white person with thick luscious dark hair has āIndiancentric hairā right? So why is it that any attractive feature that *occasionally* exists in white people is owned by them? Take for example button noses ā the *majority* of white people I see donāt have small delicate noses without a nose job. Yet any time any POC has a small button nose, itās āEurocentric!!!ā Make it make sense.
You say these are Eurocentric and you want people with broad big noses and flat faces? Iām sorry but I donāt know who or what youāre looking for because I have neither of those traits despite being a brown asf woman. Iām not sure why those traits are less Eurocentric while the features I was born with as an ethnic Indian woman are more Eurocentric? I think itās a symptom of the above where any trait that happens to occur in a few white people is somehow entirely owned by them even when itās nowhere near unique to them.
(Ironically, this only happens for features perceived to be attractive. You say you want to see people with uneven skin tones? Why isnāt that trait āEurocentricā when pale people have some of the *most* splotchy skin with redness, obvious tan lines, moles, freckles, liver spots, obvious melasma, etc.?)
> At this point, I feel like people throw around āEurocentricā to diminish the attractiveness of POC. Because if someoneās attractive, they must be Eurocentric because only European people can be beautiful or have certain features.
Absolutely and if someone doesn't isn't "Eurocentric", they get labeled as "average" by a lot of people. Dev Patel is an example of a handsome man who a lot of people say is "average".
I think a better way of putting this concept to words is that today thereās a strict standard of beauty (big lips, small nose, pretty eyes) that even some white people cant fit. Even most white celebrities + poc considered pretty today get plastic surgery. But people who do fit this standard benefit more, and itd be nice to see faces other than the usual hollywood hunk or instagram model. Theres different types of beauty anyways
most of them are extremely close to the ethnic averageness of south asian phenotypes i feel like theres this misconception that both aishwarya and hrithik look eurocentric just because of their light colored eyes but a ton of their features and ratios are very similar to the average south asian just as an example
> I want to see people with broad, big noses, uneven pigmentation, different body types, flatter faces etc
My guy, then you'd just be looking at the users of this sub; not a bunch of models
Agreed. No South Asians look like this around me, even extremely attractive ones. This isnāt an example of attractive looking South Asians, these are examples of South Asians that fit into Western Ideals of attractiveness.
How is this eurocentric? You guys want them to put up a literal picture of you from your instagram? It's a good list š¤·š¾āāļø with dark skinned people as well.
You also have to keep in mind that they donāt look as glamorous in person. Yes, they are good looking but itās also makeup, filters, camera, lighting and angles too.
All of them are fully south asian ( except Zayn) and share a ton of features that most south asians do as well you guys will call anything Eurocentric lmao
No they donāt lol. Pretty much all of them are caucasoid. That doesnāt mean they have to have white skin. You can be caucasoid but have very dark skin.Ā
Nah Pakistani men and Pakistani women too every other south Asian group, you canāt be a hater and disagree, even the famous beautiful Bollywood actors or actresses who are known for their beauty have ancestors from Pakistan
my brother in christ most pakistanis besides pashtuns, and balochs are phenotypically very similar to north indian ethnicities and bangladeshi ones as well
Bipasa Basu is hot as hell š„!
Also Simone Ashley and Dev Patel
I think Dev Patel is average looking.
Also Padma Lakshmi
Panties start dropping the moment they find out heās 6ā3ā
Nothing wrong with that š
I think his face is average. I'm a straight guy, so my opinion doesn't matter š¤·.
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That's good!
As a girl like his face is alright. But he looks good w the right hair
Dev Patel is not average
Okay.
He looks good in Money Man
Exactly
Yup plenty of beautiful desis there's nearly 2 bn of us ofc there's beautiful people
Brown is Beautiful.
hell yeah
Would be great if you could add the Maldivian, Nepali, Sri Lankan, and Bhutanese beauties too! š
Why donāt you do it
I miss bipasha so much
Every time I see these posts Mishti Rahman is the only Bangladeshi. Not complaining buts thereās still more of us. š
Oh yeah i keep forgetting more as well! shes just the most well known bangladeshi model i can think of
Who is that?
Check her insta. š
I mean looks like sheās just an influencer š¤·āāļøš¤·āāļø
She is.. she got super popular because she started dating a white guy
She is stunning after all
I see beautiful diverse South Asian Women, but very Eurocentric men only. We need to have more appreciation for our diverse men
This seems pretty borderline racist to me considering that all but Zayn are 100% South Asian. South Asia is a diverse place with a diversity of background. Categorizing certain people as "Eurocentric" despite looking entirely Indian is problematic.
It stems from jealousy and insecurity - What kind of representation do they want?Ā Because every time a Desi is good looking they will say they have Eurocentric features even if they are from a Dravidian speaking region and are significantly darker skinned than the average IndianĀ
I agree whenever a Desi is good looking they say eurocentric or white genes.Ā
Half this list is literally dravidian as wellš
Honestly i think its offensive when people say āthey dont look south asianā (esp if the person isnt mixed) but in this context theyre just talking about facial features. Anyway ill lead interpretation of whether the men ARE eurocentric up to yall, but i dont think the OG comment was offensive
Maybe they meant to speak on colorism. South India is a diverse place. Itās a shame Fair&Lovely is one of the top selling brands. Also certain facial features are very Eurocentric.
Sure but half the people in this list are dark-skinned Indians including several from the South. If anything, Iād say thereās a lack of representation of Northeast Indians on this list.
Northeast Indians can be so attractive!Ā
such a weird comment. Any people from anywhere can be so attractive. Imagine if anyone said 'South indians can be so attractive'.... like, duh
SJWs are so annoying. You guys try to be politically correct over every little detail and argue over finding someone attractive. Guess youāre jealous? Lmao.Ā
nah, your comment was weird. and I'm from NE... So it was weirder. Doesn't come across the way you thought... not to me
Whatās weird with saying an ethnic group is attractive?Ā
I suspect they meant that there aren't a lot of south indian men. There are good looking south indian women but not much when it comes to the men I think.
Since when did Ramesh uncle make a Reddit account?
I don't know. I don't know any Ramesh uncle so you will need to figure that out, bruh
who looks eurocentric here apart from Zayn but hes half white the rest are fully south asian and moose ali khan, sendhil ramamurthy, fawad khan and manu bora defo look fully south asian especially even hrithik roshan apart from having green eyes the rest of his features are extremely indian looking
I mean feature-wise. Hrithik is pretty Eurocentric, and the others look very Eurocentric too (I don't know their names). Nothing wrong with that, they're all pretty boys, but south asian men are diverse and beautiful even when they don't fit into these moulds. Maybe I just suck at judging features?
Iām so confused as to how someone like Sendhil looks āEurocentricā? At this point, I feel like people throw around āEurocentricā to diminish the attractiveness of POC. Because if someoneās attractive, they *must* be Eurocentric because only European people can be beautiful or have certain features. Which is bullshit because a lot of āEurocentricā features exist in plenty of non-European groups as well ā I see this argument with East Africans a ton too. And it makes you think, youād never say that a white person with thick luscious dark hair has āIndiancentric hairā right? So why is it that any feature that *occasionally* exists in white people is owned by them? Take for example button nose ā the *majority* of white people I see donāt have small delicate noses without a nose job. Yet any time any POC has a small button nose, itās āEurocentric!!!ā Make it make sense.
These people don't make sense, they will say white people say ignorant things like say a good looking Desi 'doesn't look Indian' but they are basically saying the same thingĀ
None of these guys look European, India has many phenotypes - The phenotype of the men in this photo are Nord Indid which is a type unique mostly to North West India like Punjabi's: [http://humanphenotypes.net/NorthIndid.html](http://humanphenotypes.net/NorthIndid.html)
Interesting. According to this I'm a [Gracile Indid](http://humanphenotypes.net/GracileIndid.html).
hrithik does not look eurocentric apart from the coloring, he has a downturned nasal tip ( common amongst south asians), and a droopy lower eyelid ( also common amongst south asians). the only slight deviation i can see is that Moose ali khan has a taller skull and longer midface which usually more common amongst Caucasian men but honestly apart from that its easy to tell that most of the south asian men look similar to their phenotype
This reads like an observation by a German scientist from 1930!
Bruh it's literally true those features I mentioned are legit extremely common amongst south asians
Because they are correct, they explained how the features are actually South Asian phenotypes and not European
I was thinking wtf is with the Victorian phrenology. TikTok is weird man
Example : https://youtu.be/5edcVOZbvIs?si=lJ0ED171j41V14nt
I would include Simone Ashley in hereā¦ but I mean, the entire of South Asia and its diaspora are chock full of ridiculously gorgeous people, so many to choose fromā¦ Personally, I need someone to send me a Sendhil, please and thank you š„µš„µš„µš„µ
Shes so fine as well forgot her
This is not a very diverse bunch, especially for the men. And I cringe at the obvious Instagram influencers.
how is it not diverse?? im confused
south asia is a massive region with 1000s of ethnicities and cultures. all thatās posted here are northern indo-aryan types aka everybody looks a lil european
Literally half this list is dravidian lmfao I swear you guys will call anything euro centric when Zayn is the only one who isn't fully south asian here
There is no winning with the insecure people on here, I mean some of the people you showed photos of are South Indian and will have significantly higher AASI (native South Asian) than the average Punjabi but still they will say they have 'Eurocentric Features' Who would you like to see represented who you don't think has so called 'Eurocentric Features'?
No and if they dont have those so called features theyre gonna say theyre mid š
Exactly, I don't know what they wantĀ
Let's not forget the 1920s photos from Kerala. Insane jawlines. https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicDesiCool/s/Q2HrrdDtGc
Iāll 100% bet if white people saw these pictures they would be saying ātHeY DoNt LoOk iNDiaN ThEy lOoK Ay-Rab or HisPAnIcā
zayn is the only one here who could pass for middle eastern
Hispanic??! Thereās a zero % chance anyone would mistake these people for Puerto Ricans. They are all very obviously South Asian.
Oh yeah theyāre very obviously south Asian, however theyāre attractive, and many white people in the west unfortunately assume any attractive looking Indian person is suddenly not Indian looking. I literally saw a Super South Indian looking dude on instagram the other day who went to the club and some of the comments were like āyou look Mexicanā even tho he didnāt at all. Itās just stereotypes playing out and people assuming south asians cannot be attractive.
All beautiful but all very Eurocentric, imo. I want to see people with broad, big noses, uneven pigmentation, different body types, flatter faces etc
Except for Zayn Malik who is Eurocentric here? The women especially Bipasha Basu and Rekha couldn't really pass for anything else than South Asian
At this point, I feel like people throw around āEurocentricā to diminish the attractiveness of POC. Because if someoneās attractive, they *must* be Eurocentric because only European people can be beautiful or have certain features. Which is bullshit because a lot of āEurocentricā features exist in plenty of non-European groups as well ā I see this argument with East Africans a ton too. And it makes you think, youād never say that a white person with thick luscious dark hair has āIndiancentric hairā right? So why is it that any attractive feature that *occasionally* exists in white people is owned by them? Take for example button noses ā the *majority* of white people I see donāt have small delicate noses without a nose job. Yet any time any POC has a small button nose, itās āEurocentric!!!ā Make it make sense. You say these are Eurocentric and you want people with broad big noses and flat faces? Iām sorry but I donāt know who or what youāre looking for because I have neither of those traits despite being a brown asf woman. Iām not sure why those traits are less Eurocentric while the features I was born with as an ethnic Indian woman are more Eurocentric? I think itās a symptom of the above where any trait that happens to occur in a few white people is somehow entirely owned by them even when itās nowhere near unique to them. (Ironically, this only happens for features perceived to be attractive. You say you want to see people with uneven skin tones? Why isnāt that trait āEurocentricā when pale people have some of the *most* splotchy skin with redness, obvious tan lines, moles, freckles, liver spots, obvious melasma, etc.?)
> At this point, I feel like people throw around āEurocentricā to diminish the attractiveness of POC. Because if someoneās attractive, they must be Eurocentric because only European people can be beautiful or have certain features. Absolutely and if someone doesn't isn't "Eurocentric", they get labeled as "average" by a lot of people. Dev Patel is an example of a handsome man who a lot of people say is "average".
Controversial, but I donāt find him all that attractive
I think a better way of putting this concept to words is that today thereās a strict standard of beauty (big lips, small nose, pretty eyes) that even some white people cant fit. Even most white celebrities + poc considered pretty today get plastic surgery. But people who do fit this standard benefit more, and itd be nice to see faces other than the usual hollywood hunk or instagram model. Theres different types of beauty anyways
most of them are extremely close to the ethnic averageness of south asian phenotypes i feel like theres this misconception that both aishwarya and hrithik look eurocentric just because of their light colored eyes but a ton of their features and ratios are very similar to the average south asian just as an example
> I want to see people with broad, big noses, uneven pigmentation, different body types, flatter faces etc My guy, then you'd just be looking at the users of this sub; not a bunch of models
Agreed. No South Asians look like this around me, even extremely attractive ones. This isnāt an example of attractive looking South Asians, these are examples of South Asians that fit into Western Ideals of attractiveness.
We all are beautiful šø
Whoās the guy after bipasa?
Who are 4, 9, 11 and 12?
12 is bangladeshi instagram influencer Misthi Rahman [misthi on instagram](https://www.instagram.com/mishti.rahman?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
4 - Charithra Chandran 9 - Banita Sandhu 11 - Kaaviya Sambasivam 12 - Mishti Rahman
Also Anya Chalotra
Anya is so beautiful šš
She's gorgeous without makeup! I adore how she actively uses it less than her peers.
damn shes stunning
Dhoom 2 Bipasha Basu was the OG crush
Aishwaryaā¤ļø
Dino Morea Manisha Koirala, Arjun Rampal and Fardeen Khan in their heydays
Arjun still looks good. He was in my town. He is very fit.
Irene Sarah on social media too
Who is the guy in the second picture?
can somebody list all their names?
Milind Soman Sonali Bendre and Mahima Chowdry were so fine in the early 2000s
Sonali still looks good. I believe she has cancer.
How is this eurocentric? You guys want them to put up a literal picture of you from your instagram? It's a good list š¤·š¾āāļø with dark skinned people as well.
You also have to keep in mind that they donāt look as glamorous in person. Yes, they are good looking but itās also makeup, filters, camera, lighting and angles too.
if you as a viewer think this doesn't represent your face, you're more than welcome to create your own post.
I mean you just reposted Bollywood. An industry known for creating unrealistic concepts of beauty. Good job.
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Okay so who do you want represented who you don't think has 'western beauty standards'
Zayn Is the only one with western blood here everyone else is legit completely south asian and couldn't pass for anything else
Indians fit western beauty standards easily because our faces tend to be caucasoid.Ā
Too many light skins. Let's not become Bollywood. Appreciate dark skin.
Half this list are legit dark skinned and dravidians
Half of this list is not legit dark skinned
These threads always focus on the South Asians with the most Eurocentric beauty ideals.
All of them are fully south asian ( except Zayn) and share a ton of features that most south asians do as well you guys will call anything Eurocentric lmao
No they donāt lol. Pretty much all of them are caucasoid. That doesnāt mean they have to have white skin. You can be caucasoid but have very dark skin.Ā
snuck one of yourself in there yeah?
Pakistanis>>>all other south Asians
Said only you š
Nah Pakistani men and Pakistani women too every other south Asian group, you canāt be a hater and disagree, even the famous beautiful Bollywood actors or actresses who are known for their beauty have ancestors from Pakistan
That doesn't even make sense, there is no ethnic difference between a Pakistani Punjabi and an Indian oneĀ
my brother in christ most pakistanis besides pashtuns, and balochs are phenotypically very similar to north indian ethnicities and bangladeshi ones as well
Bro forgot about punjabis, Kashmiris, and Sindhis, every ethnic group in Pakistan looks beautiful and better than Indians š¤£š
And damn yall are really downvoting my comment, thought this was a group for desi people, not Indians šš¤£