Shilpa shetty in the Big Brother

"I represent India.. is this UK all about.. its scary" these were the words from the Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty after getting into a war of words with Jade. Hats off to Shilpa. She maintained the dignity through out the confrontation. While Jade Goody was a perfect example of an illiterate, boorish, unscrupulous citizen of United Kingdom. The show is called "Celebrity Big Brother" a special edition of Big Brother and was meant to be only for celebrities. Jade was a former winner of Big Brother and her claim to fame was her friendly and lovely nature. But this time, its the evil side of Jade which has taken over the show. Undoubtedly, the viewership has escalated to 33% from 17% after the racist furore broke out. About 27,000 complaints was registered with the Channel 4 in which this show is broadcasted. This episode has knocked the doors of the British parliament with MPs discussing over the racist comments passed from Jade to Shilpa. Gordon Brown justified that UK is always against racism when he faced questions on this incident in his Bangalore trip.

The flame of hatred fired up when Shilpa cooked chicken for all the housemates but was not cooked properly. Jade commented saying that Indians are thin because they ate half cooked food. Supporting to this Danielle another paritipant who became a celebrity after her Miss Great Britain title was dismissed due to her boy friend who was a part of the panel commented saying "Indians eat food with their hands and i wonder where she (Shilpa) has been keeping her hand". The initial trigger came from Jackie (Jade's mother) a nerd, who often referred to Shilpa as "the Indian" and other offending names due to her lack of ability to pronounce her name (wonder if it is a tongue twister !!!). Jade went face to face with Shilpa in an outrageous war over the cubes. Jade abused Shilpa in a F-language which had the extensive usage of the word "fuck". But Shilpa behaved extremely descent and matured and handled the situation boldly. She never used any abusive words nor over reacted. She kept her calm through out and also made several attempts to calm Jade who was on a rampage but in vein. The agitated bull took several hours before its ire tranquilized.

This episode has caused a major outcry of racism in UK. The carphonewarehouse who are the sponsors of Big Brother pulled out of its 3 million contract. The perfumes of Jade were withdrawn. Jade came under severe criticism from all over UK and India. Yesterday night, Jade and Shilpa were nominated for the eviction. People had to vote to any of these two contestants. Results arrived and Jade was evicted. All credits to Shilpa Shetty who played the real life role of the brand ambassador of India and carried the Indian pride on its high.