The first article I read in the Wall Street Journal this morning was regarding a change in body standards of the Tamil-speaking movie industry of India. I guess that with India’s increasing economic “effectiveness” their movie stars are becoming more “westernized” i.e. wanting to be thin and wearing western clothing. The example the author gave was of a young actress who was 5′4″ and 121 lbs. Still “fat” by American actress standards but leaning towards the thin in an industry that previously provided many more voluptuous images.
