Barbie Indian Doll (styles may vary)

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We all grooved when Barbie sang the song ‘I’m a Barbie Girl, in the Barbie World’ when she went for a drive with Ken. Most of us even owned Barbie dolls and dressed them like elder sisters and also took them around as kids and adults too. Representative Image Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections—they may also appear in recommendations and other places. Along the journey, people made their own versions of Barbie. Hima Sailaja, an Indian fashion designer, draped a teenage doll in different styles: there’s a Jhansi Lakshmi Bai doll, one that wears loose dungarees and another that goes to work in a simple salwar kameez. Twenty-four-year-old Haneefah Adam recently came out with Hijarbie, a Barbie in a hijab, for Muslim girls to have a stylish role model. The Middle East offers the Fulla, a conservatively dressed Barbie, Pullip is the rage in Korea, and the Sara and Dara dolls promote Persian culture.

See her Poetry Society of America introduction or her conversation with PBS NewsHour for two notable examples. — Return to review Someone thought that Kareena Kapoor Khan’s character ‘Pooh’ from ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’ and Rani’s character ‘Tina Malhotra’ in ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ can also be added to the list of desi Barbies.In India, Barbie’s lifestyle, with her attraction to glamour and her relationship with her on-off boyfriend Ken, did not initially fit into the idea of a conventional Indian upbringing, says Nemani. “It is precisely the sexualised fiction of Barbie’s body that the Indian public repudiated. In India, hyper-sexualised depictions of females are often perceived to be obscene and are subject to censorship.”

After reliving their childhood memories, desis thought that some Indian celebs can also perfectly play the roles of Barbies and Kens in the movie. Soon, they started recreating the Barbie posters, featuring their favourite Indian actresses and celebrities. Take a look: The trailer of the movie which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in lead roles is expected to be released on July 21. However, the official trailer of the toy franchise has been dropped giving everyone a run for their money.

But Chawla seems to disagree. “Which child looks at a Barbie and sees it as vulgar or sexy? Kids don’t think about that. They think of the possibilities of being a beautiful and confident grown-up.” At that time, she was inarguably American. “Indian Barbie had the exact same physique as the standard blonde Barbie with the same height and circumferential measurements,” Nemani explained. “The doll’s pigmentation was deepened only by a slight degree, and her eyes were made hazel rather than blue. Yet Indian Barbie shared the same pink lips, coy smile, shining eyes, and fictitious physique as the American Barbie.” Barbie is an idea,” said Seema Chawla, the head of marketing of Mattel in India, where the new line is slated to arrive in April. “Her popularity was proof of the fact that she allowed girls to imagine what they could be. She was a fashionista, a family woman, a princess and the president. They wanted to be like her.” in Vintage Indian Barbie Tapestry: 70-80 years old, hand-embroidered, floral design. Perfect for kids' and living room decor Natalie Diaz was born in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian community. She earned a BA from Old Dominion University, where she received a full athletic scholarship. Diaz played professional basketball in Europe and Asia before returning to Old Dominion to earn an MFA. She is the author of the poetry collections Postcolonial Love Poem (2020), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; and When My Brother Was an Aztec (2012), which New York Times reviewer Eric McHenry described as an “ambitious … beautiful book.” Her other honors and awards include the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, the Louis Untermeyer Scholarship in Poetry from Bread Loaf, the Narrative Poetry Prize, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship.

And if Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s creation of Barbie is what it takes to explore the human condition, feminism, and the politics of our times, as opposed to just another story about, well, a toy, then you can go right ahead and expect Ritu Arya in it. However, Chawla points out that Barbie was never meant to be an Indian Barbie. “It was a part of an International series of what would happen if Barbie went to India. It was meant more as a souvenir for NRIs and tourists.” Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. I grew up in a Barbie household, as well as a deeply feminist household. Along with My Little Pony, Cherry Merry Muffin, and (prized above all) my extensive collection of She-Ra action figures, my mother gave me and my sister Barbie dolls for “imaginative play,” something Mom encouraged just as much as she encouraged us to play video games — for hand-eye coordination and for our potential careers in STEM, naturally.Since people were so desperate to see desi celebs as Barbies, online fashion police Diet Sabya curated a list of female Indian celebs as Barbies and gave a funny twist to their characters. Priyanka Chopra’s Barbie is “Girl don’t yell, we are here for love.” Image Source Deepika Padukone’s Barbie is “Patchouli Pathaan.” Image Source Alia Bhatt’s Barbie is “Screaming Shivaaaaaa.” Image Source Katrina Kaif’s Barbie is “A Bhabhi.” Image Source Anushka Sharma’s Barbie is “Causing a traffic jam.” Image Source Sonam Kapoor’s Barbie is “OG fashion gworl.” Image Source Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Barbie is “A Bandra wali.” Image Source Natasha Poonawalla’s Barbie is “Mrs. Vaccine.” Image Source Kangana Ranaut’s Barbie is against “Bhikari movie mafia.” Image Source Urvashi Rautela’s Barbie is “Youngest human citizen universe winner.” Arya, who played with the Sindy and Barbie dolls herself as a child growing up, never thought she would play the character on screen. According to her, the power of the toy combined with the reach of TV and films that have long formed an inextricable part of the everyday cultural experience—with families coming together at the end of a day to identify with their on-screen counterparts—could be a gateway to inspire conversation and even question societal norms. “TV-watching is how I grew up, coming to terms with my Indian identity in England’s Guildford,” she explains of her experience watching the British-Asian sketch comedy show Goodness Gracious Me. “For the first time, we saw South Asians, our family homes, stories about them, that allowed us to just poke fun at ourselves. It was brilliant.” Her cousins and her, inspired by the tales of the TV show, wrote their own kids’ version, building character arcs and facets. “I guess I felt seen from that. Films contribute massively to shifting culture. It should inspire conversation. I especially think young audiences will be encouraged to question societal norms and develop a more progressive and inclusive mindset on beauty and self-worth after watching Barbie.” Screen Time A year later, the company rolled out the Expressions of India Collection in which Barbie’s dress and jewellery were altered to introduce the Roopvati Rajasthani, Mystical Manipuri and Sohni Punjab Di dolls.