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In the Spring of 2010 Richard Nicholson, a London photographer, spent 6 weeks at Ali’s, the most popular Asian barber shop in London’s East End, and documented a cross-section of his customers.

“Ali, Mohsin, Vicky and Shehz, the four Pakistani barbers, work late into the night fashioning mohicans, shape-ups, and v-cuts for their predominantly Bengali clientele.”

The work is currently on show at Four Corners, 121 Roman Road, London (until Sat 14 Aug).

You can also check out the great images in a slideshow or purchase his book.

Yea, I said it.

In case the non-browns didn’t notice, us curry-colored folks been tryna to look like the White Man for a hot minute now.

Whether you talkin bout POND’S cream, the infamous Fair N’ Lovely skin fairness cream, or Dove’s beauty products “specially made for the Asian subcontinent,” the marketing teams behind ’em are out to make us feel like being dark is a curse.

Pic of the goods–also note the fake ass “FairGlow” underneath–it wouldn’t be legit Brown unless someone knocked it off

Now take a look at this screencap from a Dove commercial:

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Check out the BBC photo gallery of Pakistani Vehicle art. These painters are pretty amazing. The tradition of painting trucks in Pakistan started out as a way from truck drivers to take reminders of home with them while on a long journey.

via WC

Let’s have a look at this 30 year-old douchebag, Faisal Shahzad, a.k.a. mr. I’ve-got-a-small-dick-and-I-need-to-swing-it-by-planting-a-bomb-in-times-sq.

If you’re going to try rockin the magical and mysterious Unibrow, disrespectin it like the way your ass is doin it Mr. Terrorist, is a downright disgrace. Us brown folk take pride in our hair between hairs, so do it right chut kabab.

And attention all y’all crazy ’slims, y’all need to chill with the “I’ma blow shit up!” stuff, fo real.

Shit, can’t y’all chill the fuck out like ‘em regular peeps who be tryin to chill, smoke a doob and enjoy a nice henny on the rocks??? I mean, just last Saturday I seen my ’slim boy Tareeq up in the club poppin some Dom P. with a buncha hoes. Y’all need to sit and take notes on how brother Tareeq be handlin his biz, and stop fuckin it up for the rest of the good ’slims out there.

Word up. Your man Unibrow bout to hit up tha Chicken & Rice cart goodness on 53rd and 6th for some ‘Slim food–damn, that hot sauce/white sauce combo yo, shit can’t be beat.

You see these ’slims? Look at how happy they are, only thang they be blowin up is that commode up in your house.

PEACE.

This posting by Unibrow does not reflect any opinion or views held by *Pardon My Hindi staff or associates with respect to  the recent Times Square Bombing Attempt Incident in NYC. Or maybe it does–basically we think shit like this is totally wack, but shit needs to be said to keep it real.

Swedish artist Victoria Bergsman — better known as Taken By Trees, or an ex-member of The Concretes, or the chick in Peter, Bjorn & John’s “Young Folks“, or the lady in the New Order’s 2005 commissioned video for “Temptation” — went to Pakistan earlier this year to record her new album “East of Eden.” Bergsman, who is a fan of Abida Parveen and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, wanted to recreate the low-fi sound of their recordings. Here’s a clip of National Geographic interviewing her about the process, along with visuals from the recording proceedings:

That scene at about 3:48 is exactly what I want my living room to look like all day, everyday.Coupled with some wicked, traditional Pakistani musicians, this album also involves production by Dan Lissvik (one half of Swedish super-duo Studio) and some vocals by Noah Lennox of Animal Collective.

Thanks for the tip, Jeremy!