Talk:Padma Lakshmi

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Contents 1 Incorrect Information 2 Right Arm 3 Her mother's nationality 4 Biography assessment rating comment

[edit] Incorrect Information

"Padma Lakshmi" does not literally mean Lotus Goddess in Sanskrit (or Indo-Aryan languages derived therefrom, like Hindi). 'Padma' does mean lotus, but 'Lakshmi' is a name which refers specifically to the Goddess of Wealth. Thus, literally, her name could be translated as "Lotus Goddess of Wealth". This doesn't add or take away, really, from the article, and is rather unimportant for a bio on Padma Lakshmi (the person), but it is encyclopedically misleading on this minor point. Should I see no objections (stated as reasonably and properly-backed statements) I will alter this reference to say, for instance, that her first name, Padma, means Lotus. This way, I don't upset people who like the unnecessary "ethnic" color the translation adds. Personally, I think it's bogus. Why don't we translate names like Peter Finch and say it 'literally' translates to "Small Rock Bird"? --68.173.46.79 21:02, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Right Arm

What is that thing on her right arm, it looks like a huge scar of some sort?

Tribune India article "However, a car accident in Malibu left a horrible seven-inch welt on her arm. "I thought with this ghastly scar, I could never make it to the ramp," she recalls, "I used layers of make up to hide it till Helmut Newton, show producer, said that I should present myself as I was. Thus, the scar became my brand statement. I was known as the woman with the long snake-like scar on the arm."

She is also married to the author Salman Rushdie. 71.224.161.81 09:34, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Her mother's nationality

I think the journalist got it wrong about Padma Lakshmi's mother's nationality. Her mother's name is Vijaya Lakshmi and she's definitely Indian. Her father could be European.

[edit] Biography assessment rating comment

The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Hornandsoccer^Talk 02:07, 21 March 2007 (UTC)