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  • "goras" - a term usually used in the Indian subcontinent to refer to white-skinned westerners

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2009

  • Seth Panna Lal's father had been persuaded to lend a large sum of money to a raja who was training his retainers to fight the 'goras'.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • He's probably right, but we goras need to get over our knee-jerk aversion to the word "Islamic."

    Ethan Casey: Pakistan Floods: Why Should We Care? Ethan Casey 2010

  • He's probably right, but we goras need to get over our knee-jerk aversion to the word "Islamic."

    Ethan Casey: Pakistan Floods: Why Should We Care? 2010

  • Two goras, Marco Antonio and Joe were in the team.

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • By contrast, the Hindustanis from Hindustan care little, in general, about what goras have to say about their lands, their estimation of the intelligence of that race having been shaped by its proclivity to buy bizarre leather whips on Janpath or little boys in Kandy, and that at ridiculous prices.

    The Hindustanis of Jesustan ps 2005

  • I helpfully suggested that they try selling the carcass to the Korean restaurant up the road, and thus make the best of a bad deal, but what seemed to me to be eminently pragmatic elicited only disgusted looks from the goras.

    Archive 2005-05-01 ps 2005

  • By contrast, the Hindustanis from Hindustan care little, in general, about what goras have to say about their lands, their estimation of the intelligence of that race having been shaped by its proclivity to buy bizarre leather whips on Janpath or little boys in Kandy, and that at ridiculous prices.

    Archive 2005-03-01 ps 2005

  • I helpfully suggested that they try selling the carcass to the Korean restaurant up the road, and thus make the best of a bad deal, but what seemed to me to be eminently pragmatic elicited only disgusted looks from the goras.

    A Dog's Death ps 2005

  • Indians know that occupation, whether it is by goras or by their proxies are never tolerated quietly.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

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