aishwarya rai 

the so called most beautiful woman on earth is brown and not white. indians do not self identify as whitea (maybe some pathetic race-traitors do). indians are indians, even if we would fall under the caucasoid category. probably we might have the same forefathers, but thats long ago.
yes, some of you are right, the therm "white" is a social construct. as the therm brown, black, red and yellow are.
But I never saw an indian calling a non-indian as one of their own. it doesnt matter what colour they would have.

so therefor I wouldnt name the therm "white" to describing a south-asian. in my sense i wouldnt even call arabs as white. but thats something else, i dont want to discuss.