Quite a few mixed-race desis look completely European tho not like black/white mixes, I’m only a tiny bit mixed and I get desis saying they don’t believe I have Asian blood and even refuse to take my credit card in shops when I pay for things or let me pick up my own missed parcels from the post office, it gets so ridiculous I have to send my dad down there to do it for me.. I have a couple of half-Indian mates from school who have English first names (one whose dad is Sri Lankan and mum blonde English, her surname was shortened so ppl can pronounce it) and no-one even guesses they’re part-desi till they actually say themselves that they are.. Nicolette Sheridan from Desperate Housewives is an extreme example of someone who has part Indian ancestry but u would never guess, Melanie Sykes, the Anglo-Indian model/tv presenter looks Italian as does Rhona Mitra..
Lookswise I’ve always been attracted to more ‘obvious’ mixed looks or Mediterranean type skintones rather than the desi ideal of super white or the classic pale ‘English Rose’.. Darker/tanned skin and fuller lips look amazing to me 