Dark is beautiful
This article is dedicated to all the dark and wonderful people in the world. I get angry when people make fun of dark-skinned people and make them feel inferior. God has given us so many things and the colour of our skin is such a superficial thing if you really think about it. Dark-skinned people generally have a low self-esteem and the advertisements for fairness creams on television just add fuel to the fire. A dusky girl cannot get a decent job and can make a guy fall in love with her only by using the fairness cream and becoming ’six shades fairer.’ That is incredibly demeaning. Okay, so the guy is besotted and marries the ‘now fair’ girl and if she gets tanned on her honeymoon is he going to desert her? A man who judges a woman by her skin colour is so not worth it.
What is fair?
The matrimonial advertisements claim ‘Wanted fair and good-looking’ girl. As if these pre requisites decide the compatibility with the groom and their happiness as a couple. It is time people realize that fair is not necessarily lovely and ban fairness creams from the market. Look at the dark-skinned people who have made a mark like Nelson Mandela, Dhirubai Ambani, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Bipasha Basu and President Barack Obama. So next time someone puts you or a dark friend down, look them in the eye and tell them to back off. Because real beauty lies deep within.
VAISHNAVI CHANDRAMOHAN, Sri Ramachandra University
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Being raised in America to Indian parents , I can understand this feeling. I think Indians are the most racist people in the world. I, a US citizen traveled to India with my parents to attend a wedding. Right from the time I landed there, I noticed that Indians looked up at fair skinned people and down on darker skinned. I was amazed at the treatment at the airport of a white skinned Turkish( I saw her passport) being treated as a royalty whereas my parents and myself treated curtly. Even our American passports did not do the trick. Little did the hostesses understand that my parents were worth a lot more because of their elite achievements and affluence than this stranger. At least in America, My BMW and Mercedes and my million dollar home and neighborhood is respected. Not in India. Everywhere we were treated like dirt. I hate the country more than ever(just another third world country) and promised to myself never to be there again. Maybe you Indians should read the Bagavadam more.
regards
Rithik
Hello,
Yes u are exactly right , people might be black in color but their heart is pure gold, one must not judge the character of people by just seeing the face. Even i have a friend he is black in color but i have not seen such a wonderful person like him. He is pure GOLD. so here dark is not a mater, i saw his heart…. Thanks for your article “Dark is beautiful”…