The other day as I was scrolling down on an
app, one post caught my attention. Someone had posted their baby’s photo and it
was bombed with numerous likes and comments, the reason being baby’s skin
colour. He looked extremely fair and every pregnant lady expressed their desire to have one. Compliments were followed by questions about mother’s
diet.
Yes, such is an obsession for fair complexion in India. One would have coconut water, kesar (saffron)milk, something white for breakfast during pregnancy just to have fair babies and would blindly follow all the myths. Once blessed with healthy baby people still brood over complexion and end up rubbing baby’s sensitive skin with milk ubtan (pack) and other homemade packs. Poor babies! How hard it is to understand one can’t change baby’s complexion by consuming specific food or by applying the homemade packs on baby’s sensitive skin. Get the fact right ladies, skin colour is always genetic, always!
Since when has complexion played a major role in personality development?
No offence but the superstar Hrithik Roshan is not fair like Neil Nitin Mukesh. Also the lead Bollywood babes in tinsel town are blessed with caramel complexion. Are they not epitome of beauty and success?
I don’t want to get more distressed so just ending here with my small poem:
I wish our society accepts everyone the way they are
I wish everyone stays confident with their natural complexion
Yes, such is an obsession for fair complexion in India. One would have coconut water, kesar (saffron)milk, something white for breakfast during pregnancy just to have fair babies and would blindly follow all the myths. Once blessed with healthy baby people still brood over complexion and end up rubbing baby’s sensitive skin with milk ubtan (pack) and other homemade packs. Poor babies! How hard it is to understand one can’t change baby’s complexion by consuming specific food or by applying the homemade packs on baby’s sensitive skin. Get the fact right ladies, skin colour is always genetic, always!
Since when has complexion played a major role in personality development?
No offence but the superstar Hrithik Roshan is not fair like Neil Nitin Mukesh. Also the lead Bollywood babes in tinsel town are blessed with caramel complexion. Are they not epitome of beauty and success?
I don’t want to get more distressed so just ending here with my small poem:
I wish our society accepts everyone the way they are
I wish everyone stays confident with their natural complexion
I wish our future generation do not care about colour,
caste or creed
And it’s high time, I wish everyone accepts the notion ‘Beauty is Skin Deep’
And it’s high time, I wish everyone accepts the notion ‘Beauty is Skin Deep’
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