Definition of beauty varies from person to person, what seems beautiful to one may seems ugly to the other and vice versa. It just based on principle of perception towards anything and thinking seeds engraved in the mind. An importance is given to fairly looking girl and it always is accompanied with biasness. Dark complexion and fairness cream are twins, parallel to each other.
Although this beauty is more underscored when it comes for the selection of a bride and also for the cosmetic industry, isn’t true? If you go through the matrimonial columns or matrimonial sites, the parameter for beauty or elegance is kept as a rigid old age norm “a fair complexion beautiful girl”. Today we have mass media tools but this has been practice since time invariably, even after so many changes in the social environment. People very easily reject the girl only for the reason not being fair white skinned even although if she meet up perfectly all the other qualifying standards set by them in the process of selection of bride. For example education, smart, well cultured, some times homely house wife or sometimes professional, etc. but if she lacks in this criteria then she can be subjected to quick rejection, here it reveals that fairness is so important to be perfect bride.
But what is more important for a person is to be a good human being and beautiful from heart. It is the inner beauty which reflects the outer beauty and is eternal something precious to live with.
Although this beauty is more underscored when it comes for the selection of a bride and also for the cosmetic industry, isn’t true? If you go through the matrimonial columns or matrimonial sites, the parameter for beauty or elegance is kept as a rigid old age norm “a fair complexion beautiful girl”. Today we have mass media tools but this has been practice since time invariably, even after so many changes in the social environment. People very easily reject the girl only for the reason not being fair white skinned even although if she meet up perfectly all the other qualifying standards set by them in the process of selection of bride. For example education, smart, well cultured, some times homely house wife or sometimes professional, etc. but if she lacks in this criteria then she can be subjected to quick rejection, here it reveals that fairness is so important to be perfect bride.
A girl is being realized that she is not capable because she is not fair so she is not beautiful. This smashes her self confidence and curtails her love for herself which sooner or later diminishes. Nothing is left except to feel helpless with the wounds embossed in her heart.
The role of fairness cream has been significant, as the advertisements of fairness cream portrays the reflection of the society. The market is rampant with various fairness creams, with a promise to give cures and solutions to heal these wounds. The focus is always on getting fairer and fairer. This is projected as the perfect idea of beauty. Not only for marriage but to achieve success the fairness cream has been crucial this has been shown by many advertisements like for being airhostess, actor and commentator one just need to use these creams, the advertisement suggest to use this cream and it will unlock all the doors of success. However, success comes with hard work not on the skin colour.
Well, the dusky and the wheatish complexion had its own beauty. People need to apprehend that the skin whitening has nothing to relate with external factor as it is based on genetic factors and pigmentation of the skin, melanin the deciding factor of the skin colour. Discrimination has degraded the image of Indian beauty.
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Anyone who has seen your profile photo dare say that only the fair are beautiful?
ReplyDeleteYour thoughts are beautiful too ... however I feel article is near half way ... you should also define what is "inner beauty" .... why just leave it for closing sentence? ...
ReplyDeleteRightly said!!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written.
ReplyDeleteIndian society is such that it is mind washed into believing that fairness = perfection !
I actually wrote a piece on the subject a few weeks ago, do check it out
http://bit.ly/etGopT
Happiness, honest, humanity, peace of mind gives us real beuaty
ReplyDeleteWent through your post.. I have written on the same topic some time back..
ReplyDeletehttp://rcindranil.blogspot.com/2009/12/skin-deep-prejudice.html
True, and they fail to realize that skins beauty is temporary, it will wilt and fade, what would we do then?
ReplyDeleteNice article.
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Well it is definitely the inner beauty no doubt ..but who is going to explain that to the people who are running after the fair complexion-ed? We need to make people more aware..Well written post!
ReplyDeleteBeauty is in the eye of the beholder, but fairness creams cloud this vision Lolz
ReplyDeleteFairness has nothing to do with being beautiful. Many fair skinned men and women can also be unattractive and many fair skinned men and women can be attractive and same with dusky skin as well many of the dusky skin men and women can be attractive and hot and many can be unattractive. Its features and a good body and personality that makes a man or a woman admirable or attractive not skin tone. I have dusky skin and was made to feel that i wasn't good enough as a child as i grew up in India i had developed an inferiority complex but when i moved to Australia I started to like the Indian brown skin because people here like brown skin and they have tanning salons here. You will actually be surprised to find out how many actresses in Bollywood are actually brown skinned. i hope bollywood stops painting their dusky skinned beauties lighter and gets audiences to accept them the way they are because they have beautiful features and a hot body....fair doesn't make a woman look beautiful, if a woman lacks features and a good body then fairness can do nothing. All the fair and lovely adds are misleading and rubbish.... Even Bollywood stars endorse skin-whitening creams – the film industry is very much part of the problem.. if Ashwarya was painted dark, then she would still be considered drop dead gorgeous, and she would have still won the worlds most beautiful woman title..fairness is given importance only in India because they have been taught as children that beauty means being fair. So they grow up associating beauty and sophistication with being fair. I feel sorry for people who cannot come out of that old backward mentality. If I Painted Ashwarya darker and painted myself fairer people would still find ashwarya beautiful...as for me looking fairer wouldn't enhance my beauty. So fairness is not beauty according to me. I prefer looking dusky, there is something beautiful about this skin tone.
ReplyDeleteFairness has nothing to do with being beautiful. Many fair skinned men and women can also be unattractive and many fair skinned men and women can be attractive and same with dusky skin as well many of the dusky skin men and women can be attractive and hot and many can be unattractive. Its features and a good body and personality that makes a man or a woman admirable or attractive not skin tone. I have dusky skin and was made to feel that i wasn't good enough as a child as i grew up in India i had developed an inferiority complex but when i moved to Australia I started to like the Indian brown skin because people here like brown skin and they have tanning salons here. You will actually be surprised to find out how many actresses in Bollywood are actually brown skinned. i hope bollywood stops painting their dusky skinned beauties lighter and gets audiences to accept them the way they are because they have beautiful features and a hot body....fair doesn't make a woman look beautiful, if a woman lacks features and a good body then fairness can do nothing. All the fair and lovely adds are misleading and rubbish.... Even Bollywood stars endorse skin-whitening creams – the film industry is very much part of the problem.. if Ashwarya was painted dark, then she would still be considered drop dead gorgeous, and she would have still won the worlds most beautiful woman title..fairness is given importance only in India because they have been taught as children that beauty means being fair. So they grow up associating beauty and sophistication with being fair. I feel sorry for people who cannot come out of that old backward mentality. If I Painted Ashwarya darker and painted myself fairer people would still find ashwarya beautiful...as for me looking fairer wouldn't enhance my beauty. So fairness is not beauty according to me. I prefer looking dusky, there is something beautiful about this skin tone.
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