Colour Shaming: How does it matter? How to face it? (tale of a wheatish small town girl)
…Unkind as it might seem, the reality is people suffer from a widespread failing that is not edifying. No matter where we hail from, or the phase of economic development we are in, the belief that our culture, and language are superior to others is a trait found in literally every nook and corner of the globe. However, this never justifies domination or cruelty… In numerous cultures across globe, the notion of beauty is defined by the melanin in one’s skin, which climbs up to one’s race and region where one is born. This is the story of a wheatish skin toned girl hailing from a small town of north-east India. She has never been very comfortable with her naturally clear wheatish skin tone somewhere due to being scrutinised for not being fair since childhood. While growing up she has always been advised not to get too much exposure to sun for preventing her wheatish skin from getter darker, avoid wearing certain colours to evade looking darker, apply paste of turmeric and besan mixed w