Saturday, March 12, 2005

India the land of fairness creams

I still havnt recovered frm the shock i was in wen i saw a fairness cream ad on tv.It went sumthin like this: A mother goes in a photo shop to clik her daughter's photo n the guy on the counter asks her 'shadi ke liye hai? 2 shades lighter kar doon?'.I was disgusted beyond imagination.
After all these talks about womens liberation,womens rights,feminism,india shining n all the possible bull s***,v r left wid ads like these that r not only demeaning to women but our country as well .India is a lovely country.A land under the sun.Im proud of my wheatish complexion.I think Indian women look beautiful the way they are.But our fascination wid the fair skin just proves that v have a long way to go before we become proud of who v r.Ppl buy these creams.I dont understand why.Want to kno the irony?One of the fairness cream companies sponsors womens day.A day that celebrates women,wether black or white or brown.
Marketing is evil.I realized this wen i saw an ad of a baby oil which is meant to make the baby fairer.I have nuthin more to say.All i can do is hope that our country wakes up to accept who v r.Wen women are appreciated just the way they r.Wen matimonials in pprs(i hope they r stopped too) stop sayin 'Wanted educated fair girl for nice boy'!Wake up my beloved country.Stop before our children suffer frm an inferiority complex.I wish these fairness cream ads stop soon.I wish fairness creams stop.

4 comments:

Sameera said...
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Sameera said...

Amen to that.

Red said...

I'm American and this surprised me! I think Indian women are beautiful. Don't change a thing.

Ojas said...

Yeah.. there you go, the odd wife!
Don't change a thing :)