Comments on: SRK is Fair & Handsome

By: Prahalad

Prahalad — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:38:51 +0000

I’ve never understood the Asian obsession with fair skin. Even the immigrants in Europe/US/Australia/etc are obsessed even when there is racism from the whites against them.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:59:34 +0000

it’s odd that these creams have not been banned in India and other countries that still sell them. I have been told that these products have been banned in the US for some time now due to cancer ‘inducing’ ingredients which are proven to be linked to cancer. And yes, I know that these days just about everything is supposed to cause cancer, but these skin lighteners have actually been proved to do so. taken off the US market I suppose before the law suites start! I can’t understand the obsession with white or light skin….maybe that’s because I am white. But I know when I’m with a group of dark people I look at their skin, then look at my horrible pale skin and think ‘yuk’ I wish I had their beautiful dark skin. And I then wonder if they too think ‘wow, she’s got really horrible pale skin’ lol. So I suppose it’s a case of we all tend to want what we don’t have? Blue eyed ppl want brown, visa versa. Those with curly hair want straight and visa versa. Whites buy tanning creams and blacks buy lightening creams. lol. Silly really isn’t it. Anyway….have a great day all!

By: wildflower

wildflower — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:40:22 +0000

its pathetic that advertising (esp cosmetic industry) thrives on all of our insecurity-everyone trying to CHANGE what they naturally have. here i am-a pasty north indian chick paying 100′s of dollars on tanning and bronzing products (along w/my american friends) and dark skinned people trying to fade themselves!?? personally like the darker skin-all those white indian stars are straight up ugly-the southern actresses/actors are way more gorgeous- but wht do i know. i have lost total respect for SRK though-he is way too easy and will sell anything to make a buck-like he doesnt make enough monopolizing bollywood? these people should be supporting their culture,society!!! loser!

By: divide

divide — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:56:25 +0000

Crazed, get your facts right before you mouth off. The skin bleaching products on the market that the fda wants to ban are actually over the counter drugs and used for very small discolorations of the skin. for brown people with acne who get dark spots after their zit clears up, these skin bleaching products are a God sent. these products that miss ahmed is trying to save are not meant to be used all over the face. also, the fact that the girl is attractive shouldn't count against her one bit.

i interviewed her recently. i caught her in between meetings and heading back to her office. we grabbed sandwiches to go. she bought 2 and without saying a word, she handed 1 to a homeless man that we saw while heading into the sandwich place. trust me, she gets it.

By: Amar

Amar — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:15:01 +0000

ItÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s nice to see him in Fair and Handsome ad. He is looking much better than the other young co-actors. He always looks awesome whether he does a soap ad or fairness cream ad.

By: Vineet

Vineet — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:48:55 +0000

Good one… SRK

By: Spicy Brown Munda

Spicy Brown Munda — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:44:54 +0000

What's tough is being the one brown guy in an all white work, school, or living environment. rare male advantage anyone? it isn't tough for me. perhaps for you. perhaps for most brown guys, i don't know (the regular complaint that pink pussy is unattainable is something i hear even from professional brown guys, though the sex ratio balance in outmarriage makes me skeptical).

Perhaps you Desi blokes in N. America need to stay in Europe for some time? Generally, European goris are quite friendly and attainable to the brown man. Of course, one needs to dress somewhat sensible. Not like a stereotypical freshie.

By: laju k

laju k — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:14:19 +0000

On the one hand SRK is free to endorse any product he wishes, on the other hand it does send the message to our Janta, “Gora hona better hai.” Doesn’t really boost self-confidence in those with a darker shade does it? In this day and age there are some who are trying to get a tan, because they feel a shade darker than theirs would make them look attractive/exotic, and then there are others who fell the opposite. For what? To seek love? Would that be true love? I guess instant gratification is what some seek, even at the expense of potentially causing skin damage. If we don’t love ourselves no one else will.

By: Krishnan

Krishnan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:44:55 +0000

280 Â· Bhang Walla

'The children born here are black enough; but the blacker they are the more they are thought of; wherefore from the day of their birth their parents do rub them every week with oil of sesame, so that they become black as devils. Moreover, they make their gods black and their devils white, and the images of their saints they do paint black all over.'

Marco Polo (1254 - 1324) writing about people in and around present day Mylapur in chennai.(From The Travels of Marco Polo, The complete Yule-Cordier edition, Pg. 355)

Make of it what you will.

By: Bhang Walla

Bhang Walla — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:22:36 +0000

An important question mixed with randomness: Does this desire/preference for white or lighter skin in India stem from Eurocentric discourses on the ideals of beauty especially even now with globalization? (From the days of Alexander or the British to the present etc.) Or is this from the Indo-Aryan age (which may also have Euro influences though I am unsure)? Even looking at some depictions of Goddess Saraswati, Lakshmi and Radha they are all have white skin… Like wtf? But then again in some depicions of Krishna and Kali Ma are black. The assoication of white to holiness & beauty and black/deeper tones to evil and ugliness where does it have its roots/stems? Does it stem from us Desi’s, from Europe or a mash mix of both? Can someone shed some light? Also I think in MIA’s new video “Jimmy” she is shown in some parts with very light brown skin… though I am uncertain of her natural skin tone and this video…