Yesteraday evening, after a game of Risk II with Aditya and SKG(friends from IIML for those who do not know them), myself, PP and SKG got into a discussion on problems we find in general in India. After wandering and trashing communists, TATA's, Birla's and Pratiba Patil, we did come across an interesting and disturbing aspect. Indians are highly racist. Racist not in the conventional sense where you discriminate against based on race but racist in the sense where discrimnation is based not on your abilities/qualifications.
The first and obvious instance is matrimonies. 90% of matrimonies feature either caste or the widely prevalent, "wanted fair, beautiful bride". I have no clue how Indians get fascinated with fairness. Are dark people not beautiful? Will a dark-colored woman make marriage life difficult? Or do fair women result in lower electricity bill due to their radiating light all around them. But we have the gumption to go all around saying that Indians are discriminated against.
The other major racism instance is while dealing with people from Africa. In India, there is a strong belief that people from Africa are inferior, lazy and quite recently I came across this one, drug junkies. And all these beliefs based on the observation of a small number of students who come to study in our colleges. The students, who lack of knowledge and communication skills in English, are mistaken and mislabeled as being dumb. And as far as drug junkies, it is just bull.
We complain about the treatment given to Md Haneef, who we presume to be innocent. But are we willing to extend the same trust in the hundreds of people languishing in Indian jails who go on for years even without seeing a trial? What about those who are victims of street justice which the lot of hindi news channels show us? Our media doesn't get into frenzy about it. I do not find interviews of the victims in newspapers. I am not saying that what's happening wtih Haneef is right, but that what's happening in India is also wrong.
P.S: Just started reading the book fooled by randomness. Will certainly publish a review once I am done with it.
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7 comments:
When users put up they want a "Fair ,beautiful bride", they are clearly demarcating between fair and beautiful arent they? :P
On a serious note, i think it is associated with "self maintainance". In India, it takes hell lot of a time, effort and money to stay fair - with the kind of weather and work environment we undergo. So Fairness is something unique as far as the society is concerned. Its much like a well built body when it comes to males... Girls might probably want the gym going, well muscled (not like bodybuilders though), athletic guys cos its tough to get into that shape...
I guess the Fair ladies are preferred cos they are hard to find.
In the US, fairness is a regularity. Hence the particular importance given to Tanning, implants etc...
My Perspective.
-Ram
Nice try!!It also takes a lot of effort for a girl to build body considering the fact that there are lot less gyms for them. Why are there no ads asking for well-built, athletic bride? :P
Truthfully speaking, color of our skin to a large extent depends upon our genes. There is a limit on what a fairness cream or 'maintainence' can do. It is not makeup or education we are talking of which can be expected to be reasonably achieved upon your persistent efforts.
Even if fair people are abundant, say in punjab, there is still the preference for fairness. Ask any punjabi you know.
In US, tanning, implants, nose jobs etc can be got from going to a clinic. Fairness is not!
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