Comments on: India’s popular “fairness cream” a sign of deep racism

By: Joe from Toronto

Joe from Toronto — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:18:31 +0000

As a white guy who is attracted to Indian women of all shades and tones it’s a little bit disappointing to learn about the existence of these ‘fairness’ creams.

But, I’m comforted by the fact that my girlfriend, Anisha, loathes the creams.

By: Mit

Mit — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:36:30 +0000

White people tan, dark people lighten their skin. Asians remove their eyefolds surgically, blacks get their nose narrowed, redheads dye their hair, fat people wear girdles, thin people wear butt pads, women with big boobs get reductions, women with small boobs get padded bras, bald men get hair transplants, hairy men get hair removal.
Humans are never satisfied with themselves.

By: Munavr ali

Munavr ali — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:53:31 +0000

garnier is best one of fairness cream for men

By: Rubadubadoobag

Rubadubadoobag — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:33:08 +0000

I think there is a lot of finger-pointing at the East Asians (who, Vin, are not even mentioned in the original article - so why would the author ‘love’ them?) which screams of denial to me. ‘Look, they do it too, in fact they are the ones that made the cream, us Indians had nothing to do with it’.

As someone who has lived extensively across East Asia, SOME people in China/HK/Korea have an inferiority complex vis a vis Caucasians (usually those who have been Westernised or educated overseas) but (thank God) this self loathing is nowhere near as ingrained as it is in Indian society. This is quite logical if you think about it; the language barrier means less scope for (say) Chinese to be influenced by Western culture, and most of East Asian was humiliated by Western powers, but not colonised by them.

And all the denial and shouting in the world (Im looking at you Tina, Vin) won’t change this fact. Change yourselves and get some self respect rather than trying to pass the buck to East Asians.

By: Surya Bhandari

Surya Bhandari — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:43:20 +0000

Let me start by saying i live in India and i am 17 years old and i personally hate all this hegemony bullshit i realize we were better off before independence we were fighting for our independence were full of nationalism were ready to doe for our country and many tens of thousands did the country was full of patriots but somewhere we in India hate change we elect the same government each year unless it is involved in a multi-thousand crore scam (100 crore = 1 billion).My generation is totally without any real world values like courtesy ,basic manners (most of them) they think speaking English well makes them “elite”.my country was better if it was ruled by our greatest patriot Subhash Chandra Bose and i wish it had adopted the socialist model .Back to the point i, i implore all of you stupid ignorant pigs who fall for these fairness ads and it’s not how you look but how you feel a fraction of great men and women were great looking.being fair skinned is not equal to being beautiful you insects .i think my government needs to make a law banning these creams and persecute all these movie-stars who spread the wrong word a infection among our society it is appalling how no body no politician no person no body has spoken against this crass.be proud do not make petty divisions you are not a Punjabi you are not upper-class nor middle class nor dalit or from any caste or colour be proud be a Indian. Jai Hind!!