It’s so encouraging to hear you say that you don’t care about your skin color anymore. But, there are many more Indians out there like you and I! You have a beautiful heritage that shouldn’t be marred because of what unenlightened people say to you. It’s all a part of the process of breaking away from this ignorance. I hope all of us can band together and make this color discrimination a thing of the past. Here’s to hoping!

I recently heard this Fair and Lovely/Pakistani army factoid from someone else as well and I thought it was a joke. Is this general knowledge that I’m unaware of? I must investigate! Are men in the Pak army generally fair? It would be interesting to know if the F&L is in fact working on them.

I completely agree with you. I think it’s kind of like children, who don’t know the meaning race when they are kids, but learn to hate from the adults around them as they grow older. If our skin color doesn’t bother us, why is it so important for the aunties to create the issue in our minds?

Thanks for the tip on Mederma, have seen the commercials on tv but have never given it a shot. I wonder if it’ll work on all the scars I collected in my youth being an accident prone child.

Thank you for your kind comments about the article. I completely agree with you, I think the way a person looks depends on so much more than just the color of his/her skin, not just the features but also in how one carries themself. You bring up an interesting point, why is it that men are goodlooking when they are “tall, dark, and handsome,” but the same doesn’t apply to us girls?

I’m glad you decided to comment, I look forward to hearing more of your opinions And you’re right, Lindsay Lohan needs to lay off the fake tanner!

I feel your pain, my legs are so pale they’re blinding. It’s strange, no matter how tanned the rest of my body gets, my legs remain glow-in-the-dark. Must get some of your Florida sun, I think!

Lots of love and hugs.