Much Ado About Something

This crazy habit that most of us Indians have is the habit of disowning someone because of color – the reason being that the person probably does not measure up to a certain format. I do not mean that we, as a people are color prejudiced – I just mean that most of us are prejudiced in a generic sense. When we hear about attacks on our people overseas being bullied because of color or ethnicity, our blood boils. The issue is that we mete out the same to our own. Take for example when it comes to finding a suitable spouse, the main criterion is the fairness “must have”. Many young women/young girls are discarded because they do not meet the cut. This continues in a friends circle. It is easier and even accepted to befriend someone who is fair, rather than someone dark skinned. Perhaps the association is ‘dark’ is relative to a class divide or even a caste divide, pretty obvious in our diverse culture. The workplace, sometimes also sees an emphasis on the relevance of fair, which is rath