lovely post and lovely thoughtful replies...reading this post has made my morning ...So, though all has been said and quoted , I will still add my two cents...
Yes, I'm dark skinned too and have faced the taunts and slight just as the rest of the girls in my color shade...that's a reality that we have to face coz we still have the lingering Gori chitti complex in the mids of our mothers and dadies...but I must say its changing and changing steadily...the only thing i can say is that though being dark skinned I was never much affected by all this crap coz my parents brought me up with lots of love and affection even more than my handsome fair skinned brother.
Add to that very good schooling and education, and the result was a poised and confident woman. My mother never bought me Fair and Lovely, instead she she taught me good skin care, good choice in color cut and design of dresses and a well groomed appearance. I am proud to say I have rejected many fair skinned boys (though not for their skin color) but because I wanted a husband who loved the same things as me..was compatible, loving and wanted the same things as me...
And that is exactly what I don't like about this show...they have shown how Kamla keeps away from Kalpi trying to make her stronger, but my personal experience is that lack of love ony breeds insecurity, jealousy and a strong sense of inferiority complex..Such people are so used to losing in life that they just cannot garner enough strength to fight again. Its one thing to lose and rise once in life not again and again...I want kamla to support her and make her strong and confident just like my parents did to me...
I also disagree on the fact that you have to lose your loved one to achieve what u want in life...that's not true...I know so any couples who have loved and gained strength from their love's support and achieved their dreams..why can't kalpi do the same? Why can't raghav be her support system and help her achieve her dreams? Why couldn't Kalpi help Raghav gain revenge on Kapoors purely through business tactics? I would have respected Raghav much more if he had done so. The great RS stooping so low as to torture a woman to achieve his revenge is stupid. As he himself had said once, logon ki zindagi se khelna kapoors ki aadat hai mere aur mere pitaji ki nahi...So why is he going against his own principles?
I had so many expectations from this show and still hope they can redeem themselves...