Most of the actors who were dark have progressively become lighter

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Nandita-Das-Most-of-the-actors-who-were-dark-have-progressively-become-lighter/articleshow/46701551.cms

"I don't even get a facial more than once a year. My mother never got her face bleached. She is 72 and has great skin. I stay away from artificial things," she says, and shares that she has had emails from young girls wanting to commit suicide because they were unable to be fair, because they were disappointing their parents, because they would never find the right husband. "I internalise all this so much that I feel I must correct this, so I do the exact opposite. I almost asexualise myself... one reason why I have always worn dheela (loose) kurtas."

"In the film industry, the few dark actresses we had have also progressively become fairer, like Rekha and Kajol."

Originally posted by: tryst

young girls wanting to commit suicide because they were unable to be fair, because they were disappointing their parents, because they would never find the right husband.

Originally posted by: tryst

"In the film industry, the few dark actresses we had have also progressively become fairer, like Rekha and Kajol."

Originally posted by: dhartiamber

In india there is very biasd mindset to skin color. Less educated parents and families of rural areas call darker skin as unclear. fair is saaf this wrong thinking has to be removed. A fairer girl can be lesser beautiful than a dark girl but this thinking needs to change from childhood. Boys from early age are fascinated their mind is conditioned to think fair girls are prettier that wrong mindsets has to change from parents and education.

Originally posted by: Mallika-E-Bhais

Nothing to do with financial , social or educational status b/c I've seen people from the most elite families with world class education, endorse this colonised mind-set, whole-heartedly. 😡Everyone in this country is BONKERS about being fair!!!!! All of them want milky or light almond hues to make themselves feel better. & subtly put down others. It's absolutely sick & disgusting & makes you want to run away. What's dangerous is cases of young girls being subtly, put down by their own family members even if it all comes from a place of sincerity, teaching a little girl as young as 5, that by putting a certain cream she can achieve desirability, is a highly damaging thing to do. 😡

Originally posted by: light_year

The fairness bug bit india when the fair aryans invaded brown dravidians. Its in our culture , haldi ceremony before marriage, kesar milk while pregnancy. Even if u ban fairness creams our actress will get treatments from abroad . On the flip side why is it in game to diss fair people these days. Like u dint choose your dark color they dint choose there fair color. We r mixed people of two different race , or mix of lot of different races due to so many invasion. Why should any specific color be endosed as indian color. We have so much variation in our color palette, why cant we just accept all.

Originally posted by: light_year

The fairness bug bit india when the fair aryans invaded brown dravidians. Its in our culture , haldi ceremony before marriage, kesar milk while pregnancy. Even if u ban fairness creams our actress will get treatments from abroad . On the flip side why is it in game to diss fair people these days. Like u dint choose your dark color they dint choose there fair color. We r mixed people of two different race , or mix of lot of different races due to so many invasion. Why should any specific color be endosed as indian color. We have so much variation in our color palette, why cant we just accept all.