Nikhat's marriage proposal.

We see this daily in Newspaper that so and so wants a fair,beautiful girl for their son. It is almost a prerequisite to an alliance in India. Its a dirty secret everyone knows parents pass of their wheatish daughter as fair. India is obsessed with fair skin and the market is flooded with fairness creams.

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i had the exact thoughts while watching the scene.

The problem you've mentioned is not with just India, this obsession with fairness lays in all subcontinental countries where "Gore rang ka zamana , kabhi hoga na purana."

Originally posted by: Savz_uniqueblis

by seeing conservative family in show, they don't care damn abt girl's decision abt mrg which is real. even her own family not supportive of her wat she can expect frm outside family.

if girl's family is understanding n supportive family they ve to think about 80 yrs of her life not tat 20yrs chalo get rid of luggage.

This is a very sad part of our society...not only
India but there are people In Pakistan as well who prefer white skin girls for their sons over girls with darker complection..
As for nighat whether she should say yes to the marriage or no, then In my opinion she should say no on that fat lady's face who herself had dark complection( no offence to anyone out here)however as you already mentioned nighat has very low self esteem and she Is just gonna be actually happy if this proposal is accepted by the boy's family...nighat does not really have any choice and only her family members are responsible for this...but I really liked what nighta's maamu said that one cannot spend a peaceful life with a beautiful face what matters is the inner beauty of a person 😊

Originally posted by: Savz_uniqueblis

[by seeing conservative family in show, they don't care damn abt girl's decision abt mrg which is real. even her own family not supportive of her wat she can expect frm outside family. if girl's family is understanding n supportive family they ve to think about 80 yrs of her life not tat 20yrs chalo get rid of luggage.

100%agree wt u.

That is a problem faced world over. Even in the U.S. and other Western cultures, despite people agreeing that one's skin color doesn't matter, inwards it does matter to many. My sister works at a beauty supply store and she says how many African American women buy a lot of skin whitening products. Even they feel self conscious. And with the desi crowd, people are obsessed with fair skin. My cousin has dark skin and her Mom and grandmother always lament that she has dark skin even though they have similar skin tones to her as well. Her Grandmother always victimizes herself by claiming how she's not considered good looking because she (I'm talking about the grandma) doesn't have fair skin. And then goes , "Look at your grandmother with fair skin. She' so beautiful compared to me." It gets annoying hearing her say this over and over again.