Of Fair and Lovely and Why It’s Not So Lovely!
The OscarSoWhite was a hugely evocative issue that just couldn’t be ignored nor was meant to be, at the recently held Oscar Award Night. The protest was centred around the lack of representation by the Black actors, technicians etc. in the Oscar awards, which this year as in the past was dominated by its White candidates. Chris Rock, the anchor made hugely entertaining if sharp side sweeps about it, which was aimed at making those concerned squirm and hopefully give the whole process of representation and nomination a rethink. The underlying message – Stop, colour bias and racism. In India the bias about colour is equally loaded though it has a different narrative. Here it is largely viewed as a definition of beauty, as in fairness of complexion equals to being beautiful. But since I say largely, it obviously means there is an underside to it, which impacts the more obvious frivolity of colour and complexion. And that is th...