Black is not a disease, it is my skin colour.
Many of us have been blessed with a higher melanin level in our skin and we fall in the colour category of wheatish to black depending on the proportion of the pigment.
Presence of higher melanin level keeps us safe from several skin diseases, the top most being skin cancer.
Now here the question arises why am I boring you with these facts and making you read this.
I am doing it because I want to tell the people around me that I am not suffering from dark skin tone instead I am born with it.
In my life till date I have met many people from aunties to one of my tuition teachers who suggested me to use a few medicated creams, cosmetics or a special cream that can make me fairer.
"Beta, ek nayi cream aai hai market mein. Tum bhi lagao shayad rang thik ho jaye." (Dear, a new cream has launched in the market. Even you should try, may be your skin tone turns fairer.) I have heard these kind of dialogues many times in life and many of you reading this post must have also heard the same and sailed the same boat.
We have grown up feeling inferior and less beautiful but eventually coming across people from different walks of life with broader mindset and deeper thought process I realised that beauty my dear friend always lies in the eyes of the beholder.
Yes, it surely took me few years to accept the fact that I am beautiful too and pretty as hell, that I got ravishing eyes that do the talking and an adorable smile that wins hearts. I have many many friends just because of the person I am and not because of my complexion or physique.
So, here I want to tell you a few things dear well wisher.
Firstly, I love myself.
Yes, I know you tried every possible comment that could break my heart and believe me you were successful but then life happened and here I am standing again with a mended heart and healing wounds.
Secondly, don't suggest me a cure it's my skin colour not a disease.
People who keep on suggesting me to use certain creams and cosmetics stop doing that because seriously I don't need your million dollar advice save it for your own child.
Thirdly, I can take care of my own skin.
Yes, you read it right. I do take 'care' of my skin and not try to cure it. I am not saying that I don't apply anything on my skin. I surely do but mind you not to turn fair but to give my skin the best of the world to keep it clean, lively, young and beautiful but fair, nope.
Lastly, thanks for being the precious well wisher but trust me we don't need you anymore.
So, the next time when you are about to suggest someone to use a fairness cream remember you have a child too and they might need a fairness cream for their heart. Just saying!
For me Black is beauty now.
