They actually think that creams like Fair and Lovely and Fair and Handsome work!
They think they would have looked ten times more sexy had they been born with a fair skin.
None of their profile pics shows their true skin colour, thanks to the increased brightness and altered saturation levels.
They would not mind ripping apart skin of anyone who dares call them dark.
They are always afraid of meeting online friends in real because that would reveal how they actually look.
Deep inside, they are always jealous of fair-skinned people.
They hate group-photographs where too many fair-skinned folks are present because in such a case, photoshop is found to be of little use.
They look down upon everyone who is darker than them.
At some point of time, all of them have thought about doing what Michael Jackson did to his skin.
At some point of time, all of them have hated Michael Jackson for what he did to his skin.
81 thoughts on “Ten random facts about dark skinned Indians”
I must have added – over a period of time, we do end up loving the skin we are in!
as a dark-skinned gal i love my chocolate skin… my only crib is that my butt always seems darker and patchier than the rest of me….. now will some guy out there quickly tell me that it doesn’t matter; that it’s STILL sexy?
…Butt for a guy to be able to tell that to you… LOL!
No, it does matter!
Depends or whether you think it’s hot or not. It all comes from self-confidence. Honestly, if you are a nice girl and if you make your personality or other parts of your body stand out, you the color of your butt won’t matter. It’s usually what’s inside of(the other side) it…
If it makes you feel better, almost all dark skinned guys have darker penises(sorry guys, I know I have failed you here by not keeping our SECRET!!!). So if you (or any other girl) are gonna having sex with a dark skinned guy, would you feel okay with a dark d!(k in your pu$$y or mouth?! Plz reply! OUR EGO IS AT STAKE!!
this is hilarious.
i think whether i have complexes for my skin color or not, i do have preferences for white skin females. I am quite irritated by the fact that its so deep routed that i cant change it. If i could, i can have a larger set of females to choose from.
what an interesting read!
i dunno. dark-skinned people of all races need to appreciate and own up to their own type of beauty, in my opinion.
totally agree with you Jomy!
Hahaha, funny list! Im South African Indian and i agree there are some dark skinned Indians who think that way but not all! I think just assuming fair skin is better is stupid and outdated. I love my dark skin and would never trade it for fair in a million years, becoz this is who i am. And tho this list is funny its just putting crap out there about skin color which is, like i said, seriously outdated. Time to move on! Also, as for no.10 on da list- alot of dark skinned indians act and talk like african americans becoz they find themselvs not thought of as attractive by lighter skinned indians, so they feel more comfortable wit people who look more like them and who they can identify with more.
I’ve never seen any really dark skinned indians in bollywood movies before. I have however heard an actor say in a movie that ‘you’re lucky that girl isn’t dark or fat.’ Also, I know that some airlines require air hostesses to be of a ‘fair’ or ‘clear’ complexion, and that fair and lovely ads promote the idea that u can’t get married or find a job if you are even a little tan. Now why would any dark skinned indian want to identify with that culture, or those ideals of beauty? No wonder they ditch it for african american culture. It does have similar colour issues to indian culture, but where, in the media, at least. there are many dark skinned individuals who are considered every bit as beautiful as their white or light skinned counterparts, like the supermodel Iman, or every bit as influential, like oprah winfrey. Also, it was dark skinned people who made dramatic changes in the world; Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Martin Luther.
I appreciate your response Rene. And as to your question about “Now why would any dark skinned indian want to identify with that culture, or those ideals of beauty”? – the answer is: out of cultural habit. Hope this habit dies soon.
Dark skinned Indians do have a complex about their skin-colour but not all of them have it. Generally those who are single, furstrated and unable to find a suitable partner and start a family have such complexes and it is only natural for them to feel this way – after all India is a very class and colour based society. I have nothing against darker people but yes many times they seem to hate me because I am lighter skinned….they get very jealous of me and treat me like shit but I overlook it and try to understand why they feel this way.
My advice to dark skinned indians – stop crying over it… everyone no matter what has the potential to look good with proper grooming, healthy eating and good exercise. I think dark indian men with lean muscled bodies look very very sexy…. and the women who take care of their bodies, learn to groom themselves also look very hot – much hotter than most white women who just look very plain and featureless. Indians should focus on their grooming and bodies – rather than changing the skin colour… and please those hot looking darker Indians – please do not develop an Attitude because of your hotness, be thankful for it.
Are u talkin abt the Aryan Inavsion theory and the genius of the Dravidians and all other shit here ? Actually, we are to debate we can dig deep ……… well thats what we do, rite ?
(joblesmax )
I dint actually read up the whole discussion, will read and comment soon after ma stupid exams…..
take your time trojan
thanks for your comment man. thoughtful indeed.
I love you dark indians!!! We are in the same struggle!!! Coming from an African American, come move with us and we can live in harmony! That, or we’ll come over there!
Come over here!
gt 3 words 4 u mo*on -
“tor make c**di!”
You tell ‘em Nadia! As an African American I agree. I wasn’t born with the seperatist attitude.Nor was I brought up in a household were skin colored determined a person’s worth. I’m dark skinned so of course I fell prey to the crap people through at but in 40 yrs there’s one thing I have found is true 10 times out of 10 and that is that people who put you down are suffering from self hate. All you can do is pray for them and remember no matter who you pray to our creator”DON’T MAKE NO JUNK”
O.K. I love this blog and It’s only my first time on it. I need everyone’s help here. i have been mystified by this phenom of color my whole life. It was only when I was in high school and had a very short lived crush on an indian from london that I was faced with this. I am writing a screen play. I hope to give it to Spike Lee when I’m finished and have him make it into a movie. I need to know more about the basis of colorism among indians. I need both sides of the story. I’ve heard of african americans and caucasions all my life. I’m ready for something new. Please help.
Hey April, nice to know that you liked my blog. I am not sure how many responses you are going to get for your question. But at least, let me try to answer your question.
In the recent time, Indians were ruled by the East India Company from Britain. India got independence from them less than 65 years back. So you see, for the 200 years that they ruled, they kinda influenced everyone to look and dress like them. It’s a typical cultural effect. Everyone loves to look and dress and feel like the most powerful group around. Things are changing slowly though. But even today, if you look at Indian movies and commercial advertisements, most actors (especially actresses) and models are fair-skinned.
I’m a light skinned nubian male. ( well African -American) from LOUISIANA. CAJUN STATE… I’M BLACK AND NOT CAJUN, WELL I HAVE BLACK CAJUN BLOOD (CREOLE) THAT’S ONE REASON I’M LIGHTER THAN SOME OTHER BLACKS. I LOOK LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN DRAKE -RAPPER BARACK OBAMA-PRESIDENT AND TIGER WOODS – SOMETHING LIKE THAT I like dark INDIAN WOMEN and foreign black women in particular to americans. hit me up dvjem@yahoo.com I FOUND OUT ALOT OF INDIANS ARE DARK BEACause they’re part Australian aborigine , with a little East Asian , maybe 15 or 20 percent and caucasian- not white European Caucasian -Western European TRUE CAUCASIAN AS IN ARMENIAN, IRANIAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
I am not an Indian. But, I am amazed at how biased and racist Indians can be. I believe that, Indians are the most racist in the world. The only race that outcasts certain kinds of its people for what they are, for what they look like or for what they don’t possess. Lets be frank, Indians of certain groups criticize, belittle, shuns, treats badly people of the exact opposite group, for example:p
1. the lighter skin ridicules and treats the darker skin as second class
2. the rich treats the poor like labourers /slaves
3. the upper class treats the lower class like 2nd class citizens
4. the Brahmins are superior than anyone else
Despite of their arrogance and pride, India is one of the dirtiest countries in the world. They pray and are very pious but, they piss by the side of the temples and the road side. The politicians are so corrupt and rich but the public look like poor uneducated slum dwellers. It is so easy to cause a riot in India because they cannot think rationally with their small minds. They still live in the medieval days.
Grow up India, This is the 21st century. Open your minds and hearts to the world, the people, the cultures and for humanity.
I visited North India once last year and will not visit India again until I hear that it has changed..
OPEN YOUR MINDS INDIANS and PROGRESS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahaha, bro. u need to grow up. enough of your nappy days.
I dont know from where do u gets such thoughts. I am an Indians & never saw any such things prevalent over here. Sitting on your computer, reading blogs, researches, comments wont fetch you good info. time to wake up. You need to step down to India to know about India. its just like- u cant learn swimming without entering a pool.
and did you forget about racist countries, where dark complexioned people are not treated equally.
First know your country bro, I am sure there must be many problems ovr thr.
So kid, be a man nw
i did not know that their was so much discrimination between darker and lighter colored Indians. i myself am an African American and within my family are variety of colors ranging from light to dark. and honestly when i was growing up i did want to have a lighter skin skin color but that was because all i seen was lighter actors who were glamorous and because thats what society shown me that was my obsession but know i realized that i love me for me and not color and i would never what to be fair like a ghost
please don’t take this the wrong way and degrade me for not being an Indian but i have many Indian friends whom i truly care for.
I am a dark skinned Indian and I love my skin!! =D
You’re talking like being dark is a bad thing? I’d take it as a compliment! I have half-German cousins who tan their skin whenever they come to India!
I don’t mean to discriminate but I think tan people are waaay sexier, and I know for a fact that many agree with me! =D
LOL! this is soo stupid.And yea,probably some do it BUT I have dark skin( if my hair was different,i might pass for black),and never even realised it was an issue until recently. I always thought it was beautiful ^^ Even if other people didnt think so! I think features,figure and grooming are more important than skin tone.
and,often lighter skinned people come with hooked noses and dark under eye circles ^^ hehe, guess the good and bad come in all skin tones. don’t mean to sound conceited,but I love my dark skin and wouldn’t have wanted it to be any other way-and,im not probably beautiful to others,but i am to myself and to those who know me well
10 things “fair” skinned Indians think about themselves….
1. they always think they are “fair” and that it makes them automatically beautiful…(its not your complexion that determines YOU!)
2. they think beauty is just the color of their skin.
3. they forget they might have acne too,and that skin cancer might affect them faster
4. they forget when ppl write “stupid things” like these..it’s not facts but only to hurt and induce bad feelings in others..(please act more humane..ie to who-ever-wrote-this-article, you narcissistic mean person!)
5. they forget all the great men who made a diff in the world were DARK and FAIR too…(only that fair skinned brought only trouble)
6. that dark skinned ppl are not only stronger but also more matured and approachable….(oopsie! and atleast using fair and lovely isnt shitty..its a personal opinion…the ADs describing them are stupid and oh! even this article!)
7.they forget if youre fair or dark isnt enough…you got to be smart too!
8.they judge worse than the dark skinned..(ie on the dark skinned ppl) coz they never know how it is to be in a dark skinned person’s shoes!
9.fair skin has problems dealing with it too..
10. now for the person who wrote this shitty article….this did make want to peel your skin coz im dark( thats the only fact! others all are mostly personal choices and opinions!) and by the way, looks like you’ve never had ne bad things to deal with huh…(i’m sure you have no dark friend you weirdo! )
and one more advice change your thinking…make ppl feel good abt themselves for once!
and for all those who were nice..you guys sure are amazing
I find it so anomalous how Indians are so enamoured by fair skin! I’m an Indian living in Australia, and i’m extremely fair (fairer than a lot of my Australian friends, who have beautiful, tanned summer-kissed skin), and whenever I visit India I am gawked at like i’m Deer and they’re food deprived Tigers. This dark-skinned girl complex you speak off is so odd because I find myself being jealous of dark skinned girls so often, they look so elegant and royal with their chocolate skin. That bollywood actress Bipasha Basu personally makes me want to cry myself to sleep because of how beautiful she is haha.
I must have added – over a period of time, we do end up loving the skin we are in!
as a dark-skinned gal i love my chocolate skin… my only crib is that my butt always seems darker and patchier than the rest of me….. now will some guy out there quickly tell me that it doesn’t matter; that it’s STILL sexy?
…Butt for a guy to be able to tell that to you…
LOL!
No, it does matter!
Depends or whether you think it’s hot or not. It all comes from self-confidence. Honestly, if you are a nice girl and if you make your personality or other parts of your body stand out, you the color of your butt won’t matter. It’s usually what’s inside of(the other side) it…
If it makes you feel better, almost all dark skinned guys have darker penises(sorry guys, I know I have failed you here by not keeping our SECRET!!!). So if you (or any other girl) are gonna having sex with a dark skinned guy, would you feel okay with a dark d!(k in your pu$$y or mouth?! Plz reply! OUR EGO IS AT STAKE!!
this is hilarious.
i think whether i have complexes for my skin color or not, i do have preferences for white skin females. I am quite irritated by the fact that its so deep routed that i cant change it. If i could, i can have a larger set of females to choose from.
All the best with that Amit!
very well said
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what an interesting read!
i dunno. dark-skinned people of all races need to appreciate and own up to their own type of beauty, in my opinion.
totally agree with you Jomy!
Hahaha, funny list! Im South African Indian and i agree there are some dark skinned Indians who think that way but not all! I think just assuming fair skin is better is stupid and outdated. I love my dark skin and would never trade it for fair in a million years, becoz this is who i am. And tho this list is funny its just putting crap out there about skin color which is, like i said, seriously outdated. Time to move on! Also, as for no.10 on da list- alot of dark skinned indians act and talk like african americans becoz they find themselvs not thought of as attractive by lighter skinned indians, so they feel more comfortable wit people who look more like them and who they can identify with more.
I’ve never seen any really dark skinned indians in bollywood movies before. I have however heard an actor say in a movie that ‘you’re lucky that girl isn’t dark or fat.’ Also, I know that some airlines require air hostesses to be of a ‘fair’ or ‘clear’ complexion, and that fair and lovely ads promote the idea that u can’t get married or find a job if you are even a little tan. Now why would any dark skinned indian want to identify with that culture, or those ideals of beauty? No wonder they ditch it for african american culture. It does have similar colour issues to indian culture, but where, in the media, at least. there are many dark skinned individuals who are considered every bit as beautiful as their white or light skinned counterparts, like the supermodel Iman, or every bit as influential, like oprah winfrey. Also, it was dark skinned people who made dramatic changes in the world; Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X, Martin Luther.
I appreciate your response Rene. And as to your question about “Now why would any dark skinned indian want to identify with that culture, or those ideals of beauty”? – the answer is: out of cultural habit. Hope this habit dies soon.
Dark skinned Indians do have a complex about their skin-colour but not all of them have it. Generally those who are single, furstrated and unable to find a suitable partner and start a family have such complexes and it is only natural for them to feel this way – after all India is a very class and colour based society. I have nothing against darker people but yes many times they seem to hate me because I am lighter skinned….they get very jealous of me and treat me like shit but I overlook it and try to understand why they feel this way.
My advice to dark skinned indians – stop crying over it… everyone no matter what has the potential to look good with proper grooming, healthy eating and good exercise. I think dark indian men with lean muscled bodies look very very sexy…. and the women who take care of their bodies, learn to groom themselves also look very hot – much hotter than most white women who just look very plain and featureless. Indians should focus on their grooming and bodies – rather than changing the skin colour… and please those hot looking darker Indians – please do not develop an Attitude because of your hotness, be thankful for it.
Are u talkin abt the Aryan Inavsion theory and the genius of the Dravidians and all other shit here
? Actually, we are to debate we can dig deep 
……… well thats what we do, rite ?
)
(joblesmax
I dint actually read up the whole discussion, will read and comment soon after ma stupid exams…..
take your time trojan
thanks for your comment man. thoughtful indeed.
I love you dark indians!!! We are in the same struggle!!! Coming from an African American, come move with us and we can live in harmony! That, or we’ll come over there!
Come over here!
gt 3 words 4 u mo*on -
“tor make c**di!”
You tell ‘em Nadia! As an African American I agree. I wasn’t born with the seperatist attitude.Nor was I brought up in a household were skin colored determined a person’s worth. I’m dark skinned so of course I fell prey to the crap people through at but in 40 yrs there’s one thing I have found is true 10 times out of 10 and that is that people who put you down are suffering from self hate. All you can do is pray for them and remember no matter who you pray to our creator”DON’T MAKE NO JUNK”
O.K. I love this blog and It’s only my first time on it. I need everyone’s help here. i have been mystified by this phenom of color my whole life. It was only when I was in high school and had a very short lived crush on an indian from london that I was faced with this. I am writing a screen play. I hope to give it to Spike Lee when I’m finished and have him make it into a movie. I need to know more about the basis of colorism among indians. I need both sides of the story. I’ve heard of african americans and caucasions all my life. I’m ready for something new. Please help.
Hey April, nice to know that you liked my blog. I am not sure how many responses you are going to get for your question. But at least, let me try to answer your question.
In the recent time, Indians were ruled by the East India Company from Britain. India got independence from them less than 65 years back. So you see, for the 200 years that they ruled, they kinda influenced everyone to look and dress like them. It’s a typical cultural effect. Everyone loves to look and dress and feel like the most powerful group around. Things are changing slowly though. But even today, if you look at Indian movies and commercial advertisements, most actors (especially actresses) and models are fair-skinned.
I’m a light skinned nubian male. ( well African -American) from LOUISIANA. CAJUN STATE… I’M BLACK AND NOT CAJUN, WELL I HAVE BLACK CAJUN BLOOD (CREOLE) THAT’S ONE REASON I’M LIGHTER THAN SOME OTHER BLACKS. I LOOK LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN DRAKE -RAPPER BARACK OBAMA-PRESIDENT AND TIGER WOODS – SOMETHING LIKE THAT I like dark INDIAN WOMEN and foreign black women in particular to americans. hit me up dvjem@yahoo.com I FOUND OUT ALOT OF INDIANS ARE DARK BEACause they’re part Australian aborigine , with a little East Asian , maybe 15 or 20 percent and caucasian- not white European Caucasian -Western European TRUE CAUCASIAN AS IN ARMENIAN, IRANIAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
I am not an Indian. But, I am amazed at how biased and racist Indians can be. I believe that, Indians are the most racist in the world. The only race that outcasts certain kinds of its people for what they are, for what they look like or for what they don’t possess. Lets be frank, Indians of certain groups criticize, belittle, shuns, treats badly people of the exact opposite group, for example:p
1. the lighter skin ridicules and treats the darker skin as second class
2. the rich treats the poor like labourers /slaves
3. the upper class treats the lower class like 2nd class citizens
4. the Brahmins are superior than anyone else
Despite of their arrogance and pride, India is one of the dirtiest countries in the world. They pray and are very pious but, they piss by the side of the temples and the road side. The politicians are so corrupt and rich but the public look like poor uneducated slum dwellers. It is so easy to cause a riot in India because they cannot think rationally with their small minds. They still live in the medieval days.
Grow up India, This is the 21st century. Open your minds and hearts to the world, the people, the cultures and for humanity.
I visited North India once last year and will not visit India again until I hear that it has changed..
OPEN YOUR MINDS INDIANS and PROGRESS WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahaha, bro. u need to grow up. enough of your nappy days.
I dont know from where do u gets such thoughts. I am an Indians & never saw any such things prevalent over here. Sitting on your computer, reading blogs, researches, comments wont fetch you good info. time to wake up. You need to step down to India to know about India. its just like- u cant learn swimming without entering a pool.
and did you forget about racist countries, where dark complexioned people are not treated equally.
First know your country bro, I am sure there must be many problems ovr thr.
So kid, be a man nw
i did not know that their was so much discrimination between darker and lighter colored Indians. i myself am an African American and within my family are variety of colors ranging from light to dark. and honestly when i was growing up i did want to have a lighter skin skin color but that was because all i seen was lighter actors who were glamorous and because thats what society shown me that was my obsession but know i realized that i love me for me and not color and i would never what to be fair like a ghost
please don’t take this the wrong way and degrade me for not being an Indian but i have many Indian friends whom i truly care for.
I am a dark skinned Indian and I love my skin!! =D
You’re talking like being dark is a bad thing? I’d take it as a compliment! I have half-German cousins who tan their skin whenever they come to India!
I don’t mean to discriminate but I think tan people are waaay sexier, and I know for a fact that many agree with me! =D
LOL! this is soo stupid.And yea,probably some do it BUT I have dark skin( if my hair was different,i might pass for black),and never even realised it was an issue until recently. I always thought it was beautiful ^^ Even if other people didnt think so! I think features,figure and grooming are more important than skin tone.
and,often lighter skinned people come with hooked noses and dark under eye circles ^^ hehe, guess the good and bad come in all skin tones. don’t mean to sound conceited,but I love my dark skin and wouldn’t have wanted it to be any other way-and,im not probably beautiful to others,but i am to myself and to those who know me well
10 things “fair” skinned Indians think about themselves….
1. they always think they are “fair” and that it makes them automatically beautiful…(its not your complexion that determines YOU!)
2. they think beauty is just the color of their skin.
3. they forget they might have acne too,and that skin cancer might affect them faster
4. they forget when ppl write “stupid things” like these..it’s not facts but only to hurt and induce bad feelings in others..(please act more humane..ie to who-ever-wrote-this-article, you narcissistic mean person!)
5. they forget all the great men who made a diff in the world were DARK and FAIR too…(only that fair skinned brought only trouble)
6. that dark skinned ppl are not only stronger but also more matured and approachable….(oopsie! and atleast using fair and lovely isnt shitty..its a personal opinion…the ADs describing them are stupid and oh! even this article!)
7.they forget if youre fair or dark isnt enough…you got to be smart too!
8.they judge worse than the dark skinned..(ie on the dark skinned ppl) coz they never know how it is to be in a dark skinned person’s shoes!
9.fair skin has problems dealing with it too..
10. now for the person who wrote this shitty article….this did make want to peel your skin coz im dark( thats the only fact! others all are mostly personal choices and opinions!) and by the way, looks like you’ve never had ne bad things to deal with huh…(i’m sure you have no dark friend you weirdo! )
and one more advice change your thinking…make ppl feel good abt themselves for once!
and for all those who were nice..you guys sure are amazing
I find it so anomalous how Indians are so enamoured by fair skin! I’m an Indian living in Australia, and i’m extremely fair (fairer than a lot of my Australian friends, who have beautiful, tanned summer-kissed skin), and whenever I visit India I am gawked at like i’m Deer and they’re food deprived Tigers. This dark-skinned girl complex you speak off is so odd because I find myself being jealous of dark skinned girls so often, they look so elegant and royal with their chocolate skin. That bollywood actress Bipasha Basu personally makes me want to cry myself to sleep because of how beautiful she is haha.