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Hanu received the typical comments that several South Indian girls received from their aunts or uncles, \u201cOh god, you\u2019ve become so dark, you\u2019ve tanned so much!\u201d It always came with a plea to stop playing out in the sun. In second grade, she remembers being cast in the role of the \u201cUgly Cinderella\u201d because she could remember her lines and was darker than the \u201cBeautiful Cinderella.\u201d At the time, Hanu was excited to have a main role in the play, but was also aware of the reasons for why she (and another girl originally) were considered to play the part of the ugly, dark, Cinderella. Hanu grew up watching ads for fairness creams on tv and saw movies where the heroine was almost always a fair North Indian girl. She recollects hearing people teasing her friend by calling him \u201ckaka\u201d (meaning crow in Tamil) to mock his skin color. She also noticed on matrimonial sites people mostly wanting \u201cfair brides\u201d or \u201cfair grooms.\u201d While Hanu was upset with uneven tan lines, she was more upset with her facial hair. She had guys teasing her about her \u201cmustache.\u201d Although Hanu was extremely hurt by such comments, she decided to slowly start \u201cowning up to it\u201d and she used some humor to go with it. She started joking around with the guys saying that they couldn’t grow mustaches, but she could. She also started threading and began experimenting with makeup that would not hide her skin color, but actually accentuate it. Overall, Hanu has started taking good care of herself and is now getting used to wholeheartedly accepting compliments. Let\u2019s indulge her!<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

Hanu received the typical comments that several South Indian girls received from their aunts or uncles, \u201cOh god, you\u2019ve become so dark, you\u2019ve tanned so…<\/p>\n

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