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Nandita Das is known for promoting the dark skin beauty and running campaigns to end the colour bias in India.
Recently, after Tannishtha Chatterjee wrote a fuming post after she was insulted and bullied because of her skin colour on a popular comedy show ‘Comedy Nights Bachao’, Nandita wrote this powerful status in support of the ‘Parched’ actress.
This is what it said
To be sexist, racist, regressive is just not funny. It is not cool. These days prejudices seem to surface more unabashedly. But maybe it is good that it is all coming out and no more hidden, so at least it can be addressed. Since I started the #darkisbeautiful campaign, I have heard so many horror stories of people (mainly women) being harassed, abused and undermined because of the colour of their skin, that nothing shocks me anymore.
I feel sad for those who stoop so low. It is time we speak up against any discrimination which is on the basis of colour, cast, class, creed and gender. This is not about #Tannishtha being “roasted”, but it is about the kind of world we are creating and want to be part of.
After Tannishtha’s post received a major backlash from the host of the same comedy show, Krushna Abhishek, this post in her support brings things back into perspective.
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