no matter which century we live in,white /fair skin has and always will be considered beautiful compared to dark/wheatish skin,its the way things have always been. Indians themselves hate dark complexion-ed girls,matrimonial ads always ask for fair-beautiful girls! they think dark girls are ugly,i have seen indians commenting brutally on african women,they think they are ugly. atleast the whites have opened up to dark skinned women,a dark skinned woman has a better chance of being called beautiful in america or britain than in india! recently indians booed off african cheerleaders during a game held in india. shameful.