Masaba Gupta is a top fashion designer and a well known personality in the film industry. The designer is currently enjoying her pregnancy phase and will soon deliver her first kid. She In an interview opened up about the advices she receives to have a fairer baby.
The incident:
Masaba shared an incident where someone gave her a tip for the baby to not turn out dark skin like her. “It happened to me just yesterday that somebody who came up to me for some pre-natal something telling me, ‘You must eat a rasgulla every day’ because your kid has to turn out lighter than you. And then, 15 days before that, I was getting another pre-natal massage, because that’s what I do, and she (her masseuse) said to me, ‘Aap na doodh liya karo (you must consume milk). Saawla nahi hona chahiye, nahi honi chahiye, whatever (your child must not turn out dusky).’ It was said with so much innocence. You have no choice – what can I do? Punch my masseuse? No,” Masaba said.
Masaba about Racism:
Masaba explained how this racism will never come to an end, so she will raise her child immune to this color discrimination. She stated, “you raise a child that hopefully has the resilience to power through it. That’s all you do. There’s no other way because it’s not going to change. It’s going to be spoken of in hush tones because certain things now aren’t politically correct. But it’ll be spoken of. The number of times people think calling someone ‘kaali’ (dark) is a way of putting them down, I find that so absurd. And I’m just giving you an example of a masseuse who comes from a certain section of society. You’ll be shocked at how many educated, wealthy, well-read people also feel this way. I’m witness to it till today. It’s 2024, and it hasn’t changed.”
About Masaba:
Masaba is the daughter of actress Neena Gupta and famous cricketer Vivian Richards. She got married to actor Sandeep Mishra in January last year. The couple met each other on the sets of Masaba Masaba, a web series based on her personal and professional life. Later in this April, Masaba has announced her first pregnancy.