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[@098dolphin]

As an Indian, I agree skin whitening is still a thing that many people love .But what makes me feel better is that it is changing now

[@tiredcat6653]

I don't see any change. Did you see Suhana Khan's recent instagram post? I felt sick

[@098dolphin]

Lisa stan yes,yes I did. It makes me sick too. There will always be haters on the Internet.when I said said changing ,it’s not something that happens over a few months. Compare the change in number of people in the past generation and that in ours that are embracing our skin colours. I do believe that social media has a major part in this. Or else we would still be stuck in our big fairness bubble.

[@098dolphin]

Lisa stan also now seeing all the petitions and boycotting of fair and lovely and other fairness creams, and the variety in the foundation shades compares to one or two that were available when I was younger, gives me hope

[@gayvodka1849]

@@098dolphin ik u werent talking to me but even though people are trying their best to change the standards, the minds of people still percieve fair skin to be prettier. Its the thought that needs alteration.

[@098dolphin]

Gay vOdKA that’s completely okay. It’s a comment section after all :) yeah I do agree with that but when the standards are change, don’t you think mindsets change too with the exposure the standards create ?I’m not saying that we’re already there and everything is perfect now. I’m saying even though on a large scale and for the ENTIRE population it’s slow , at least we’re on the right track

[@chansbabygorl7822]

The beauty standards i grew up with 1. Be white like snow white 2. Be thin and weigh 40-55kgs 3. Be at least 5'4-5'7

[@weelee4352]

Sounds fine to me

[@greasymax2326]

Straight hair*

[@weelee4352]

The weight seems a little too low though I think 50-65kg sound optimal

[@lev1anus]

This is pretty much S.Korean B. Standards. It's awful the way you must to look tall, even if your genetics doesn't come for it, and look white, even if you aren't, and never will be., and to not speak about the weight is beyond health. Doesn't consider the individual's genetics and differences, it's like building an army of robots.

[@Jay-xr3sb]

Nice

[@adamani5621]

Wanna feel insecure for having a dark skin ? Come to Asia

[@army4chair345]

@LagiNaLangAko23 that really was too much i remember

[@bloodaxe5028]

Or Russia

[@GrigRP]

All Indians have dark skin anyway.

[@GrigRP]

@@nvrmxithx You've never been to Europe, have you?

[@nvrmxithx]

@@GrigRP I have been there many times I am European and trust me a lot of them there are doing anything to get tanner not necessarily dark skin but just tanned

[@drmether9150]

People put that fair and lovely crap on CHILDREN! So yeah it’s a major problem

[@lola.odetola]

Nethmi .G 😖

[@yaok248]

I wasn’t allowed to play outside in case I got tanned

[@henand3550]

It ruined my face :( It took years for me to recover it's awful effects on my face.. Now I'm better and when someone asks my opinion on fairness creams I shout out " it's a Traaaaaaaaash" lol

[@emir4126]

same with white people literally frying their skin to look darker

[@cherryice4603]

Some people in my family literally put a bit of bleach in their children's bath water...like tf

[@necromelodia2432]

I find it interesting that the heroine of the Mahabharata, Draupadi, who was considered the most beautiful woman in the world, had *skin dark as night.* Arjuna's skin was dark as night as well, and so was Krishna, before later depictions began to show him as blue. The three were called "The Three Krishnas" because the Sanskrit name: Krishna, itself means dark skin. And while I haven't gotton into the Ramayana yet, I do remember reading somewhere that his skin was dark as well. Of course, I might be wrong on that part, and would edit the comment if i am wrong.

[@pallavip.v5285]

You're right. According to the Ramayana, Rama was indeed dark skinned. Shiva, on the other hand, was considered to be rather fair.

[@arcisvar4863]

Yeah all darker skin Characters were literally made BLUE 😐😭

[@arcisvar4863]

@@pallavip.v5285 he got that mountain glow 😌

[@priyakumari6933]

Considering they lived in North India and were Aryas to boot unlike us, they still had Aryan features you can bet. So lets not pretend its about color. It's just the recent trend for European whiteness that has put even ugly looking 'fair' actresses to the front.

[@luckyduckydaisyflower2344]

I did makeup for an African fashion show. The girls where requesting me by the second show. Black skin in all shades was so different and gorgeous and exotic to me as a lady that had only had the opportunity to use makeup on light skin. I'll never forget using blue shimmer as a highlight on the blackest and most beautiful model in my own opinion. Ladies, wherever you are out there it was a delight to enhance your natural beauty those two events! One of the best artsy nights of my life...ooh and to watch them walk what a night. And to be asked and lined up for as a new makeup artist gave me artistiv confidence i still draw from after all these years. Black is sooo beautiful and I'm so lucky I volunteered to help out and see them walk the catwalk..

[@rosanilebron1566]

Been to India many times, and I just love their diversity of features. When going to Tamil Nadu one can see people very dark skinned, with the brightest teeth and darkest straight hair. And when going north one can see faired skinned people, with very different facial structure. God never made this world as something homogeneus. Diversity is the norm in creation. Love to India!

[@eduardochavacano]

Indian men are hot.

[@illsmith4076]

for sm reason ull find fair skin toned ppl in south india too tho ya majority of the ppl from Tamil nadu have a dark skin tone

[@vishwanathanjayakrishnan3689]

@@illsmith4076 Mostly in Kerala.

[@nirzara7176]

And guess what, the dark skin isn’t even celebrated not even where, 90% is dark skinned. Media still portrays heroines and female icons as well as men as fair skinned. Honestly you just have to look straight out of a powder puff to be successful in media.

[@tabassumkhan8693]

@@eduardochavacano you would wanna rethink that 👁️👄👁️

[@lollywoodspy3275]

Indian celebrities play a big part in colorism. Deepika,Priyanka,Madhuri Kajol to name a few biggest Indian female celebrities who got their skin bleached. Even recently Bollywood released a very controversial song named (Beyonce Shrma jyge) the lyrics were I will translate into English (After looking at you my white dear) (Beyonce would be ashamed of her self)_( Because Beyonce is Black) But it was impressive to see how Indians criticized that song it almost got a million dislike and they had to delete the song a reupload it after changing the lyrics.I guess public perception is changing but it's media and these celebrities who keep pushing these fair skin is beautiful idea on the public.

[@raisaa1537]

Indians should stop supporting light skinned Indian/Middle Eastern celebrities. The companies only hire these celebrities because they have so many followers on social media. Boycott Bollywood. Only support actors who look like *YOU.*

[@rrss2457]

@@rianne_9042 kareena was always super fair see her childhood pics so stop spreading hatred

[@rorococo.]

@@rianne_9042 um I just watched kareena'a first film refugee the other day and I went through multiple old photos of hers plus her childhood photos. Kareena has always been light skinned, the pics where she looks darker are probably her sporting a tan plus lighting really makes a difference. Like I agree that we need to get rid of toxic beauty standards but don't bash on women who naturally look like that lol.

[@tribesail1336]

Nope. Dude, your wrong. I understand it's misunderstanding cuz goria has diffrent meanings. But in the song goria meant 'a girl'. I know this cuz I have listened and interpreted the whole meaning of the song. The entire line if the corus is like 'aisa kamar hila, goria, Beyoncé sharma jayegi, which translated to' thw way you love your hips/waist, even Beyoncé would Blush/be in shame. It's not about the color, it's about the moves. Still it's isn't acceptable cuz we know Beyoncé is a phenomenal dancer.

[@tribesail1336]

@@rianne_9042 cuz most of them are not south Indian. For the ones that are, they only accept fair actresses in South India. We need a reform but we only see growing fans of these fair actresses in compared to darker ones. We ourselves are to blame

[@Belihoney]

I feel bad for the other narrator lol I don't think the previous narrator was bad but I think we are just use to your voice and it has a certain vibe that goes well with the content of the videos. He's voice was more animated, it would have gone really well with other types of content where as yours wouldn't have.

[@ilovetyraandnaomi]

He was not bad ! We were just not used to him, that's all

[@mariemoon7566]

@Varnelia Smith I agree. I also prefer the old narrator. It is too bad people don't like change

[@mariemoon7566]

@Magdalia nope. Some of us do prefer the other narrator

[@shockingblue8069]

I am indifferent lol You just can't please everyone...

[@dataexpunged6969]

@Magdalia why you being so bitchy love? ❤️

[@RS-js2df]

Very sad that white models are hired to advertise products that cater to the Indian market. The beauty standard is disgusting 😷

[@ilovetyraandnaomi]

It is!

[@coldfire9937]

I hate Yami Gautam who support turning into fair skin from dusky/dark

[@theotherotter]

in east europe black models are hired, cause we don't have black people here so brand is looking more elevate and international. Like see they have black models thats mean they are big in different countries

[@narayanachakra3288]

@@coldfire9937 blame people who are buying it not her its nit her fault that she is a pahadan n natraully fair its not her fault that you are buying first change urself then world will change itself

[@astha6232]

@@narayanachakra3288 well that is true. We can't entirely blame the actor as the product is still selling but Yami could've denied advertising the product. I'm sure she knows the consequences but still choose to endorse it. Again it's her choice but I really don't support her because of this

[@mschanandlerbong2977]

I want to put it out there that when Indians say they prefer light skin, they don’t mean the ideal skin color is that of white people. The ideal skin color would be light brown or the the Persian color (and that of North Indians from Punjab, Jammu, Himachal, Haryana, Gujarat etc) And this was true before any white person stepped foot in the continent. The Manusmirti mentions the ideal color as ‘not too dark neither too white’. No one wants to be white. I’m saying this because a lot of white people have this delusion that Indians want to look like them. That’s not true at all.

[@arcisvar4863]

I feel like most Indians have the "non ideal"skin color, most even in north are a shade of brown more so than light like bollywood portrays.I feel Light skin with certain features would look so bad . India has such a different look than persian and Middle Eastern, the face size body frame seems smaller and more rounded in general than West Asia, if you walk around a vegetable market almost anywhere in india you'll see what I'm saying. I see muslim south asians trying to claim that they look more persian and arab and unless they descendents of persio turkic families or Iranic pathans they really dont look that different, only a little difference but not closer to anygroup just different. Some desis still got mughal hangover huh. The region is so diverse and interesting

[@arcisvar4863]

@thomas andersonWhat? Who told you this haha? they are definitely not seen as gods, more like outsiders and elites if you don't have much interaction with them, non mumbai people for instance. If you are a mumbai residents, especially older stock, the views towards parsis is fairly positive but since they segregate themselves, they are a little mystery.

[@priyakumari6933]

A lot of 'activism' now a days is all about making us ashamed for striving for the looks of our ancestors, casting the natural looks and colors of our civilization-builders as 'non-Indian'. It's a deep conspiracy. I mean entire communities, entire region of people have those features, regardless of color. Yet the conspiracy is to tell Indians we do not look like that. We should either look like Europeans or the internationally idealized black skinned persons. Never mind neither of these have Indian features. Forget skin color, but we should not be ashamed of idealizing our ancestors' features, since they are unique in this world.

[@AR-mv3zh]

Lots of people in South Asia, especially in Northwest India and Pakistan (incl. Punjab-Haryana-Himachal, Kashmir, Rajasthan, Delhi) already have the 'ideal' skin colour (a fair-wheatish-olive complexion) (notice I didn't say PALE).

[@arcisvar4863]

@@AR-mv3zh yeah but the region has 7% of Indias population and light skined people less than that, only 20% or so of that region so thats 1% of india and .5% would be attractive among that and the rest of india spread through out combined would have .5% "ideal"skin and features. That's 1% of india and thats being generous. So around 10 million people out of 1.4 billion......yeah not the best

[@April-rb5ez]

That guy in the thumbnail is so handsome

[@anupreetiboro1352]

Ikr

[@Aanshika]

The owner of the channel looks like this.

[@Adonai1200]

He’s a high fashion model, he’s really known actually. He’s done huge brands

[@simarm1112]

@@Adonai1200 What's his name?

[@QOVESStudio]

Jeenu Mahadevan

[@crazytidy2426]

You guys don’t get just how much skin color affects being cast in film roles. In southern India, tollywood and kollywood often cast women from the north, because they usually have fairer skin. Even if the actress can’t speak in that language, she’s cast solely based on her skin tone. Even worse, in recent years, I’ve seen a few white British women who are cast as the main Indian female lead, like Amy Jackson. It’s really sad that they don’t cast people of their own ethnicity to represent themself. A lot of South Asian actresses aren’t south Asian, they're from the north.

[@rollings69]

I think u didn't watch Malayalam movies

[@crazytidy2426]

@@rollings69 I'm not sure about malayalam films, but at least for most telugu films, and a few tamil ones, this seems to be the case.

[@aiswaryabersan7983]

The top heroines in bollywood are from south. Sri devi, hamamalini, deepika, priyankas mother is malayalee, ahiswarya rai list goes on.

[@blopblop8970]

@@aiswaryabersan7983 they didn't get chance there in southern part, that is why they ended up in North

[@6ftofmisery636]

@@blopblop8970 sridevi, aishwarya were huge down south

[@MrVinceMunro]

I think it's kinda sad the new guy was bullied away. People just need to get used to new things, like with a new logo. Give the guy a chance, it's fun to hear different voices. It keeps things interesting

[@arcisvar4863]

Lmao it was so monotone and the whole appeal of the show was lost

[@MrVinceMunro]

@@arcisvar4863 I don't think it was monotone, the quality of the mic sounded really bad to me. Made sound like a skype call. But that's the thing, if they would give it another shot they could improve by listening to feedback. Instead of getting rid of the new guy. I still think it's nice to have two, maybe three narrators to keep things interesting

[@annarosemarie3939]

Ryan White I think he was better tbh I’m sad he was bullied away :(

[@whiffles760]

The narrating was so boring. I just read comments.

[@mohammedayan4058]

Which video is it?

[@ana-wp8qx]

For anyone insecure of their features: Your face is the average of every ancestor you have ever had. Honour your features and you honour them!

[@starfoam9467]

Thanks!! That was pretty encouraging

[@accepteddebate7390]

untrue, most of us have some degree of craniofacial dystrophy which most of our ancestors did not. Particularly mouth breathers, that go onto develop long ugly faces due to their recessed maxillas

[@icanusesakurasforeheadasap4304]

Probs not

[@nailynntynette]

Um... One of my ancestors was a military dude who slept with a 13/14 year old. Another slept with their (or their brother's) slave. Another slept with all of their daughters claiming that Someone was going to try it, might as well be me, and other strange things that I do and do not know. How do I deal with honoring that I (according to your theory) look like at least 1/8 pedo and at least 1/8 incestuous pedo?

[@rm_k369]

No

[@navyak1915]

1:32 Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland are the North eastern States of India: the seven sisters. Kindly, don't separate them from the India. It's not respectful.

[@drniravkumar9891]

So is kashmir

[@navyak1915]

@@drniravkumar9891 true that... Exactly..

[@八ルシュ-z6v]

Its the old map now its changed

[@ayushirai5025]

I was shocked after looking at the Indian map

[@navyak1915]

@@ayushirai5025 exactly @Ayuno Aishi if that's the case, the video is very new.. they should have used the updated and geopolitically corrected map... Moreover I have always been sure that Nagaland and Tripura were always a part of India.. I am about to turn 30 very soon, all those GK and social studies classes we had in school, we were taught this... How old of a map is he using I wonder... Even when our country was under British rule, these two were always a part of our country, let alone countries like Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, which all were separated from the mainland India due to the Britishers divide and rule policies.. So really I don't get where is this map coming from... And if you mean that Nagaland and Tripura are now not part of India.. whoa.. then I'm too out of touch of reality.. I'm 10000% sure you dont mean that...👍👍

[@riksinha5]

The narrator's voice is really attractive. I just love it.

[@jiemin253]

100% agree... next video idea: what makes a voice attractive

[@mateo_ferranco]

@@jiemin253 YES PLEASE

[@riksinha5]

@Jameson Thengiwa yaa😂😂😂

[@kapuskasing13]

I know that there wasn't enough time to dive into this in detail, but it would have been interesting to hear more about other Indian standards of beauty like large dark eyes. Even today, there are a lot of praises sung about that 'kala kajal' lining dark eyes. Only recently have they begun to praise lighter eyes and that is in contrast to historical perceptions of lighter eyes. In "Sea of Poppies" which takes place in the 1830s, Ghosh refers to how a hazel-eyed woman is considered a 'witch' for her light eyes, which is in contrast to today. It would have also been worth mentioning the role that hair plays in SA beauty.

[@herbalgiles9468]

kapuskasing13 that is very different from America lol

[@thakurji605]

but this is not really a "beauty Standart" We can see, that actors are "more praised" when they have light eyes: Aishwarya Rai, Rani Mukherji, Hirthik R and so on. I would say, that the witch Story is only in some villages- SOME!!!

[@10shhi]

@@thakurji605 makes sense about the effect of british rule. the popularity of these actors prove the preference of caucasian features ( like lighter eyes, fairer skin complexion ) over ethnic south indian ones

[@kapuskasing13]

@@thakurji605 while i agree that lighter- eyed celebs are praised, we still praise those with large dark eyes as well like madhuri dixit, deepika padukone, shriya saran, etc. so we have held onto some of our older beauty standards, which is nice because most of us have beautiful dark eyes.

[@Chapa24.]

Totally agree with you. And addition , light eyed people were mostly associated with low caste (which I don’t appreciate) but yeah, big dark eyes were a beauty standard

[@aymonnaqvi314]

South Asian beauty in itself is so diverse, but the lack of representation and the vastly colonial past makes beauty standards complicated.

[@eduardochavacano]

There is too much representation. Indians are beautiful. Bollywood music make them look ugly.

[@spiscold50]

@@eduardochavacano Yes, we are

[@narayanachakra3288]

@@eduardochavacano yes they do

[@bekindandpolite2158]

@@eduardochavacano lol bruh

[@rotisserie8444]

@@eduardochavacano don’t know if that’s a compliment or not

[@lilausar9436]

I feel bad for the past narrator, well we were used to your voice and you do speak like you know what you are talking about because you do.

[@quxantipe]

I dislike both, to be honest. Not a voice for voice over. imo.

[@vladimirluchensvki6987]

The old voice sounds exotic while the new one sounds plain I’m not saying it’s bad

[@zk6454]

I usually love your videos but as someone who is of south asian decent I found this to be vague and underwhelming. This video fell short to examine actual beauty standards such as skin tone, body types, and facial features that are the most desired in this day and age. So many topics ranging from differences regarding aryan vs dravidian features for example could have been incorporated yet instead this video was mostly centered on ancient male sculptures and mughal paintings? I was expecting so much more.

[@hanji1041]

@Kleco102 yes I know the information was underwhelming

[@weakling5358]

Yes, as a south asian myself I couldn't agree more.

[@necromelodia2432]

Whats the difference between aryan and dravidian faces?

[@akhilsharma20]

There's no such thing as dravidian and aryan lmao

[@Rvc546]

@@necromelodia2432 10:43 you see the map it shows that... Probably you know that every one is mixed except ?? So assuming that people who live in northern india are mixed with caucasian/middle eastern people to some extent (also climate is colder comparatively) where people in southern india aren't mixed and the climate is hotter. The conclusion is although india is very diverse but there are two big group indo-aryan(I'm not supporting aryan invasion theory but migration) and Dravidian or Dravidian-andamanese... In simple terms nother indians and south indian... Although they are also mixed between them selves...

[@imjko432]

I think some things you missed were - height. very important in South Asian that you are tall, for males thats 5’10 and above, for females 5’5 and above. - eyes. South asians generally have much larger eyes, you can see it in quite a few of the paintings you showed. Lighter eye colour is also considered quite important even if the features of the individual are not that great. - cheeks. South Asians all tend to have rounded and noticeable cheekbones. Somethings I want to add - there is a clear difference in the way skin colour is defined between men and women. Men can have skin colour that is much darker and still be considered attractive as long as they have good features and a good physique. Unlike other ethnicities our noses fit with our faces because all of our features tend to be bigger and more defined.

[@tahsina.c]

@buttercup baby burmese and nepalese people are also South asian

[@xkdjdnskdnscndjdj984]

@Count_Skapula46 I am 5'9 teen in India and I literally tower most people

[@spiscold50]

@Count_Skapula46 Kerala and Punjab got tall ass males

[@Qwerty-jc3so]

You exxagerated the height thing. I'd argue that in india for males it is atleast 5'7 and above and for women it is atleast 5'2 and above. Above 5'10 for men and above 5'5 for women is considered "too tall" in our culture. And you're completely wrong about "lighter eye colour" preference. Its extremely rare here to have green/blue/hazel eyes. Large "dark" eyes have stayed as a classic beauty standard throughout ages in india.

[@mangopudding5979]

Light eye color is not South Asian standards of beauty.

[@decadeslong]

That map is VERY controversial 💀💀💀 There are a lot of territorial disputes around Kashmir. Also Tripura, Nagaland, Assam are straight up Indian states and people from the region often struggle to be recogzined and acknowledged as Indians because of ...well...racism and historical ignorance....ho boy, that map is all kinds of..... Pls don't @ me.

[@kanikaagarwal6150]

you are the comment I had been looking for. seriously wth is up with this map

[@RANDOM-pf1ve]

Pissed me off so much!!

[@user-zw8sc9fm7o]

regardless of however you make a map of south asia, there will be controversy

[@swastikqjana7128]

Finally someone said it

[@ablebodied175]

Seems more focused on the females. Would've liked more male beauty standards as well.

[@Jay-xr3sb]

Money in the bank, success and how a man carries himself has a bigger weighting than pure looks vs a woman. A woman in her 20's can ride and easy life on looks alone.

[@ablebodied175]

@@Jay-xr3sb yeah those are no brainers. But it'd be cool to learn about ancient male beauty standards and how globalism has effected them as well.

[@098dolphin]

Jay and that’s something that should change

[@QOVESStudio]

Everything covered in the video, from colourism to the depictions of Aryan vs South Indian features such as the nasal tip, contour and jaw angle all apply to males too. Although the video used female figures, and male statues at the end, it's to show that it's a common ethnic feature. Although I agree that it did skip some male-centric elements.

[@Jay-xr3sb]

@@098dolphin but it won't. We can be PC but its like saying we should ignore our desires to procreate. The female physical beauty is based on passing on good genes, the male looks matter but the other factors mean he will support and protect the family. Can't fight our biology

[@buuhuu4358]

Wuuuu South Asians look so good in both dark and light skin. Maybe because they have the facial features that fit in any skin color. Their face shape are symmetrical but a little bit rounded.

[@shana6275]

@buttercup baby true,most of us look nothing like Bollywood

[@bekindandpolite2158]

I have seen people that are much better looking than so called Bollywood

[@BaljinderSingh-xy4ik]

There is too much diversity in south Asia, they can fit in most beauty standards according to region..if work hard

[@Cat-jj4cr]

I feel bad for the other host. I hope they didn’t fire him.

[@ilovetyraandnaomi]

He wasn't bad, we were just not used to hear his voice. That's all

[@soumam.2130]

Samee😓

[@JAHIDxJD]

@@ilovetyraandnaomi yeah true. Plus this voice is really relaxing

[@kookiealienonearth3144]

I feel bad for the last narrator 😞 Some people were literally bullying him. If he does do something using his voice he should do an educational science/math channel. It’ll keep people engaged since his voice has a hype to it.

[@nilayalini3973]

Unrelated but you’re nailing the pronunciation of the names!! It really is nice to see a non south-asian pronounce them right

[@muhithkalam9551]

Think he is South Asian.

[@bulabuakn4013]

@@muhithkalam9551 bruh he's indian

[@sarithajagajith6568]

@@bulabuakn4013 indians are South Asians. 🤦

[@babimaki]

@@bulabuakn4013 stfu and take geography lessons

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Are you a Once?

[@sanjidanaznin5431]

I'm from the North-Eastern part of India. But my grandparents migrated to Assam from Bihar so I've mongoloid features and a medium-dark skin, I pretty huge (tall and broad) in comparison to my peers. Basically I don't fit into any norms or standard of beauty.

[@drniravkumar9891]

Judging by your pfp, I think you fit into the beauty standards pretty well

[@darcezillious]

If thats you in the pfp,..I would be lost for words if you approach me for anything

[@arshiyaamreen5808]

I'm Assamese and you look like you'll fit pretty well. Sure you don't look exactly ethnic to North East India but you are pretty too. When I used to study in Assam, some of the most prettiest girls were Central Indians, especially one being from Bihar herself. Don't sweat it, you are really pretty :))))

[@li1436]

tbh being bullied and called names for being dusty in middle school and by my relatives fucked me up so bad i still feel uncomfortable with my appearance

[@Pillowlips77]

The reason Ghandara art is more authentic is bc of the presence of some of the largest education institutions such as 'Taxila' in the Indian subcontinent under the rule of 'Mauryans' (350-100 BC) who advocated art and architecture. You should look into the Navratan (9 gems): 9 famous scholars who changed the course of history forever with their discoveries and talent. It's not bc of any influence from 'Aryans' or Greeks. And the whole Aryan theory is redundant in itself, a bs narrative made up by Britishers. Aryans were Indian not white. 'Aryan' means 'children of Surya (sun)' in Sanskrit, meaning they were tan. It's how most people in North India & Pak looked back then and even today.

[@RANDOM-pf1ve]

Aryans in Sanskrit means Nobal People, it was not supposed to be abt race or cast, germans misused it!

[@Pillowlips77]

@@RANDOM-pf1ve I'm talking about the literal meaning of word not the whole context.

[@sdonzo29]

can you do one on African beauty standards maybe west African? because this ties in well with African American beauty standards and certain Caribbean beauty standards.

[@danilejai7801]

Africa is an entire continent! Beauty standards are going to vary wildly region to region.

[@Ke1ko7]

Dani Le'jai yep as an East African I can tell u that the beauty standard is very different from central and west africa

[@sdonzo29]

@@danilejai7801 you right even from tribe to tribe beauty ideas can be really different. but I Would still love to see some content about this or around black beauty ideas and hopefully it will be nuanced take.

[@alext3480]

@@danilejai7801 that why they said...west Africa

[@PaulAllen6304]

North Africans look like Arabs, and North West Africans look like Spaniards and French. Typical African phenotypes are found in sub-saharan Africa. Still, people from Congo basin look different from East africans. And southern Africans too. Most Africans in the new world are from West Africa, and in Old world from East Africa. So standards in American Africans would be different from East Africans.

[@rerorero6493]

I've always really enjoyed your videos and being South Asian myself, I was really looking forward to this video but I found this video very underwhelming? I'm not sure what it is but I just feel as though you didn't dig as deep as you usually do

[@muhithkalam9551]

I agree. I think it's because he spent way too much time looking art and sculptures instead of looking at actual people, in particular men.

[@rerorero6493]

@@muhithkalam9551 Yes, exactly. And he didn't explore a whole lot too imo, for example people here prefer girls to have long hair and short hair is actually looked down upon. This video had so much potential but he didnt serve this time sadly

[@blake5452]

Yoongles exactly! It went wayy into older historical standards and not the modern standards of beauty like long, straight, dark hair and big eyes w dark eyeliner for example

[@rerorero6493]

@@blake5452 You're a 100% correct. I guess he thought there's just cookie cutter, same type of things that each country and culture focuses on but ofc that's entirely false. Like people here don't like hourglass shapes, they like the petite body type.

[@muhithkalam9551]

@@rerorero6493 It's a shame because it was also one of his most requested videos and was especially underwhelming compared to the East Asians beauty standards video. Also thought it would be more interesting since the guy is likely South Asian himself. Here's hoping he considers a part 2.

[@ZA-fo2rn]

I didn't hate the new narrator .Its just that in our brains we associate Qoves with this voice . So it will take time to adjust .

[@lilstar3705]

The picture you showed Aishwarya Rai itself is a south indian So there's nothing called south is dark North is fair Both North and South has different skin tones

[@user-cm5ut6dy2m]

i mean it depends. south is usually cast as dark skinned people bec it's nearer to the equator and hence they have more melanin(darkening pigment) to protect them from the sun that's why people from south usually have the best skin while north is colder, less sunlight and also the aryan mixed population is higher there so that's why they've lighter skin

[@lilstar3705]

@@user-cm5ut6dy2m in south they have difference race mixture like Naga Scythian ,Portugal mix ,arabs etc

[@brittneyharmon6647]

The smoothness of it all is absolutely perfect to listen to in the morning.

[@rumadhakacitygirlusa3471]

As a female from Indian subcontinent, as I Observed that women with dark/ black skin has a hard time getting marriage alliance with prospective suitors ! One of my distant female cousin couldn’t get married because she had dark skin: Majority guys refused to marry her : Because of brazen colorism of society’s discriminatory beauty standards....I don’t know 🤷🏻‍♀️ if it will ever change !

[@7_77_.]

It goes both ways women aren't any better regarding this

[@ashaypallav4158]

Just say you're Military dictator Bangladeshi

[@raja-jl9os]

Oh common 😂 itna bada juth

[@naightengale101]

I have seen many gorgeous dark-skinned (Fitzpatrick 5) Indian girls and women. It is unfortunate that we cannot discuss and instead overlook what makes them beautiful, almost as if they don't exist, in favour of Aryan ideals.

[@starlight8554]

Indians don’t lighten their skin to look “white”. The idea is still to look Indian but with somewhat ethnically ambiguous features and very light (but still light brown, not white) skin. It’s changing now though (very slowly)

[@youtubesucks2755]

Yes. Similarly, westerners don't tan their skin to look "dark". They just want it to look a little less pale.

[@moses7336]

the less you look brown the more you are considered attractive....everyone wants to look exotic and caucasian

[@ilovetyraandnaomi]

Not true, honey boo 😁 beauty comes in all colours in my opinion. It is well known that latinos, indians and asians in general _worship_ white individuals. Let's not forget, black people age much better than other races (better skin, better muscle tone, better teeth etc)

[@oh_kay2954]

K. Oj they said “considered”. As in that’s the beauty standard. Not that that’s how they feel.

[@rachmaninovwasemo2313]

Maybe it has partly to do with being mixed holding the best gene potential.

[@belaraven]

And it's the opposite for Western beauty, tan and darker skin is considered more beautiful. It's funny that people always want what they don't have lol

[@foxsisters6257]

everyone has to be the same 2-3 shades it’s so irritating. That’s why beauty standards are stupid when u think abt it, how boring would our world be if we all looked the same?? humans didn’t evolve to have different faces for no reason XD

[@sofetch2289]

Assam and Nagaland are a part of India.

[@ThePopfan1]

As much as I liked the video, this video seemed very limited in its research and seemed to focus on a certain narrative (the Aryan Invasion Theory). Sadly, the video discounts the many religious as well as political differences of many regions that Indian subcontinent was divided in the ancient times. The artistic representation of women was limited due to these differences and proclaiming them to be an ideal representation of 'Indian' women is a reach. Looking forward to more videoes on these channels with a more thorough research.

[@broly425]

The fuck u mean by theory u moron. It's a fact . Stop being a smartass flat earther

[@thesnakecharmer2531]

@@broly425 Lol seethe bitch, it is too flimsy to be called even a theory.

[@Channibear-ku]

@@thesnakecharmer2531 true. When Indian archeologists proved that the theory is not right, the western archeologists called them donkeys be cause they knew their divisive technique was called out.

[@thesnakecharmer2531]

@@Channibear-ku Yep, we still need to do a lot of scholarly work on linguistics and other areas to completely wipe this malaise out from the Indian subconscious. Hopefully we'll do it quick

[@GrigRP]

@@thesnakecharmer2531 Pajeet seething at the fact that he was a slave for most of his history LMAO

[@shubhobhowmick3359]

The MAP shown in the video is INCORRECT and the underlying issue has huge sentiments attached to it. The reach and the growth of this channel is promising and for that reason I think the correction must be made, making sure that misleading information doesn't spread.

[@anonymousfriend7338]

report this i have also reported under misinfromation

[@tinks2094]

1:36 India's map is extremely wrong here 👀

[@tear_tea]

Its correct in a way... he put the some states of NE as assam cus thats what it used to be in history... Tripura and Nagaland and others are shown in a different colour... And other two states are written as Zogam and arakan.

[@tinks2094]

@@tear_tea see India's map , Kashmir is missing

[@drniravkumar9891]

@@tear_tea KASHMIR

[@GrigRP]

@@tinks2094 Kashmiris aren't Indian and don't want to be Indian.

[@tinks2094]

@@GrigRP how do you know ??

[@stvillasquad]

Damn y’all couldn’t let my man take a break hahaha

[@periottt6896]

I saw you before I guess it's the video about male hair, what type of hair makes man attractive

[@knishkabhojrajka8867]

The thing which actually irritated me here was, that the map of India was changed? Like, Why? Why were 7 sister, Punjab and Kashmir excluded? It's literally disrespectful.

[@dinil5566]

Sometimes we have to understand that these guys are not from here. This guy is concentrating on Beauty standards. Not political map of India. Even 99% of Indians can't locate Meghalaya or even Assam. Then how can you expect someone not Indian to know about every region of India?? I hope u can locate every States in usa without Googling. Can ya?

[@knishkabhojrajka8867]

@@dinil5566 first of all, I'm not an American and I don't have to locate every state in USA, and second thing, this is a KZbin video and I hope you are aware about the controversy of 7 sister taken by China and the 'false' map of India introduced by Chinese Government. This is a KZbin video, you have to have adequate knowledge before presenting it to a huge audience. I'm baffled with the fact that you don't find it wrong.

[@mehulgirdhar1144]

@@knishkabhojrajka8867 well he is not an indian so he doesnt have to get the Indian states right

[@mehulgirdhar1144]

@@knishkabhojrajka8867 nobody cares about the map, he is talking about beauty not politics lmao

[@knishkabhojrajka8867]

@@mehulgirdhar1144 still it was irritating for me, and I found it really bad that they didn't do the proper research of a map. You're free for not agreeing with me, I was just stating my concern

[@Maxboi7]

Where is Kashmir in India? Your map is wrong bro.

[@Dripxxl-i4k]

In Pakistan

[@Eatprayanddie]

Did we really bully a narrator off the channel 👀

[@raven-kn6lv]

Ikr what a shame. I thought they would switch up every now and then, but people really kicked him off. They don't realise that they are just used to this voice. They would eventually get used to the other one.

[@mariemoon7566]

@@raven-kn6lv yep. It is very sad. I'm disappointed, I really like the other narrator voice.

[@strawberridemon]

Same thoughts lolol

[@BitchChill]

Yes

[@vccv9785]

BOY DON'T USE THOSE REGIONAL FLAGS FROM INDIAN STATES JUST LIKE THAT. they're more often than not used by regional groups to demand secession.

[@GrigRP]

So? What's wrong with demanding secession?

[@GrigRP]

@Ashwini M P What's the issue?

[@kiidcharlo]

Do South African beauty standards next.

[@b8iley]

i feel like our beauty standards are more diverse

[@ms.x1669]

@@b8iley absolutely, making it difficult to pin them down to a single standard.

[@bulabuakn4013]

Tf they aren't it's literally dark and taller indians.indja is the most diverse country in the world according to looks and culture no cap

[@broly425]

@@jesin0005 nah bro thats india , we got dravidians , asians , aryans all at an equal proportion. Rather than having 1% of the population being asian

[@destinedforgreatness1175]

⁠@@bulabuakn4013The USA is the most diverse country in terms of culture and looks.

[@tiramishiu]

I never thought I’d see representation for us south Asians like this...thank you so much🥺❤️

[@cherryblossom1300]

yes💜🥺

[@accepteddebate7390]

op is a pakistani troll

[@ines8923]

The other narrator was good, upbeat and energetic but we were too used to your calm voice, asmr and accent(?)

[@sukuna-]

Panjab is not a country. It is a one of the state of india.

[@birinderwarraich1179]

He is stupid for making Punjab as a separate state.

[@saurabhtheexplorer9811]

Aryan invasion theory is incorrect, ancient Indians were the one who invaded the European region and spread their genes there , do some research

[@exoticwitch5553]

Exactly and at starting he showed map wrong too

[@sandeepsuman8548]

Aryan invasion theory is wrong , but what you telling is also not true , we haven't find any evidence for that , where as aryan migration theory is correct

[@pagethreemodel]

Man in thumbnail is absolutely beautiful.

[@sapodilla25]

I swear he looks like my model friend Jason Arland but I'm not entirely sure it's him

[@7_77_.]

​@@sapodilla25 Jeenu mahadevan

[@raizel1155]

1:23 the map is so grossly wrong.

[@worthwhilediscussion]

Indians have the best hair. Period.

[@m_jyi6185]

Can you analyse monica bellucci??

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

Not much to analyse, she fits every standard and is STUNNING

[@salihahbanu2515]

As a South Asian I'm excited!!!!!!

[@chobi1447]

You're pretty 💖

[@salihahbanu2515]

@@chobi1447 omg thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@GrigRP]

Just say your country don't say South Asian.

[@alanancy3178]

@@GrigRP she can say whatever she wants so...how about u mind ur fúcking business , thank u ☺️

[@GrigRP]

@@alanancy3178 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘮ē𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯.

[@miinka]

Happy that you’re going to be narrating!

[@alexander-jl6cs]

Ahh, finally. You listen to your fans unlike others. Keep it up

[@Maggot1077]

What are your thoughts on dimples?

[@Jay-xr3sb]

Face yes, ass no

[@martinmazanek5192]

@@Jay-xr3sb 😂😂😂

[@LetThereBeLight1111]

Jay how old are you, 5?

[@elebeere]

Cute!

[@foxsisters6257]

Jay wow soooo funny

[@JessieBanana]

Maybe it's the political climate in the US, but these beauty videos are really hitting hard. I wish so much I could disappear to a place where being Black or having very dark skin wasn't seen as awful. It's just exhausting and for what, pigmentation? It's so stupid, yet so hurtful.

[@blake5452]

I feel you :( as a dark skinned south Asian American, I feel like no matter where I go I’ll always be treated poorly just for my skin tone

[@maya-cc2sx]

There are lots of tribes and communities in India where being dark would be considered beautiful like it was in the ancient times, it's just that they don't influence mainstream media but have their small local industries instead

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

Hey! I saw a video about beauty standards in central africa (rlly sorry I can't remember where exactly), and the standard is very, very black smooth skin, very white teeth, and very white eyes. like Lupita Nyongo :) And the woman was STUNNING. The women there even tan to make their skin even darker. I can see why. Black skin looks so healthy and porcelain, almost like it's not real :0

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

and this is only because we only here about beauty standards from countries where their skin is in the middle, so pale skin feel achievable and is therefore a standard. Give African countries time to enter mainstream media and the global standards will balance out :)

[@anushaanusha5138]

Honestly, did nobody notice the incorrect Indian map? The channel freely showed the northernmost part of India as belonging to Pakistan. 1:15 and 4:42

[@blacknwhitestripe]

Ah that’s explains a lot. I never got why my mom thought her nose was bad when it looks like a perfect button nose. Turns out she likes straight ones that point down

[@shuchi108]

Lol! I have a button nose... Always hated it because I was bullied for having a 'pakoda' nose... Indians prefer straight, sharp noses.

[@sosogogo2942]

@@shuchi108 oh lord, same! Pakora nose, exactly how my relatives shamed my button nose

[@alexilaiho6441]

Mate, not related to the video topic, but that map at 1:14 WILL get you into big trouble

[@hybridwars3029]

1:18 wtf is that map??

[@satanshameer690]

One of the lead actresses in Malayalam now is a girl with dark skin and more native features - Nimisha Sajayan ❤️

[@ameerahkiwi]

Do the Middle East!!

[@zackspicer3481]

Its basically like the western tho people still deny it

[@Aethelhadas]

Zack Spicer I think it is except for the tan part

[@zackspicer3481]

@@Aethelhadas varies from region to region I can only speak for north Africans and from what I've seen, its mostly like the western beauty standards.

[@zackspicer3481]

@@Aethelhadas what do you mean by the tan part?

[@selinkorkmaz1019]

Zack Spicer what? how?

[@nidhi3568]

Wow just amazed at 1:27 the map, which map is used, entire j and k is pakistan, half ladak is in chaina, punjab is a different country, entire 7 sister is divided into further small country, Arunachal Pradesh is in china, tirupura, Assam, Nagaland are separate country. Which map is this??

[@sharadsingh3012]

The f* is wrong with your map dude

[@sharadsingh3012]

@@rottenapple6531historically kashmir has been a part of India for a long time until In 1846, after the Sikh defeat in the First Anglo-Sikh War, the Treaty of Lahore was signed and upon the purchase of the region from the British under the Treaty of Amritsar.... Gulab Singh, became the new ruler of Kashmir. last ruler of Kashmir hari singh agreed and signed Instrument of Accession with India. It's our land

[@sharadsingh3012]

@@rottenapple6531no one cares about a failed/colonized state

[@chickswithgun]

I’m Indian and I love my dusky skin it doesn’t bother me what people say bout my skin and yes I’ve experienced a lot of colourism since childhood

[@exceptionallydistinctivedi481]

Your skin is very beautiful, and I mean it.

[@g-rexsaurus794]

You are not even that dark lmao

[@GrigRP]

You don't have "dusky" skin you have black skin.

[@s-kazi940]

@@GrigRP Fuck Off.

[@GrigRP]

@@s-kazi940 dalit is mad haha.

[@ErinRaciell]

Im so glad it’s changing for a lot of Indian women, cause their skin its so beautiful! As a lighter skin latina I’ve always loved the rich color in their skin.

[@NFKhan-eu3ff]

The fairness thing used to be very common in Pakistan as well and still is an a certain areas where people are backward minded. But I am glad that the government here took initiation by banning all ads related to fairness promotion. Hopefully all South Asia will be released from this stupid mindset of promoting fair skin.

[@vanithas6751]

that's a great thing. wish that'd happen in india as well

[@ellaenchanted8407]

Kareena Kapoor isn't as highly regarded for her beauty as this video implies. I've seen people mocking her "manly" jaw many times. When it comes to beauty most Indians prefer Deepika,Katrina or more recently Shraddha Kapoor or Disha Patani.

[@rrss2457]

She is highly regarded according to my opinion the same people praise her features like light eyes ,slender nose and light skin and her jaw adds to her beauty and Disha patni is not even considered beautiful see her wide and big nose

[@ellaenchanted8407]

@@rrss2457 meh most people I've met don't find her attractive. Either way she's never been idolised like Aishwarya or even Deepika for her looks. I don't get the hype around Disha either,kinda interesting how she does get a lot of "eye candy" roles despite having a few unconventional traits.

[@ellaenchanted8407]

@@fallacyfallout6985 right? If we go by features I would say Indian beauty standards are shifting towards East Asian ones. The feminine,skinny,V shaped face seen on Kiara for example. Over the western (Angelina like)square jaw Kareena has.

[@noviews189]

@@ellaenchanted8407 we have our own beauty standards. We have been preferring circular baby faces since ancient times while European women generally have u or square shaped faces. It's not like we have preferred western beauty standard at any point of time. We just had preferred fair skinned over dark skinned may be due to European colonialists.

[@ellaenchanted8407]

@@noviews189 idk I feel like we haven't seen that type of face in prominence as much in recent type. The only round baby faced actress I can think rn is Tara Sutaria and that girl from the new Dabang movie.

[@krishnaprasadh9844]

South Indian, half Dravidian half black (Ethiopian mom) (skin tone- expresso back) bullied all my school life till 10th. it stopped because i was 6'1 pushing 85kg at that time now it is even better 6'4 🙂

[@meowzedong249]

Good for you bro! im kinda short (5'5) but im kinda fair imma try looksmaxxing

[@filmyfatafatIndia]

TBH m not concerned with fair skin, I'm concerned about uneven skin tone thanks to hot n humid climate

[@larsswig912]

big mood. my thighs are like 5 tones lighter than my arms lol

[@lbell9695]

My skin literally has all the range of light olive to mid brown lol. Like it's kinda weird that my chin is darker then it's surrounding areas which is more of a golden olive. It's the same with my lighter under eye area and then my darker forehead. My hands are a mid brown but my arms are olive. My biggest suggestion for all is to wear sunscreen and make sure to cleanse properly.

[@izadoraazevedoalbertini5136]

Could you include Brazilian or South American standards in this series? I would really appreciate it. I love you channel, thanks for all the information^^💓☺️

[@the_eelam_rapunzel]

omg those people of models look so beautiful i wish the internet would supply me with those pictures whenever i serach up "dark skinned south asian models" coz all i get is supper light models and im like noooo why??? i asked for "dark skinned tonned south asians " and they give me some russian models in sarees

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

you should subscribe to anncy twinkle, she's a really beautiful south asian youtuber that embraces the fuck out of her skin colour

[@shana6275]

@@Fifi-jb3yx hello fellow rat🥰

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

@@shana6275 rat crew

[@the_eelam_rapunzel]

@@Fifi-jb3yx omgg yess i love her content so muchh

[@Yashhh02]

I love my skin. It's dark and that's distinctive.

[@poulomi__hari]

Ancient Indian woman beauty standard: "Shyama-padma palasha-akshi, Neela-Kunchita-murudhwaja" The above is a shloka from Mahabharata, in the praise of its heroine Draupadi, who is further written as the most beautiful woman to have born in India. The verse translates to what she looks like: "Dusky (tan skinned), eyes like lotus petals, hairs dark and curly..." The overall figure of women was always preferred to be curvy. The women's statues have rigourous breasts and large buttocks, but with a thin waist. There could be a slight hint of belly fat but overall women had Kardashian bodies. Modern Indian beauty standards are all about having fair yellow skin, being tall, having large eyes and long nose. With body, its more about zero figure. There is no emphasis on curves anymore.

[@yuktiagg]

The map of the Indian subcontinent is so incorrect. A part of India is taken away???

[@apoorvam5385]

the guy in the thumbnail is gorgeous

[@nousernamepls3540]

Ikr!

[@Samiha.alam05]

The beauty standard in bangladesh from what I've seen so far and if i have it: - white skin ✅ - skinny but not TOO skinny ✅ - height between 157 cm 170 cm❌ - big dark brown eyes❌ - straight black hair ❌ - straight nose ✅

[@milfbangerbhabhilover9771]

You taller than 170 or wut?

[@Samiha.alam05]

@@milfbangerbhabhilover9771 unfortunately no ahaha I'm 155 cm :')

[@zainm5919]

lol I'm only 174 cm, I'm a manlet and in America of all places. It's ok tho I still think I'll find someone

[@ssjtrunks]

Thanks for fulfilling the video request, much appreciated! And good to have you back as the narrator. 💯🇮🇳🤟🏽 Edit: Liked the video but I was hoping there would be more about South Asian men. Edit #2: Still waiting on the hair video for men, thanks fam.

[@candacemary7646]

Can you do a video analyzing how “exotic” faces are considered more attractive

[@munirayusuf2301]

can you do african beauty standards

[@NoName-mm6gh]

I really think that the emphasis on skin color and facial features will be a majority here

[@emilyjade321]

Yes such diverse standards across Africa from North to south to west

[@annathepiper7964]

meh, we don't have a standard per say. And I don't want him to. Most westerners miss the mark when they speak about Africa. I'd rather we have no content, than for us to have crappy content.

[@alwaysincentivestrumpethic6689]

@@annathepiper7964 -interesting view

[@pagethreemodel]

@@annathepiper7964 fully agree.

[@mariamo7387]

A vid on middle eastern or specifically Arabian beauty standards would be nice! When it comes to noses - I’ve noticed lots of people think of more down turned noses or even hooked noses as characteristic of middle easterners, but I actually haven’t noticed it to be significantly greater in middle easterners than in Europeans (maybe when it comes to a neutral nasal angle or a downturned one, it might be a little more common in Arabs than north Europeans? But Europe is pretty big, so I’m comparing mostly to the UK, where I haven’t noticed much of a difference tbh), and I’ve lived in both an Arabian country and the UK. I know that, for gulf Arabs at least, there is a flexibility in what nose shapes are considered beautiful, as long as it’s small and proportionate to the face. Shape isn’t as important, but both straight noses and upturned noses are admired. When it comes to Bedouin Arabs specifically, there’s a word for upturned sloped noses - something like ‘sword’ nose, and it is considered beautiful, but straight noses are also admired, and a neutral ‘nasal angle’(?) is preferred over a downturned nose, but it isn’t like specifically noted if it’s just a slight down turn. Upturned sloped noses wouldn’t be a beauty standard for Bedouin Arabs of all people if it wasn’t possible for Arabs to have it as a nose, and I have noticed a good number of people with it. When it comes to skin color, Arabs can get both very pale and very tan when the seasons change, especially gulf Arabs who are on average darker skinned than Levantine Arabs. When I went to the UK for a few months I came back to my country pale. You can see it with older photos of Arabs who had to work in the sun a lot and who look quite dark skinned and then modern pictures of office worker Arabs where they look much lighter. Funnily enough it was the darker skinned older generation who considered it more of a beauty standard to have fair skin, while now the lighter skinned teenagers and young adults admire the tanned look and consider it very cool and chic - though fair skin is still considered pretty. Finally, there are African and African descent Arabs who have dark skin, so that’s a whole different topic that I admittedly don’t know enough about! Umm, for bodies, ‘tall’ (5’4 -5’7) and ‘petite’ curvy is stylish, but very curvy is more of the standard and slightly tall with long legs is preferred. A /little/ weight isn’t a big deal if you’re curvy. There’s a soft spot for naturally curly hair, but manufactured curls and waves is most stylish in the younger generation while the straight dark hair is the timeless standard. Thick hair is a beauty standard. Lighter hair is admired. So are lighter eyes. Eyes are a big part of beauty. Full lips are the standard too, even very full lips are admired. Femininity is a big part of the beauty standard, but womanly femininity is preferred over girlish feminist in grown women. Strong jaws are admired. They don’t shy away from womanly beauty, but they do still appreciate neoteny and cuteness, but when it comes to most young adults and older adults western beauty standards are more familiar than say East Asian ones. Quite a lot of teenage girls though are now starting to gravitate towards East Asian type of beauty, with more girlish charm. Oh, eyebrows are also important, but as long as they fit your face it doesn’t really matter. They’ve gone through different fads, from thin brows to thick brows and from arched brows to straight ones, so a specific type doesn’t really matter. Unique beauty is appreciated as well, which is why lighter hair or eye color is accepted as beautiful even with older people and why a lot of body types are considered beautiful and also why tan skin was quick to become popular here. Oh, being stylish is also very very important. And dimples are considered a beauty standard - I think this one is mentioned a lot in my country because I’ve noticed lots of people with dimples in my Arabic country but I was the only one with dimples in the UK, even though it’s a bigger country and I’ve travelled around a lot I haven’t seen a single person with dimples! While in my small country I encounter people with dimples quite often, and it is considered a beauty standard. Wow I’ve rambled. I really just wanted to note that ski slope noses are a beauty standard with Bedouin Arabs (but straight is also pretty), and with the younger generation of Arabs as well.

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

I agree :) I'm from the north of yemen and my family is very typically arab looking in terms of skin colour, very olive/yellow toned tan. I have a ski-slope nose! it's straight, small, and slightly upturned at the end. It's very round though, very button-ish which annoys me a lot because I look like a child lmao. My mother calls it a 'fudsa' which I think means like a squished thing like a tomato :'). And yeah, I think hair is super important. thick healthy, smooth hair. Also having some weight on you is preferred, I'm always being told to eat more.

[@alaaal-subaie7955]

I'm a bedouin Arab and my entire family (clan) don't have a big hooked nose. Some are straight and most are ski slope nose (natural nose). It's so small that they can't breath. We have different shades from light to tan skin tone. But all of us have sharp curve. All my family members have curvy body, they are one of the curvest clan out there. They have a small bone structure with large breast, perky bum and small waist. The problem is that the butt never stops growing it becomes heavy. Most bedouin grow their hair long to their hips and most don't dye it until marriage or mid 20s. I rarely met a bedouin with large nose most foreigners think we have big nose even other Middle Easterns.

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

@@alaaal-subaie7955 That's so crazy! I wish I had the large breasts lmao, but I do have the small frame and curvier figure. To be honest it's just my dad and brother that have the big nose, my other siblings and my mum have thinner smaller noses, and I have the ski slope nose. I think it depends from family to family, like I can see bigger noses in my father's side and longer thinner noses in my mother's side. No clue where mine came from.

[@gloojaam6756]

Those arabs who are dark skin their orginated come from india the real areb are children of Babylonian men Abraham( his son ishmael ) and the arabic language started from syria wich is levantin Those gulf people are not real arabs they were tribes who came from india that’s why they looks like indian and they eat like indian(with their hands) they act like indian their food is orginated indian when they talk they use their hand and head just like indians, And with yemen their were ancient civilizations with three kingdoms with their own language and script Those fake arabs(originated indian tribes) They started to call those three kingdoms yemen which in arabic means the right side and those arabs started dominate their land and those three ancient civilization kingdoms become arabized until they forget their entire history and language and civilization. The people of gulf are indian not real arabs they’re not grandchildren of babylonian men abraham it’s reality

[@zoro_5_9]

I am just soo glad to hear ur voice again:)

[@yaok248]

The scariest thing is that now in India the statues of gods are white skinned.. some with blonde hair and blue eyes. They used to be tanned/ dark statues.

[@blake5452]

Kleco102 I see Krishna with blue eyes a lot, not so much blonde hair tho

[@maya-cc2sx]

I live in India and I've never seen that

[@maya-cc2sx]

@@blake5452 I've never seen blue eyes even

[@yaok248]

em m really? I’ve seen statues of ram Sita made from white marble.

[@yaok248]

em m really?? It’s quite common. Even in small temples in villages outside of Surat I’ve seen statues with blue eyes and white skin.

[@swatiavinash]

Everything is okay except the indian map,, i mean what's wrong with you man, the part you showed in Pakistan ( kashmir) that's in india man don't do that again

[@rtam7097]

Look at northeast also

[@schrodingerscat1604]

Gtfo

[@d-katsu8931]

1:24 bro you have done a mistake here. You have used a wrong map of India, whole kashmir, ladakh and the 7 northeast states are in India. This is really disturbing. 😡

[@saorihirai4492]

wow. you do know that there is a war going on over Kashmir right? it's not decided yet whose country those lands belong to

[@rotisserie8444]

Uh no it’s not? Kashmir is NOT an Indian state. There’s a whole war going on over it 🤦‍♀️ stop claiming it as Indian

[@d-katsu8931]

@@rotisserie8444 it is illegally occupied by Pakistan. It is a part of India.

[@rotisserie8444]

@@d-katsu8931 ok I guess you’re just gonna disregard all the Kashmiris who identify as Pakistani? neither india nor Pakistan should have it. Stop claiming it as Indian.

[@d-katsu8931]

@@rotisserie8444 It is not about some people. Kashmir has been aways been a part of India. How can it be a part of Pakistan when Pakistan itself was a part of India just 70 years ago. Kashmir is named after our rishi Kashyap and Kashmiri Pandits who were forcefully converted, raped, and killed which lead to lakhs of people to leave their homeland. Pakistan has been trying to change the demographics of Kashmir by giving lands to its punjabi population. Kashmir was the land of knowledge where all of our great minds went to meditate and attained salvation. Then some invaders arrived and converted, looted the people a genocide happened. Just because of these people we can't let kashmir go away. It was of India's since 3000 years. How can a country claim it which is not even 100 years old.

[@sensen4734]

As an individual from Nagaland, I am so glad and happy to see that you’ve included us and our flag. Often times we tend to be neglected by our very own Indians. Not all of them but have personally met with a lot of other Indians who doesn’t even know about Nagaland.

[@janatsharma]

I know about Nagaland I did naga dance when I was in school Btw Im from Jammu Kashmir

[@sensen4734]

Janat KK that’s nice to know 🤗

[@janatsharma]

@@sensen4734 would it be okay if I asked you about your height?

[@sidhantjasrotia220]

@@janatsharma lol wtf bro

[@sidhantjasrotia220]

ignorant people are everywhere, and the more ignorant they are it's easier for them to stereotype people, ignorant people in central India may not know much about the north east or our island territories, just like people from northeast may not know much about Karnataka or Uttrakhand, its easy to forget these things and blow these anecdotal observations out of proportions, as a country we still have a long way to go, and still lots to learn about our own people I'm from j&k as well haha

[@Ab-fi5bh]

Im from assam , i didn't know we had another flag lmao. And that is the flag of ulfa which is a terrorist organisation wtf my dudes. Disgusting

[@Ichigo-gp9vq]

☠️☠️☠️

[@sarthakuprety7457]

This video explores south Indian beauty standards not south Asian. Even in north India, the situation is completely different than shown in the video.

[@navyturquoise7784]

I don't care about society's beauty standard, if I love the person, I love the person. No standards be based.

[@silvermochi3273]

As a dark skin I used be shame of my skin color wanting to be fair but now after seeing inspiring dark skin south asian celebrates embracing them I started to feel loved and love my dark skin

[@Sudeep.Manerkar]

Very badly researched video wrong map,aryan picnic theory and much more

[@shreeyatiwari597]

sorry but kashmir is in india not in pakistan huh

[@_Khanshah_]

Both have Kashmir, fight is on POK or Azad Kashmir

[@lynx3845]

you’re going over asian beauty standards, so is the middle east or central asia next?

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

I hope middle-eastern is next, i think it's quite funny because uniquely, middle-eastern people really don't like white people. They don't want to look like them at ALL lol, i guess it makes sense because of recent history

[@swasg427]

@@Fifi-jb3yx middle eastern people especially woman love white people love living in white people country. Always want to go there

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

@@swasg427 oh bestie please... when I tell you middle-eastern people hate americans.... we probably marry out of our ethnicity the least... you rlly think after all the west has done and is still doing to us, we would like them? And the cultural impact is nil. we have never been colonised and your media has no real hold here. we have our own music and celebrities. we don't consume yours.

[@priyankabaruah630]

where is kashmir india? and Assam,Nagaland are state of india ,do some research

[@deadgoneburied]

Hey, I am from India, I love your videos. I wanna tell you about beauty standards in our regions. Whenever my mom or my aunt sees a girl, they mostly talk about fair skin, not really whiter but normal fair skin, then straight bigger nose. Whenever she or any woman in our area sees a small plump nosed woman, from their perspective she's not beautiful. Then comes teeth, they prefer whiter, square shaped teeth. And lastly hairs, they say "How long, black, shiny and silky hair she has !" This was the test of beauty standards for woman here when people see for a bride. In my childhood, I was given partial treatment in my school because I wasn't as fair as my friends, neighbours and school teachers. But when I watched black woman, women with small and not straight nose, with short hairs as top models on internet I was surprised and happy.