An article in 'Firstpost' by Sujit Singh talks about why before the BLM movement, there was no active discussion about colourism. He mentions that this may be because of Indian’s revel on the idea that at least they are not as dark as someone else/some other community. Many Indians are quick to counter any statements that describe them as being dark by calling themselves, ‘wheatish’, ‘not as brown’ and such. This may be because till now, our internalised colourism was just an endless circle of loathing, fixing and repeating. Thankfully, this is changing. 

People are finally growing tired of facing constant instances of colour based prejudices, citizens with access to smartphones and social media have once again started talking about racism and other forms of discriminations. We have finally started questioning brands and other influencers when they make prejudicial statements or if they encourage any colouristic/castest/racist products/brands. This change, however, starts by individually holding ourselves and the society accountable.

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Each of our interviewees has seen substantial growth in themselves through constant education and understanding. They are part of the movement against colourism and they actively talk about it in whatever ways that they can. Neither of them claims to know everything there is to know about the movement but each of them is willing to learn