Today a junior colleague of mine stopped me in the pantry and said, "Ma'am, kal main xyz ma'am k bete ko dekha. Bohut hi cute hai ma'am wo..."
(The xyz is one my closest friends here and I hadn't met her 6 months old son yet! Due to the corona and all!)
I was at a loss about how to respond. I couldn't picture cute! Of course my friend is beautiful so obviously her kid would be gol mol like her and "fair" (Being from north and all... That kind of fair!)!
But, what did she mean by cute? I wanted to ask but that would sound ridiculous and well, rude too perhaps!
Aren't all babies cute? With their tiny innocent face and ever searching eyes?
I have a few friends from south India and for them anything - anyone fair are beautiful and cute! The few times that I had stayed with them, they always seemed to feel inadequate because of their complexion! And, trust me, whenever they used crib and fret about it and look onto others skin tone with jealousy I have always felt like shaking them and telling them, look at me! Clearly they were fair compared to me but I wonder whether they are colour blind. Do they see only dark and fair? I want to tell them there are so many shades to a color! And so many beauty other than color of the skin! Touch wood, I have had a complexion-stress-free life with a fair share of fans!
Well, as the saying goes beauty lies in the eye's of the beholder!
Cute... Reminded me of the pre-covid days when while returning home I had to pass an under construction building. Small sheds were placed around the building for the laborers where they stayed with their family! The kids played around on the heaps of mud. One evening as I passed them quite immersed in chatting with my friend... I heard the voice, "Bye, Akka..." I turned to see a small girl wave at me from top of the heap! She was surrounded by her friends or maybe siblings... Kids babies. I waved them back. Same thing repeated the next day. After a few days, they were not there and I felt sad. I missed that innocent exchange of gestures! It was always dark.. though i never saw her face, she was cute... She is cute!
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