Black and Bright and Beautiful

[N. Ganesan]

>While it may be difficult to establish unequivocally whether in ancient
>India skin-color consciousness in racist terms existed or not (perhaps some
>groups had it, others did not), it will be difficult to argue that among
>present days
>Indians there is no dermatochromatic racist attitudes whatever.

>V. V. Raman

Yes.

Lord Ramar is described as Black, Bright and Beautiful
by our own KambanaTTalvar.

  veyyOn2 oLi tan2 mEn2iyin2 viri cOtiyin2 maRaiyap
  poyyO en2um iTaiyALoTum iLaiyAn2oTum pOn2An2;
  maiyO! marakatamO! maRikaTalO! mazai mukilO!
  aiyO! ivan2 vaTivu en2patu or aziyA azaku uTaiyAn2.

With respectful namaskAram-vaNakkam,
N. Ganesan

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