Masaba Gupta shares people ask her to eat rasgullas, drink milk every day to have a child with fair skin: ‘Saawla nahi hona chahiye’

Fashion designer and actor Masaba Gupta, who is pregnant with her first child, recently shared that she’s been receiving inappropriate advice.

In a conversation with journalist Faye D’Souza, the mother-to-be expressed her frustration with these comments, emphasising that such advice is not only harmful but also reflects harmful stereotypes.

Masaba revealed someone recently suggested that she eat rasgulla daily to have a lighter-skinned baby. “It happened to me just yesterday that somebody who came up to me telling me, ‘You must eat a rasgulla every day’ because your kid has to turn out lighter than you,” the designer told Faye.

Even her masseuse told her to drink more milk to prevent her baby from having darker skin: “And then, 15 days before that, I was getting another pre-natal massage, because that’s what I do, and she said to me, ‘Aap na doodh liya karo (you must drink milk). Saawla nahi hona chahiye, nahi honi chahiye, whatever (the child shouldn’t be dusky).’

 

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Masaba explained that these comments were so innocent that she didn’t know how to respond. “It was said with so much innocence. You have no choice – what can I do? Punch my masseuse? No,” she explained.

The 34-year-old said the best way to combat these harmful judgments is to raise her child to be resilient.

“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,” Masaba said.

The designer is expecting her first child with her husband, actor Satyadeep Mishra, who she married in January last year. They met while working on the Netflix India series Masaba Masaba, which is based on her life. The show ran for two seasons but hasn’t been renewed yet.

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