# Marriage Rejection Over Skin Color: Asked to Stand in Sunlight

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2109596836306530315
- Source account: [@SamSiff](https://x.com/SamSiff)
- Source language: Hindi
- Target language: English
- Duration: 0:24
- Published: 2026-10-13
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- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5UB51L6JpTx2/en/marriage-rejection-over-skin-color-asked-to-stand-in-sunlight
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5UB51L6JpTx2/en/marriage-rejection-over-skin-color-asked-to-stand-in-sunlight) I recently got rejected for marriage. The people who came to see me, first saw me in a sari, then in a suit, then in a sari in the color of their choice.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5UB51L6JpTx2/en/marriage-rejection-over-skin-color-asked-to-stand-in-sunlight?t=8) And then they told me, “Come up to the rooftop once. I want to see you in sunlight.” Look, guys, this is how I’ll look in sunlight. And they rejected me, saying, “The girl is dark-skinned and my son is fair.

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5UB51L6JpTx2/en/marriage-rejection-over-skin-color-asked-to-stand-in-sunlight?t=19) If she comes into my home, my entire generation will become dark-skinned.” Really?