Saumya has a distant cousin who suffers from vitiligo which can be best described as discolouration of the skin. The actress has made a video which aims at creating awareness about it.
"We are slowly coming around the fact that a person is beautiful despite their skin colour. Be it dark fair or yellow all skin colours represent beauty. But we haven t yet learnt to see the beauty of skins having two colours " she said.
"Whenever you come across someone with dual coloured skin we associate it with a disease. We feel it s contagious and so avoid physical contact. You wouldn t wanna marry that person. Come on! Isn t that shameful? This World Vitiligo Day let s learn and spread this message that even two colours on one person is beautiful.
"It s so diverse and it s this diversity that makes this world a beautiful place. Let s celebrate the beauty of two colours on one person " she added.
--IANS nn/bg
