Looks are Deceiving
I had a video call with 2 people today and the first thing after the initial pleasantries was "What is wrong with your face? Why don't you go see a doctor?" Another quite younger than me chirped - "___ you are getting old!" With severe allergies this season, my only karta-dharta is Allegra which helps me not to sneeze but I have started to feel like a puffer fish now... Anyhow I laughed out both the comments but it kept me thinking .. how limited our social system outlook is even now. The way we perceive people is still largely on the basis of their looks. If the person has flawless skin and beautiful eyes along with smooth healthy hair they are instinctively perceived as happy and full of life. Whereas when a person has (more)salt n (lesser)pepper hair, wrinkles setting their roots under their exhausted eyes and no-makeup face - they are prejudiced to be getting old and something seriously wrong with their outer beauty. I think either of the lens is flawe