Hardik Pandya trolled for his appearance by a bunch of people

Lucknow: When everyone was celebrating their new year and pre-planned everything, Hardik Pandya made the most beautiful plan to surprise his girlfriend Natasâ.

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He received a lot of praise and love from the fans but no sooner did everything turn upside down. The Indian cricketer was trolled on social media after he announced his engagement with Mumbai-based Serbian actor Natasha Stankovic on this new year.

Pandya took to Instagram to post a heartfelt message on the happy occasion, "Mai tera, Tu meri jaane, saara Hindustan. 01.01.2020 ❤️ #engaged."

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From comments as lewd as "We are not ugly, we are just poor" to racially influenced memes, to comparison of the skin colors with color-contrasting sweets and food items, all flooded the social media post.

All these reflect the shallow obsession of Indians over skin colour and how 'color' stands to constantly influence the definition of beauty.

On the better side, in no time a huge amount of fans of the cricketer took toto Twitter bash such a demeaning mindset of people. They asked them to look at him beyond his appearance.

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