Wow really sorry to hear about the people who avoid tanning when the suns out.
Anyway I am not Indian but Pakistani, (quite fair skinned actually people would always make remarks like ''wow you are so lucky you have such fair skin, this bracelet looks much nicer on your fair wrists, *speaks in urdu* is she even asian?''
Anyway i love to tan, when the sun is out SO AM I! I think its awesome that i can be like 4 different shades of brown, and I love them all equally- thank god. Although at one point I think I went tan crazy, I was desperate to brown up a bit and believed I was too pale.