Growing up in an Indian household, I saw Fair & Lovely advertisements played on the television every week, advertisements ...

From depictions of 'suitable' marriage partners in Netflix series Indian Matchmaking to the on-going popularity of skin-lightening creams, colourism remains rife in certain communities. Here, writer ...

Popular model and former Miss Puducherry, San Rechal allegedly committed suicide on Sunday. The popular model and influencer was also crowned as Miss Dark Queen Tamil Nadu in the year 2019. In light ...

It was as a teenager attending boarding school in India that I first heard of a product called “Fair and Lovely.” Fair and Lovely is a cream made by Unilever to lighten dark skin. Our working-class, ...

Although many exceptions within South India’s diverse population exist, most South Indians are dark-skinned. Film industries here are the most unique in that they discriminate against their own ...