The producers of the fairness cream Fair & Lovely have decided to rename their product. The company says they need to reflect a “more inclusive vision of beauty” and not encourage those fixated on whitening their skin. At a time when the anti-racist Black Lives Matter movement is spreading across the globe, many are still spreading the belief that to be fair-skinned is to be better looking. How deluded can we be?
We need only to gaze at Draupadi, Lord Krishna and Lord Jagannath to find beauty and holiness in duskiness. Not to mention the formidable Ma Kali whose intense colour is such a source of power that her devotees admiringly cry, “Jai Kali Kalkatte wali.” Despite the gods indicating that Read More
