India Still Needs to Address Harmful Dark Skin Stereotypes By Kumkum Chadha Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

India Still Needs to Address Harmful Dark Skin Stereotypes By Kumkum Chadha NEW DEHLI, Sep 28 2026 (IPS) - As a young girl, Sarada Murlidharan cringed at the thought of going to school. It was not the studies but the taunts of ‘being black’ or having dark skin, where fair skin was considered preferential, that made her unhappy. It was not a one-off: it was there as a constant, often unsaid but equally piercing. She was not one of them but one apart, and that too in the negative sense. https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/09/india-still-needs-to-address-harmful-dark-skin-stereotypes/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How_to_Protect_Coastal_Communities_From_TideRelated_Loss_and_Damage_in_Bangladesh_For_Pakistan_Risin Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -