tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715537.post6143386857921177248..comments2024-02-23T12:49:59.960+05:30Comments on John P Matthew on Writing, Book Reviews, and the Writing Life!: Fairness Creams – An Invention of the Indian MindAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12219760381898565039noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5715537.post-6100582476132701932009-12-12T07:08:09.360+05:302009-12-12T07:08:09.360+05:30the person who came up with fairness being akin to...the person who came up with fairness being akin to greatness should be tarred and feathered! even SRK has succumbed! and up north, the madness is much worse - and this when they have gods Krsna and Shankar. years ago someone said that a black spot on a fair face is a beauty spot, but vice versa? a sign of a dreaded disease. in the west, such myths don't exist now, but colour is still used as a discriminating tool.mshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574984295952384843noreply@blogger.com