tannishtha chatterjee

From something as simple as refusing a fairness cream ad to pulling out of an event sponsored by a brand that promotes ‘whitening’, these ten celebrities condemned colour-based discrimination with their actions.

Highlighting the societal stereotypes against dark skin, Mumbai-based Hema Gopinath Sah's simple yet poignant poem has been going viral on social media!

On Wednesday, actor Tannishtha Chattejee lashed out against Comedy Nights Bachao, for repeatedly making tasteless jokes about her skin colour.

In the 1880s, at a time when Indian women hardly had any rights to speak of, a gutsy and determined woman did the impossible. Not only did Rukhmabai fight an iconic case that defied child marriage, she went on to become India's first practicing lady doctor.