Unilever on Thursday said it would change the name of its Fair & Lovely brand of skin-lightening cream but continue to sell the popular but controversial cosmetics product in India and elsewhere in ...

When Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America, becoming the first Indian Miss America, not everyone was celebrating her barrier-breaking win. In India, where Davuluri's family emigrated from, her ...

Davuluri's experience with colourism wasn't limited to her time in India. Before meeting her college boyfriend's Indian parents in Ohio, she asked him if he thought they would approve of her. Davuluri ...

“Let’s scrub out that tan” is a common refrain in beauty parlours in India, where girls grow up with constant reminders that only fair skin is beautiful. From Sunday classified ads touting the ...

Unilever (UL), L’Oreal (LRLCF) and Johnson & Johnson plan to rename or discontinue some of their skincare brands in India as controversy grows over the use of skin-lightening products. Hindustan ...

Industry-leading French cosmetics company L'Oreal announced they will be removing words like "whitening" and "lightening" from their products after a number of beauty brands received backlash for ...

NEW DELHI, June 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Several Bollywood stars have been labelled "hypocrites" after speaking out against racism to lend support to global protests while promoting products ...

America’s intense conversation on race has focused attention on a type of discrimination that has long vexed India. By Sameer Yasir and Jeffrey Gettleman NEW DELHI — Throughout the years she was ...