Miss America, Meet India’s ‘Dark’ Side

An ugly wave of abuse greeted the new Miss America because of her origins, but in India she would be considered too dark to succeed. Tunku Varadarajan on the paradox of pigment.

Tunku Varadarajan

Published Sep. 17 2013 1:50PM EDT 

Tunku Varadarajan

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