The article has a number of words on Bollywood: >Colorism, the bias against people of darker skin tones, has vexed India for a long time. It is partly a produc

The article has a number of words on Bollywood: >Colorism, the bias against people of darker skin tones, has vexed India for a long time. It is partly a product of colonial prejudices, and it has been exacerbated by caste, regional differences and Bollywood, the nation’s film industry, which has long promoted lighter-skinned heroes. >Ms. Narayan, who recently published a book on how women are treated in India, said Bollywood had contributed to these prejudices. >"Every heroine and now heroes, too, are whitewashed," she said. “And the villains are dark.”