Charukesi Ramadurai is an Indian freelance journalist, currently living in Kuala Lumpur.
In late June, when corporate giant Unilever announced its decision to remove the word "fair" from its blockbuster skin-whitening brand Fair & Lovely, popular in South and Southeast Asia, it felt like too little, too late.
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