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'I dig black': Kerala chief secretary Sarada Muraleedharan talks about battling color, gender bias

Summary by Times of India

Kerala chief secretary Sarada Muraleedharan addressed discrimination based on color and gender, sharing a personal story about struggling with her complexion. She emphasized the need to embrace and celebrate black beauty, acknowledging her children's influence in helping her recognize its value and strength.

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"I Dig Black": Kerala Bureaucrat Calls Out Colourism, Comparison To Husband

Sarada Muraleedharan, Kerala's Chief Secretary, has hit out at social media users ridiculing her for her dark complexion and colorist barbs comparing her work with that of her husband -- former Kerala Chief Secretary V Venu. Ms Muraleedharan succeeded Mr Venu in the top bureaucrat's post. In a long post on Facebook, the 1990-batch IAS officer said she heard a comment on her performance as Chief Secretary: "that it is as black as my husband's was…

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‘I need to own my blackness’: Kerala chief secretary on insult to her complexion

Sarada, who took over as chief secretary from her husband V Venu last September, wrote a Facebook post about a recent comment she heard from an unnamed visitor -- that her stewardship is 'as black as my husband’s was white'.

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