Another Women's day is just around the corner. It sure feels good to have a day dedicated to you and to have so many nice things said about you.  Yet the undercurrents like a fly in an ointment remain - the atrocities, as in the rapes, the injustices, harassment. It would be Women's day every day if these atrocities ceased. On one hand, you have the Ashok Leyland advertisement, encouraging and uplifting women and on the other, you have a woman in search of a makeup artist for her soon to be wed daughter and shown pictures of only very fair girls wearing makeup.  Women's day would be more meaningful if women pledged to empower and uplift one another... says a friend.  The Dark Side of Fair. Woman is often referred to as the fairer sex. ‘How fairly am I treated?’ is the burning question in most women's minds. There are creams to brighten her skin tone and matrimonial advertisements ask for ‘fair brides.’ That’s as far as fair goes.  The Indian woman do...