'Because he was dark...', uproar over Union minister's controversial remark on Rabindranath Tagore's complexion
- Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore is in the limelight, but for some simple reasons.
- Union Minister Subhas Sarkar has made controversial remarks on Tagore's complexion.
- Subhas Sarkar said that the Nobel laureate's mother discriminated against him because he was not fair in skin tone.
- The minister claimed that Tagore's mother and some other relatives did not carry him in their lap as he was dark.
- He told that there are two types of people with fair skin. One who is very fair with a yellow aura. Others who are fair, but with a red aura. Tagore was in the second category.
