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 white".