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Chronicling racial relations between Bharatiyas and their last foreign invaders
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In July 1765, Robert Clive, in a letter to Sir Francis Sykes, compared Gomorrah favourably to Calcutta, then capital of British India. He wrote:...
Racist American spectator chants ‘yellow banana’ during Chinese star’s TT match
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Table tennis authorities have vowed to take action to "prevent the recurrence of racist incidents" after a spectator shouted "yellow banana" during star Chinese...
A Hindu American academic recounts his father’s struggles with racism and tenure in Western academia
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I want to tell a family story about racism, tenure and death.
When my father, Harish Verma, was my age, his academic career stalled....
UK’s Covid-related travel rules: colonial racist attitudes persist
The hypocrisy and racism in the 'rules-based international order' that the West likes to champion have been laid bare by the Covid-19 pandemic. After...
African netizens slam ‘The Economist’ for romanticising colonial-era bureaucrats
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In its July 31 edition, The Economist included a review of the book, ‘In the Forest of No Joy’ by J.P. Daughton. The book...
In the NYTimes, only white leaders stand out
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The New York Times recently published a list of ‘true leaders’ in the fight against COVID-19. They spend exactly one sentence on Asia and...
Decolonize your bookshelves, beauty standards, minds: Author Supriya Kelkar
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Anasuyabai Kale played an active role during the freedom movement for which she was jailed and refused to apologize in return for being released....
Singapore grapples with growing racism against Bharatiya-origin people
Singapore has been seeing rising instances of racial slurs against people of Bharatiya origin with about two such incidents being reported just a month...
WaPo journalist makes racist comment against Bharatiyas
WaPo (Washington Post) journalist Dave Weigel recently displayed his anti-Bharat racial bigotry when he insinuated that Bharatiyas indulge in 'scam calls'. There has been...
Ex-policeman guilty in killing that ‘ripped blinders off’ US systemic racism
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In a catharsis for a nation rocked by protests and racial tension for nearly a year, a White former policeman has been convicted of...