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POLITICS

| 5-minute read

Racism, Delhi University, Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party

Dear Arvind Kejriwal, an open letter from a South Indian in India's capital

Cut back on your racism against us, sir. South Indians are not illegal foreigners in our own capital.

Rajeshwari Ganesan

@rajeshwaridotg

LIFE

| 5-minute read

India, Culture wars, Slavery, Racism

Race to the Bottom: How racism infects sport, education, film and everyday life all around us

Prejudice is global. India is not immune. But the truth is indisputable. With slavery, colonialism and the treatment of aboriginal people, the West practiced racism on an industrial scale.

Minhaz Merchant

@minhazmerchant

VARIETY

| Eye In The Sky | 5-minute read

Sexism, Racism, Koofee with karan, Hardik Pandya

In the sanctimonious furore over Liam Neeson and Hardik Pandya, we have only exposed our bigotry

The self-righteousness with which we judge everyone is doing anything but creating an equal place, or a better space. It is simply making people shut up about the way they think or feel.

@neenaharidas

VARIETY

| 9-minute read

Gender Discrimination, PETA, Racism, Sexism

Signs that hurt: Understanding the inherent violence in speech

Words can be markers of the extent of sexism, racism and cruelty prevalent in our society.

VARIETY

| 6-minute read

Andaman and nicobar islands, John allen chau, Evolution, Racism

Why the 'Stone-Age Sentinelese’ is a figment of racist imagination

In reality, we do not even know what the Sentinelese call themselves, let alone any nuanced knowledge about their cultural genealogies.

Aparajita Majumdar

@APicable_me

POLITICS

| 5-minute read

Britain, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Racism

The face of boorish Britain - Boris Johnson’s 'Islamophobia' and Jeremy Corbyn’s 'anti-Semitism'

Sadly, over-ambitious and unscrupulous politicians are more likely to succeed electorally.

VARIETY

| 5-minute read

Idris elba, Black actor, Racism, James Bond

Why can't the next James Bond be black?

Daniel Craig is about to make his final appearance in 'Bond 25' and the world can't wait to see the next Bond.

@Twittswitch

ART & CULTURE

| 6-minute read

Raj koothrappali, Sexism, Racism, The big bang theory

How I came to hate The Big Bang Theory

It's a good thing the show is coming to an end.

Pathikrit Sanyal

@bucketheadcase

VARIETY

| 5-minute read

Bureaucrat deplaned, Indians, British Airways, Racism

British Airways sucks, but India's own racism record sucks more

Will boycotting an airline stop racial discrimination of passengers, or Indians in general?

@DailyO_

VARIETY

| 7-minute read

Apu, Donald Trump, Racism, The Simpsons

How Hari Kondabalu gets it wrong about Apu (and what stand-up comics can learn from Chris Rock)

In a documentary, the comedian argues that the character from The Simpsons is an offensive racial stereotype and an affront to Indians the world over.

@Getafix2012