There's an "Ask Vir" section is his website that I stumbled upon recently. I shot my question right away. And he answers. Man, he answers. Presenting to you Vir Sanghvi, the Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times....
http://virsanghvi.com/ask-virdetail.aspx?ID=1229
My Question: Indians are crying foul over the way fellow countrymen are treated in Australia. We brand them Australians as racist. Aren't the media makng too much of this? I'm from the Northeastern state of Manipur and have been living in Delhi for the past five years. I see how Nepalis are being treated. I see how us, Northeastern guys are treated. We are called "Chinky," "Nepalis," "Bahadur," "Chinese"... Don't you think we have to do our homework first? Right here, at home.
Vir Sanghvi's response: I think Indians are an extremely rascist people. I have written about this in the past. And yes, we are getting needlessly hysterical about the Australian situation.
Here's what Vulturo has twitted regarding the issue:
Racist Aussies, eh? Why only racism is so hype-worthy? What about Caste, Class, Language and Religion based attacks in India? Hypocrites!
http://virsanghvi.com/ask-virdetail.aspx?ID=1229
My Question: Indians are crying foul over the way fellow countrymen are treated in Australia. We brand them Australians as racist. Aren't the media makng too much of this? I'm from the Northeastern state of Manipur and have been living in Delhi for the past five years. I see how Nepalis are being treated. I see how us, Northeastern guys are treated. We are called "Chinky," "Nepalis," "Bahadur," "Chinese"... Don't you think we have to do our homework first? Right here, at home.
Vir Sanghvi's response: I think Indians are an extremely rascist people. I have written about this in the past. And yes, we are getting needlessly hysterical about the Australian situation.
Here's what Vulturo has twitted regarding the issue:
Racist Aussies, eh? Why only racism is so hype-worthy? What about Caste, Class, Language and Religion based attacks in India? Hypocrites!