Mouse ears,yes.Turbans,no!

Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!All is not well in Disneyland - the place that is supposed to be the “happiest on earth”. Sukbir Channa, a 24 year old Sikh of Indian origin, has filed a lawsuit against Disney alleging that Disney [...]

Dear Dunkin’ Donuts

Dunkin Donuts, my favorite coffee brand, pulled a Rachel Ray ad because right wing blogger, Michelle Malkin, felt that the scarf resembled a kaffiyeh and that “The kaffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad,” [CNN] (tip Runa via email)
Letter protesting the withdrawal of [...]

Black IPL cheerleaders claim racial abuse

Two black British cheerleaders in an interview to “The SUN” were quoted as saying that they were stopped from going on stage at an IPL pre-match show by a staff member from pre-match show organisers Wizcraft International Entertainment. The staff members allegedly told the two girls: “people here don’t want to see dark people“. The [...]

India suspends Australia cricket tour (Update: Reversal)

Harbhajan Singh’s three match suspension was the last proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. India’s tour was fraught with controversies. Not one but close to half a dozen ridiculous umpiring decisions by Australian and West Indian umpires cost India the second match. [link]
Then Harbhajan Singh was suspended for allegedly calling Andrew Symonds a “monkey”. [...]

The Bald and the Desi-ful

If you’ve been following the Malaysian Macaca Mutiny (1,2,3,4) with any degree of interest, you’ve got to love the way these protesters are making the Malaysian government look bad.

Mottai* Malaysian Macacasimg: via TOI Online

The Malaysian government and law enforcement has employed tear gas and water cannons, slapped their leaders with murder charges which magically [...]

Malaysia accuses agitating Indians with LTTE links

This tactic is a tried and tested technique and has worked well in certain Western nations.
1. Arrest individuals of ethnic minorities
2. Nations or groups related to #1 protest
3. To prevent a foreign relations disaster, pick out a world renowned terrorist group
4. Accuse #1 of having links with #3
5. #2 backs off.
Malaysia has now played that [...]

‘Aliens in America’ walking on very thin ice. [updated]

After managing to watch all those episodes of ‘Scrubs’ and ‘Family Guy’ on my DVR when I finally managed to get to those episodes of ‘Everybody Hates Chris’. As I was forwarding the commercials, I saw a South Asian kid on this new show - Aliens in America, starting October 1st on CW.
The first [...]

India students fear attacks could be racially motivated. [updated]

Living in a college town always has its own set of problems. Most times you are much safer than living in the middle of nowhere because students, faculty and the population in general are aware of the unique issues that foriegn students face when they come to a new country.
But apparently this is not [...]

Another Californian assault on Indians

This was the Lake Tahoe I knew.
A week ago, when I was talking to a close friend, I described California as one of the more multicultural places in the West. My theory was that people from all over the world moved there a long time ago and it really was one of the more [...]

It could’ve been me. Racist attacks on desis in Germany.

Singh Gorvinda one of the injured. Image from Spiegel online.
Browsing our news tab yesterday, I came across a chilling article about Indian tourists who had been attacked in Saxony, Germany. A group of desis who had been invited to a festival were literally hunted by about 50 people, who chased them into a [...]

What *WAS* wrong with the picture?

Actually the title for that post was misleading. There were a lot of things wrong with this photo as you will read later in this post. The “overexposed” picture, incidentally, was snapped from a moving trolley and, being a casual photographer, one rank below amateur, I’m darn proud of how it turned out

The [...]

Best of ………. Racist Comments on Celebrity Big Brother

Usually, these days, any reports on the fallout of the Shilpa Shetty-Big Brother controversy make my eyes glaze (v, intr) over but this one has potential - a “Best of ………” collection of the racist comments made that fateful season Shilpa Shetty was featured on the show including some unseen footage.

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Who you calling a Bigot? Bigot.

For those of you who have not had a chance to update yourself on the blogosphere, MSNBC/ Newsweek has an article on Koreans bracing themselves for a backlash.
While researching the article, the authors decided to use a comment from Sepia Mutiny to illustrate their lede’s point about nasty bigots in the blogosphere. I would not [...]

Thanks for Your Service, Veteran- Now “Go Back to Your F****** Country”

Not that we have many readers here who do not read Sepia Mutiny, but I think every little bit helps.
Mr. Nag, a Sikh American Veteran was assaulted by a police officer in the city of Joliet, Il, in front of his six-year old child and wife. The problem, an expired tag. For the uninitiated here [...]

American Idol Update: Racy picture of Shyamali Malakar hits the Internet

Superficial.com has a picture of Shyamali Malakar with a guitar on its website, allegedly from her myspace page, in which it claims she is naked. It’s hard to tell from the picture, perhaps she’s wearing a strapless top and shorts, you decide (pic after the jump, maybe NSFW).
What bothers me is the comments that follow [...]

Racist Prank Call

Imagine running a food joint and getting one of these calls. This poor desi guy (audio clip below) runs a food joint serving chicken and is harassed by some pranksters who keep making racist remarks. Warning: contains expletives.
What is disturbing about these phone calls is that some poor guy is obviously going about doing his [...]