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Racism Indian Style
* A Madurai sessions court sentences Farook Batcha to two years’ RI in 2008 for harassing his wife so much about being dark that it drove her to suicide.
* In 2007, IPL authorities allegedly asked two black cheerleaders of the King’s XI Punjab team to go back home
* The information and broadcasting ministry issues a notice to Nimbus Communications for a racist ad during the 2007 India-West Indies series. The promo featured a West Indian running around for water after eating spicy food. No Indian comes to his help. The ad’s punchline: “It’s tough being a West Indian in India.”
* Bilyaminu Ibrahim, a Nigerian student at an engineering college in Greater Noida, is spat at by one of his Indian seniors.
* Robert, a Kenyan student in Pune, is denied entrance to a pub. He is asked to return on Tuesday for an “all-black” night.
* In May this year, a group of Iraqi students is attacked by a mob of 150 in Greater Noida. Three of the students are grievously injured and hospitalised.
* The Delhi Police issues guidelines in 2007 to students from the Northeast. Tips include a strict no to “revealing dresses” and curbing traditional food with an alien aroma like “bamboo shoots” which offends neighbours.
* A controversial ad for Fair & Lovely cream features a father who is unhappy because his daughter is dark and unsuccessful. The cream changes her complexion and lands her a glamorous job.
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