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When racist Indians cry foul

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African students protest in Greater Noida against the discrimination they face

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While harbouring colour and caste biases, we are touchy about how the world treats us

By Ranjona Banerji

Indians, especially those who live abroad, can be very thin-skinned. They are alert to every slight or “disrespect” done to them, what they believe in and what they hold sacred. This does not even count how they react when they are victims of racist speech or attacks.

Surely, racism—whether by acts of discrimination or speech— is unacceptable. The question is: Does racism mean two different things to Indians? Do Indians abroad treat everyone of every colour around them with the same respect they deserve? And, does the behaviour of Indians abroad have any connection with Indians who live in India?

False equivalences, I hear someone say. And maybe that is what I have done. Indians do not deserve racist attacks and any such attacks must be condemned. But how does the storyline go when Indians themselves are racist? Are all Indians who live abroad kind and loving and accepting of all the peoples who live around them, regardless of colour and ethnicity? Are they as kind to others as they expect others to be to them?

And then we have Indians in India. A teenage Indian boy died in Noida, part of Delhi’s National Capital Region, from a drug overdose, this week. His family suspected he was given the drugs by Nigerian drug pushers. As a result, Nigerians were brutally beaten in a mall. Even if you excuse vigilante justice and use the “sentiment” of the family argument so often used by our law-un-abiding politicians, there was no connection between those beaten up and the supposed drug-pusher. But in the Indian view of life, any Nigerian will do, because well, all Nigerians are the same, look the same, do the same things.

This is not the first time we have seen this. It is a recurring theme through riots, whether politically instigated and state sponsored or spontaneous. We find it easy to make spot judgments and are unable to distinguish an individual from a community. So, if one short-haired woman is a sex worker, we easily make the illogical segue to “all women with short hair must be sex workers”.

Therefore all Muslims are terrorists, all Nigerians are drug pushers, all people from the North East are chinky-eyed Chinese and there you have it—racism, rage and irrationality in three easy steps. And yet, when a white American yells at an Indian girl in the US to go home, we are outraged and upset. How dare the white American a) make racist comments against us, and b) mistake us for another group to which we do not belong?

Human history is full of various kinds of discrimination, codified by religion or rulers or society. But many societies have since tried to overcome these forms of discrimination by realising where the past was wrong. But in India, despite discrimination on the basis of caste, race, colour and gender being illegal since the Constitution came into being, we see no end to such prejudices.

While Indians get upset at the prejudices they face in other countries, they perhaps fail to see the deep-seated prejudices they themselves harbor.

Or perhaps we see the irony. It’s just that we don’t care. Maybe we really believe that we are special and they are not.

Hopefully, I’m wrong. Hopefully most Indians are more humane than those in Noida on Monday.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Ensure nutrition supplement ad wins hearts, Tweeple say video taught them a lot | WATCH

In this era of ads where some advertisements are really praised for their inclusivity while the others are being criticised, Ensure (an American brand of nutritional supplements) have also come up with a very heart touching advertisement in this festive season.

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Ensure nutrition supplement ad

By Tarannum

In this era of ads where some advertisements are really praised for their inclusivity while the others are being criticised, Ensure (an American brand of nutritional supplements) have also come up with a very heart touching advertisement in this festive season.

The video is on fleek and it’s being liked and shared by people a lot on social media, soon it came out. Tweeple are appreciating and twitting this viral video with good compliments.

In this inspiring advertisement, we can see a man making a list of guests, asking her wife for one of his specific friends on the occasion of the festival but her wife denies informing him about the long list and work overload, the man then make her a cup of hot tea made of Ensure milk powder, saying that we should thank the people who took time for us when nobody did. This cute message is liked by the people and Twitter is flooded with appreciation posts with the hashtag StrongerInsideOut.

One person tweeted that this video taught him to come up front, help people and celebrate. Have a look :

The other Twitter user wrote about the amazing initiative of this video and appreciated this.

https://twitter.com/Gopika55/status/1457671525209833479

What is Ensure?

Ensure is an American for nutritional supplements and replacements for meals. This brand, Ensure is manufactured by Abbott Laboratories.

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Ensure Original contains 220 calories, six grams of saturated fat, 15 grams of sugar, and nine grams of protein in a 237-ml (8-fl oz) bottle. Water, corn maltodextrin, sugar, milk protein concentrate, canola oil, and soy protein isolate are the top six ingredients in Ensure original. For people with lactose intolerance can also take this as Ensure is considered lactose-free.

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Tip Tip Barsa Paani: Raveena Tandon or Katrina Kaif? Mohra star likes tweets hailing original song

Apart from the movie’s plot, Sooryavanshi is ruling the hearts of the audience with its peppy songs. Recently, the makers have dropped the remake of the iconic 90s song Tip Tip Barsa Paani that has been recreated by Katrina and Akshay.

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The much-awaited film from Rohit Shetty’s cop universe, Sooryavanshi hit the silver screens on November 5. Apart from the movie’s plot, the Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif starrer is ruling the hearts of the audience with its peppy songs. Recently, the makers have dropped the remake of the iconic 90s song Tip Tip Barsa Paani that has been recreated by Katrina and Akshay.

The original Tip Tip Barsa Paani song from Mohra film was voiced by the singers, noted singers Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik. It came out in the year 1994 wherein the audience had witnessed the sizzling chemistry between Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar.

Raveena Tandon likes tweets hailing original Tip Tip Barsa Paani

Soon after the song was released, fans started comparing it to the original song from the film Mohra, which featured Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar. The recreated version by Kat and Akki sent the mercury soaring and is receiving rave reviews, however, a section of fans had conflicting opinions about Katrina’s performance. While some of them admired her performance, others felt that it did not match the original version.

One of the fans tweeted that the original tip tip barsa pani is something else, that too in the early 90s. The Tip Tip Barsa Pani star has liked the tweets wherein the audience have praised the original version of the song.

Tip Tip song from Sooryavanshi

In the song, Katrina Kaif can be seen donning a silver metallic saree and her scintillating moves will surely make you fall head over heels in love with her. While Katrina is dancing in the rain, Akshay can be seen admiring her. The song has a carnival set up and has been recreated by Tanishk Bagchi.

Watch the Tip Tip song here

In other news, Telugu actor Anushka Shetty gave a return gift to her fans on the occasion of her 40th birthday. The Baahubali star has announced her new project with Mahesh Babu P.

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Bheemla Nayak’s latest song out: Pawan Kalyan’s new power look in the lungi

Finally the wait is over, after a long time this new song Lala Bheemla has been released today. It is debuted by the filmmakers of the upcoming film Bheemla Nayak, which stars superstar Pawan Kalyan.

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Finally, the wait is over, after a long time this new song Lala Bheemla has been released today. It is debuted by the filmmakers of the upcoming film Bheemla Nayak, which stars superstar Pawan Kalyan.

Lala Bheemla is a song with such a high level of energy and music. The song is composed by S Thaman and released on the occasion of Trivikram’s birthday who is a lyricist and dialogue writer for the film.

Manobala Vijayabalan tweeted about the song release with the date, song name and the name of filmstar Pawan Kalyan.

The song is based on strong composition, intense lyrics, aggressive vocals, and hair-raising imagery which absolutely meets beyond the expectations.

It’s a treat to watch Pawan Kalyan dressed as a cop in a mass avatar in Lungi. The female dancers from Odisha in the background are also enhancing the mass appeal.

The fact that Trivikram Srinivas, who produced the film’s screenplay and dialogues, also wrote the song’s lyrics is intriguing. Because of his energetic singing, Arun Kaundinya totally changed the mood of the song which is an absolute game-changer.

If we talk about the production of the film, Naga Vamsi has produced the film under the company Sithara Entertainments. Fans of the actor Pawan Kalyan are amazed to hear this incredible song. Therefore, Bheemla Nayak is set to hit the theatres in Sankranthi 2022.

Nithya Menen also plays the lead role in Bheemla Nayak. S Thaman is in charge of the film’s musical score, while Ravi K. Chandran and Naveen Nooli are the cinematographer and editor, respectively.

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