Anindita is shocked to find a ‘review’ of Rajnikanth starrer Sivaji on IBN blogs that says:

We Aryan Indians are terribly clannish in our collective ignorance of Dravidian cinema and stars. Hence we are “kanstantly” overhyped about a certain tall dapper man in his 60’s who has a voice of an angel.

The review, written by CNN-IBN staffer Sanjeeb Mukherjea, ‘goes on to reinforce stereotypes about language and accent‘, according to Anindita. She observes:

Of course even members of the media are entitled to have personal opinions. But when these opinions are shallow, asinine and racist, they should not be given a public platform by one of the country’s largest media houses. It baffles me as to why CNN-IBN has decided that all its esteemed journos are wonderful writers who have useful (let’s not even go near ‘intelligent’) things to say. Why should a bunch of idiots be allowed to strut their inane, boring and, in this case, downright offensive stuff using the CNN banner?