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:
Linked by kuffir. Join Blogbharti facebook group.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?