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http://io9.com/new-york-times-apologizes-for-racist-cartoon-on-indias-1643314583
India is basking in the success of sending a probe to Mars, so it comes as little surprise that the country's media was offended by a political cartoon published in the New York Times that commemorated this technical achievement by portraying Indians as stereotypical, cattle-rearing rubes.
The cartoon — showing a turban-clad Indian, accompanied by a cow, knocking on the door of the "Elite Space Club" — went viral on social media and prompted commentary from the Times of India:
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India is basking in the success of sending a probe to Mars, so it comes as little surprise that the country's media was offended by a political cartoon published in the New York Times that commemorated this technical achievement by portraying Indians as stereotypical, cattle-rearing rubes.
The cartoon — showing a turban-clad Indian, accompanied by a cow, knocking on the door of the "Elite Space Club" — went viral on social media and prompted commentary from the Times of India: