HBO Harry Potter show: Fans slam Paapa Essiedu’s casting as Severus Snape for this reasonHBO’s Harry Potter series has sparked backlash with its first casting announcement. Many fans were unhappy over the choice of British actor...
15 Apr, 2025, 01.04 PM IST
Stars rally around Beyoncé as mother, Tina Knowles, confronts baseless criticisms over ‘skin lightening’Beyoncé, the renowned global icon, garnered attention not only for the debut of her tour documentary, "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" but ...
01 Dec, 2023, 01.13 AM IST
Former staff of Canadian fashion giant Aritzia open up about ‘culture of fear’. 4 toxic workplace red flags you should never ignoreThe employees also revealed that the company culture was marred with open acts of favouritism and look-shaming
25 Jul, 2023, 08.15 PM IST
Silent film 'Gandhi Talks' to feature Vijay Sethupathi, Arvind Swamy & Aditi Rao HydariThe film is a social commentary on capitalism, racism, and society as a whole.
05 May, 2022, 12.42 PM IST
Former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith cleared of racism allegationsIn a report, it was alleged that former SA skipper Graeme Smith had discriminated against the black players by not selecting them in the na...
25 Apr, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
'The View' co-host Whoopi Goldberg suspended by ABC over Holocaust race remarksThe suspension came a day after Goldberg's comment that race was not a factor in the Holocaust.
02 Feb, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
State sponsored terrorism, violent extremism lead to discrimination against minorities: India at UNIndia's Pawan Badhe, the first secretary in its permanent mission in Geneva, had said that Pakistan has failed to protect the rights of its...
23 Sep, 2021, 07.05 PM IST
Virus-hit London Fashion Week opens without catwalks for the first time in historyFor the first time, there will be no models parading new collections before crowds.
13 Jun, 2020, 04.20 PM IST
Merriam-Webster to change definition of racism after Missouri woman's suggestionKennedy Mitchum contacted the US dictionary to update the term that hadn't changed since 1847.
10 Jun, 2020, 12.27 PM IST
In a racist world, Dr D quotes Mahmood to 'black sheep' of the flockIn an era, where the football team Washington Redskins is being renamed because of racism, it is a wonder that 'black sheep' is continued t...
16 Dec, 2019, 11.11 AM IST
US cafe fires waiter for racist remark on an Asian diner's billThe controversy began after a Facebook user named Ziggy Chau, shared a photo of the receipt.
24 Aug, 2017, 07.15 PM IST
Attack on Tanzanian girl: African students find a dark continent in BengaluruA frequent visitor to MG Road, Monfred says the discrimination (or racism, as he boldly declares) is evident on the Metro train.
09 Feb, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
The world through the 'ism' prismIndia too had its own complement of isms hotly debated this year, from federalism, communalism and secularism, to obstructionism and majori...
16 Dec, 2015, 07.21 AM IST
American history is one giant terror regime against African AmericansOn Wednesday, a white man attacked black worshippers at a church in Charleston. Here are the views of James Smith and Max Fisher on the inc...
20 Jun, 2015, 12.55 PM IST
A black day for political correctnessIndeed, it is patently unfair to link the colour — and word — black automatically with racism.
15 May, 2015, 05.05 AM IST
- Film industry outraged over treatment meted out to SRK
'Shocking', 'disgraceful' and 'madness' is how Bollywood today reacted to the detention of Indian cinema icon Shahrukh Khan at a US airport...
15 Aug, 2009, 04.57 PM IST
- Ponting, Kumble seek to calm crisis
The Australian and Indian cricket captains sought to ease the racism and sportsmanship crisis which has engulfed their series, as India ret...
10 Jan, 2008, 09.05 AM IST