Precambrian Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Their FB page was under siege by Malayalis who did a Sharapova X 2 in retaliation for the cartoon. Finally they had to relent and apologize. Mallu power :proud: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulGame Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Any link to the cartoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 This was the offensive cartoon. http://www.thenewsminute.com/news_sections/1620 Perseverance ultimately pays off, at least this incident proved so. When The New York Times (NYT) recently published a racist cartoon showing India with a cow and knocking on the “Elite Space Club”, Indians, specially Malayalis, made sure that the publication got to see their wrath, or more like read it on Facebook. So why does it bother Malayalis? Because a significant number of people working in ISRO hail from Kerala. And thus the NYT received a steady influx of comments from Indians expressing their rage and displeasure at the cartoon, and hordes of comments demanding an apology. Scores of comments (including those in Malayali Malayalam and English Malayalam ) later, the NYT has now issued an apology on their Facebook page. 'A large number of readers have complained about a recent editorial cartoon in The International New York Times, about India's foray into space exploration. The intent of the cartoonist, Heng Kim Song, was to highlight how space exploration is no longer the exclusive domain of rich, Western countries. Mr. Heng, who is based in Singapore, uses images and text - often in a provocative way - to make observations about international affairs. We apologize to readers who were offended by the choice of images in this cartoon. Mr. Heng was in no way trying to impugn India, its government or its citizens. We appreciate that readers have shared their feedback, which we welcome. — Andrew Rosenthal, Editorial Page Editor' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 http://www.thenewsminute.com/socials/246 Whether it is baseball, Hong Kong’s student protests, Ebola fears in the US, the US fighting in Syria, Jeff Zucker reshaping CNN, smartphone photography, Indians, especially Malayalis have made their presence felt. On the New York Times Facebook page: In true Malayali style: the language of God’s Own Country has become prominent. So what has made so many Malayalis descend on the NYT FB page? Pure anger, they claim is driving the. Hundreds of comments have been posted on stories on the FB page, demanding that the newspaper apologise for a racist cartoon showing India with a cow and knocking on the “Elite Space Clubâ€. Some of the more polite / courteous / straightforward comments read #Apologize for #mangalyaancartoon. Others are a just little more peeved off, and even coordinated in the-entire-universe-will-conspire-to-make-things-happen-if-you-want-them-badly-enough kind of way.. Some knowledge of context would help understand the sheer determination. PS: ISRO is a mini-Kerala. There are of course, people from other parts of the country, but a large number of them are from Kerala. But this doesn’t explain how Sachin Tendulkar has a Kerala connection. Remember Maria Sharapova’s comment about the Master Blaster? Also Read: India trolls, The New York Times apologises for 'racist' Mangalyaan cartoon Perhaps, hurt Malayali pride equals social media trolling. Malayalis and others to be fair, have taken it upon themselves to get New York Times to apologise for the cartoon. Most people post comments in Malayalam written in Malayalam, and others write Malayalam in English. Not a very effective communication strategy. So, we thought we could help out NYT, one news organization to another. Here’s a break-down of the type of comments that are appearing on nearly every other article NYT’s Facebook page shares. (PS: Abusive comments not reproduced. All comments originally written in Malayali Malayalam or English Malayalam) The Patriotic Malayali Indian: We are Malayali, belonging to the smallest state in the bottom half of India. We may fight amongst ourselves over politics, caste, religion, about anything under the sun. But we will unite if someone else criticises us. In Malayalam. To this, some curious bloke asked: What language is this? Pat came the reply: This is Malayalam. (In Malayalam) The Marxist Malayali Indian: How dare you call us beggars, when you are enjoying the fruits of our labour? Another Malayali: Till these guys apologise, there is no question of exiting this page. Go call your Obama! The timid suggestion: What about all of us report this page to Facebook and get it closed down. The assertive Malayali: First take a decision on the cartoonist, then post other articles. The troll Army commander: Nobody should disperse, it’s just going to be morning for them. (This comment was posted last night) Then there were those who (like us) checked out the page for some fun :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulGame Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 No wonder Slickr wasn't posting here much last 2 days.Busy sieging NYT :sherlock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/nytimes The page was almost destroyed by a barrage of comments - most of them in malayalam font itself... ithaanda makane mallu power. antha bayam irukkatum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 If Amartya Sen was to write a book today he would have called it 'The outraged Indian' rather than 'The argumentative Indian'. It's as if some people are there on internet only to find reasons to be offended or outraged these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 mallus are one angry and jobless lot :headshake: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 If Amartya Sen was to write a book today he would have called it 'The outraged Indian' rather than 'The argumentative Indian'. It's as if some people are there on internet only to find reasons to be offended or outraged these days. If he saw posts like this, I think he might rename it to "the spineless Indian" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 mallus are one angry and jobless lot :headshake: Yeah we just send stuff to Mars and Moon, what do u do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 If Amartya Sen was to write a book today he would have called it 'The outraged Indian' rather than 'The argumentative Indian'. It's as if some people are there on internet only to find reasons to be offended or outraged these days. Particularly mallu's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raghav_12 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Yeah we just send stuff to Mars and Moon' date=' what do u do?[/quote'] we don't send stuff to places if we not able to bring them back from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zubinpepsi Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 whats there to be offended in that cartoon picture?? :dontknow: people have too much time on their hand and too little to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilander Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The cartoon can be taken offense of but still, most of Indians look like that actually. Dirty dress and a cow in tow, thats what we are for the most part. Wonder why its so hard to digest, India is dirt poor for the most part. If you dont like it do something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLICKR392 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 :yess: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 almost all my mallu friends are insensitive alcoholic devil may care lazy bums .. ( MTC is an exception :D ) not sure from which hole internetz mallu warriors are coming .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Mallus follow NYT! :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket_Hacker Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Indians get riled up pretty easily on social media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhunaeh Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Most people wisen up after sometime on the net, and don't get so worked up over every little thing random thing like sharapova vs sachin. But the ever increasing number of educated internet users in mallu land might be working against this wisening effect. :cantstop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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