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Indophobia - Anti-Indian Sentiment

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Anti-Indian sentiment or Indophobia refers to hatred or hostility towards India, Indians, and Indian culture.

Indophobia - Anti-Indian Sentiment

Indophobia is formally defined in the context of anti-Indian prejudice in East Africa as a tendency to react negatively towards people of Indian extraction against aspects of Indian culture and normative habits.

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In the journal of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, media analyst Ajai K. Rai strongly criticised the BBC for Indophobic bias. He found a lack of depth and fairness in BBC reporting on conflict zones in South Asia and that the BBC had, on at least one occasion, fabricated photographs while reporting on the Kashmir conflict to make India look bad. He claimed that the network made false allegations that the Indian Army stormed a sacred Muslim shrine, the tomb of Hazrat Sheikh Noor-u-din Noorani in Charari Sharief, and only retracted the claim after strong criticism.

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Conflict situations and the media: A critical look Ajai K. Rai

BBC Banned for 5 years

Indophobia - Anti-Indian Sentiment

THE GOVERNMENT has prohibited the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from filming in India’s national parks and wildlife sanctuaries for “irreparable damage done to India’s reputation”.

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Source : The Indian Express

It is true that channels like BBC and CNN have long tradition of editorializing many issues of third world countries. So when any major development happens in countries like India, Pakistan or China, they go on with their usual views on the subject rather than looking at it through fresh lenses.

India Declares Freedom of Sexual Orientation a Fundamental Right

Indophobia - Anti-Indian Sentiment

Discrimination against an individual on the basis of sexual orientation is deeply offensive to the dignity and self-worth of the individual.

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Clean India Movement

Indophobia - Anti-Indian Sentiment

The role of the media in giving voice to the voiceless is commendable. Over the last three years, the media has added great strength to ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ ( Clean India Movement) and effectively furthered the message of cleanliness.

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Snapchat Controversy

Indophobia - Anti-Indian Sentiment

Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel was not interesting in expanding to “poor countries” like India.Snapchat ratings drop to one star on App Store. Most of India pretty much knows this app by now and even those who haven't used it are going to app stores to give it a thumbs down vote after Variety magazine quoted a former employee claiming that Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel had said in a meeting in September 2015 that this app isn't meant for poor countries like India and Spain.

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IMF and World Economic Outlook

Indophobia - Anti-Indian Sentiment

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) remains bullish on India’s growth potential and has retained its GDP forecast for the country at 6.7 per cent in 2017 and 7.4 per cent in 2018.

In its World Economic Outlook Update, it also estimated that the Indian economy would grow by 7.8 per cent in 2019, which make the country the world’s fastest-growing economy in 2018 and 2019, the top ranking it briefly lost in 2017 to China.

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