'Racist': Netizens slam NYT for old Mangalyaan cartoon after Chandrayaan-3's success
By Team Newsable | First Published Aug 24, 2023, 2:34 PM ISTThe memory of the incident still lingers, as seen from the reactions flooding social media after Chandrayaan-3's triumphant landing on the Moon. The users have demonstrated that they neither forget nor forgive NYT's racist depiction.
In the aftermath of ISRO's successful Moon landing, social media users in India have unearthed an old controversial cartoon published by The New York Times (NYT) back in 2014, following India's budget mission to Mars, Mangalyaan.
The cartoon depicted a mustachioed Indian man, accompanied by a cow, knocking on the door of a room where two Englishmen in tuxedos were reading a paper with the headline ‘India’s Mars Mission’. The room bore the label 'Elite Space Club'. Widely criticized for being racist and belittling India's achievements, the cartoon led to a later apology by the newspaper.
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However, the memory of the incident still lingers, as seen from the reactions flooding social media after Chandrayaan-3's triumphant landing on the Moon. The users have demonstrated that they neither forget nor forgive NYT's racist depiction.
Radhika Gupta, MD and CEO of Edelweiss AMC, pointed out the stark contrast between the old cartoon and NYT's headline covering Chandrayaan-3's achievement. In a post featuring both images, she emphasized how India can both stumble and rise. The resurfacing of the cartoon serves as a reminder that sentiments stirred by such instances of racism endure beyond apologies.
Here are some tweets:
Thank you New York Times. Thank you for the racial jibe & the ridicule. Thank you for doubting our abilities. Thank you for laughing at us.
Today we did not knock on the door. Today, we kicked the door down.
Now, go and draw a new cartoon. Go… pic.twitter.com/hxbwwNeRSD
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New York Times cartoon in 2014. Who’s laughing now pic.twitter.com/mRairxuJDC
— Ananth Krishnan (@ananthkrishnan)From being mocked in a 2014 via cartoon to now becoming the FIRST country to land on the moon's South pole, how times have changed!
Vishwaguru jai bharat 🇮🇳❤️ pic.twitter.com/UMG3jE4EZH
Time to look back at this racist cartoon by the New York Times. pic.twitter.com/co2r4CmE2d
— Srishti (@TechellaTea)
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