Indians are telling their 18 million-strong diaspora to keep out of their affairs  - IAMC
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Indians are telling their 18 million-strong diaspora to keep out of their affairs 

 

 

When American author Meena Harris tweeted criticism of the Indian state’s clampdown on farmers protesting agricultural reforms, nationalist counter-protesters responded by burning her portrait. Hundreds of Indians barraged her with abuse on Twitter, telling her to stay out of their country’s affairs.

 

Harris – who is the niece of US Vice President Kamala Harris and is also of Indian descent – rejected the idea that the 18 million people who make up the Indian diaspora had no place in expressing opinions on the country….

 

Harris also tweeted a photo of counter-protesters setting her image ablaze. “Weird to see a photo of yourself burned by an extremist mob but imagine what they would do if we lived in India,” she wrote….

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/28/asia/indian-diaspora-farmer-protests-intl-hnk/index.html