cricketUpdated: Jun 06, 2020 00:15 ISTFormer India cricketer Yuvraj Singh posted a message on his Twitter account on Friday, apologizing for a comment he made on a live Instagram video chat with India opener Rohit Sharma that drew flak from critics who saw it as a casteist slur. It led to a Twitter trend in India – “Yuvraj Singh maafi mango” (Yuvraj Singh, apologise). To be sure, this is not the first time a celebrity has come under fire for using a casteist slur. “The term ‘bhangi’ earlier was not specifically a caste but people who used to clean toilets,” Wilson said. The judiciary has also in the past tried to clamp down on the use of casteist slurs.

Source: Hindustan Times June 05, 2020 18:06 UTC