Norwegian daily Aftenposten faces backlash for depicting India’s PM Narendra Modi as a snake charmer, sparking racism, colonial stereotype and satire debates.

The cartoon was published as a commentary by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten days before the prime minister landed in Oslo. | India News

En tegning av Indias statsminister Narendra Modi i Aftenposten møter hard kritikk både i India og Norge. Den er rasistisk, mener Rødt-politiker Sofie Rana.

A Norwegian newspaper faced backlash for publishing a controversial cartoon portraying Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a snake charmer during his five-nation tour.

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their…

Sparker i gang rasistiske forestillinger.

Norwegian daily Aftenposten faces backlash for depicting India’s PM Narendra Modi as a snake charmer, sparking racism, colonial stereotype and satire debates.