Nov 21, 2015

Enough of "Sardar jokes": The campaign to get Sikh jokes banned from Indian websites


From joke books to social media forwards, Sikh jokes have been a ubiquitous aspect of Indian humour. Now, a group of petitioners is reviving a campaign to get the jokes taken off the Internet for perpetuating stereotypes and ridiculing the minority community


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The campaign is being led by Delhi-based Sikh lawyer Harvinder Chowdhury, who has filed a Public Interest Litigation seeking a ban on the 5,000 or so websites that feature “Sardar jokes”. Her …


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Enough of "Sardar jokes": The campaign to get Sikh jokes banned from Indian websites

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