One of the country’s leading news paper, 'The Hindu' on Friday published a cartoon showing coronavirus pointing a AK47 assault rifle towards the earth. The odd part of the cartoon that caught the eyes of many readers who called on the news agency for publishing the cartoon was that cartoonist had depicted coronavirus in a Muslim attire ‘Pathani”.
The cartoon was reportedly designed by The Hindu’s National Design Editor Deepak Harichandran.
Readers took note of the cartoon and called on the newspaper for equating the deadly virus with Muslims and normalizing Islamophobia.
"The Hindu" news paper displays a cartoon of Corona virus with Muslim attire. What does this indicate. Are not these blood thirsty mainstreams done with Muslim hatredness?
— Ladeeda Farzana (@ladeedafarzana) March 26, 2020
Condemn #Islamophobia pic.twitter.com/pci9ELTMlV
So Coronavirus kills people wearing a Pathani suit. Even though the virus originated in a non-Muslim country. But because it is ‘terrorising’ the world, it must be caricatured wearing an attire traditionally worn by Af-Pak Muslims. Shame on @the_hindu for promoting Islamophobia https://t.co/ZxC6yl5kHm
— Irena Akbar (@irenaakbar) March 26, 2020
This is extremely distasteful @the_hindu You owe everyone an apology. Fallen for the “recognise them by their clothes”? @nramind @nistula pic.twitter.com/XNFxkZAxvL
— Murali Neelakantan (@grumpeoldman) March 26, 2020
Saw this on my TL- the editorial cartoon of @the_hindu
— Sidrah (@SidrahDP) March 26, 2020
The Corona catastrophe is depicted as Muslim men in Pathani suits pointing their assault rifles to the earth.
What an utterly shameless, bigoted publication colouring a pandemic with filthy propaganda!
cc: @MaliniP pic.twitter.com/ciy03wGUlu
This cartoon published by @the_hindu is nothing short of a hate crime. The virus is dressed in a Muslim attire. This is highly islamophobic. This issue is already furthering xenophobia, do not use it to further religious intolerance.
— Arya (@RantingDosa) March 26, 2020
Apologize now! pic.twitter.com/7Sb1boT4eP
This cartoon published by @the_hindu is nothing short of a hate crime. The virus is dressed in a Muslim attire. This is highly islamophobic. This issue is already furthering xenophobia, do not use it to further religious intolerance.
— Arya (@RantingDosa) March 26, 2020
Apologize now! pic.twitter.com/7Sb1boT4eP
This is a gross misrepresentation of Islam, it's culture, tradition and the oeuvre. The cartoon by @the_hindu is full of undertones and Islamophobic connotations. https://t.co/hl6u3bbH4r pic.twitter.com/crX3G6N8o6
— Ushaym Tariq (@UshaymTariq) March 26, 2020
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Hyderabad, May 19: Prabhsimran Singh set the tone with a quickfire fifty before skipper Jitesh Sharma finished it off in style to lift Punjab Kings to an imposing 214/5 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, here on Sunday.
The new look opening pair of Prabhsimran and Vidarbha's Atharva Taide put on 97 runs from 55 balls as PBKS did well to see through the power play without losing a wicket after opting to bat.
Prabhsimran smashed seven fours and four sixes for his 45-ball 71, while Taide will regret missing out on a fifty after being dismissed for a well-made 46 off just 27 balls.
Taide smashed five fours and two sixes and after his departure, Prabhsimran got the company of Rilee Rossouw as the duo put together 54 off 32 balls to keep the momentum going in the middle overs.
It looked a one-way traffic at 151/1 in 14 overs when leg-spinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth dismissed the set batter Prabhsimran off a quicker delivery that took a faint edge and Heinrich Klaasen did well to take a one-handed catch behind the stumps.
Cummins (1/36) ended his spell taking the wicket Rossouw one run shy of a half-century in the 18th over that left two new batters at the crease -- Jitesh Sharma and Ashutosh Sharma.
T Natarajan (2/33) then did well to remove the inform Ashutosh Sharma in the penultimate over.
PBKS went on to lose four wickets for 44 runs in five overs before the stand-in skipper Jitesh's last over assault took them to a fighting total.
Jitesh (32 not out from 15 balls; 2x4, 2x6) finished with two sixes against Nitish Kumar Reddy in a 20-run final over.
It was a fearless batting display by the Punjab Kings who had nothing to lose and playing the last match of the season.
There was no Jonny Bairstow or Liam Livingstone -- the English duo who have left home for national duty -- but PBKS batters never felt their absence after they opted to bat.
Following a tidy start by Pat Cummins and Bhuvneshwar Kumar where the duo conceded just 12 runs, Prabhsimran took on the veteran Indian seamer slamming him for consecutive boundaries.
The lefthander Taide then got into the act in Natarajan's opening over, when he dragged one from outside off to through mid-on and followed it up with a mighty pull.
The diminutive Punjab batter Prabhsimran added to their misery, hammering a 145kph delivery from Cummins over deep square leg with sheer timing.
Taide also matched his senior partner Prabhsimran and took on Bhuvneshwar with a six and four, as PBKS cruised to 61 for no loss in the power play and the home side looked desperate in search of a breakthrough.
Natarajan finally broke the opening partnership in the 10th over with a short and widish delivery to dismiss a well set Taide.
But Prabhsimran continued his belligerent batting in the company of Rossouw and raced to a 34-ball fifty, his second this season in the 11th over.
His big assault came in Nitish Reddy's next over when the duo spanked him for 20 runs two sixes and one four as there was no stopping PBKS.