From the Economist, “A neglected crisis”, on the Assam region of India, 8/25, p. 30: Assam [in the northeast of India], easily its biggest state, is one of India’s poorest. North-easterns look different: a Manipuri teacher in Pune [in Maharashtra, in west-central India] says everyone from passers-by to his pupils calls him, offensively, “Chinky”. That’s … Continue reading Brief mention: Chink, the slur 8/30/12