Police to question Nandy over 'casteist remarks'
January 28, 2013  13:22
CNN-IBN reports: Despite a clarification and an apology, Ashis Nandy, one of India's most famous academicians, remains engulfed in a controversy over his remarks on corruption among tribals and Dalits at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

A police team from Jaipur might be sent to question Nandy in Delhi, sources said on Monday. 

The police, which scrutinised video footage of Mr Nandy's comments yesterday, is also likely to question the organisers of the Jaipur Literature Festival, they said. 

On Saturday, Nandy said in a panel discussion at the festival, that, "Most corrupt people come from Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes." 

There was much furore and Nandy soon issued a clarification saying he was trying to make the point that corruption among Dalits was noticeable, while that of the rich was not. 

"I also said that if people like me or Richard Sorabjee want to be corrupt, I shall possibly send his son to Harvard giving him a fellowship and he can send my daughter to Oxford. No one will think it to be corruption. Indeed, it will look like supporting talent.  But when Dalits, tribals and the OBCs are corrupt, it looks very corrupt indeed," Nandy said in his statement.
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