« The Search for the Perfect Comeback |
Main
| Hapa featured in Hyphen Hybrid Issue »
December 18, 2007
Rich Indian = Modern Day Slavers, Again
There’s nothing like a little modern-day slavery to get the presses hot and bothered.
The NY Post dubbed Varsha Sabhnani "Cruella" back in June when this story broke, and they continued with the gleeful reporting over the legal demise of these perfume merchants.
When the verdict reading was over, their daughter Dakshina, 20, who is a diabetic, suddenly slumped backward. Her eyes rolled back in her head and she fainted, leaning against her sister, Tina, 21. Varsha rushed over and frantically began trying to revive her daughter. "Please! Please be OK!" she wailed. "Mommy will be there for you." Then Varsha fainted.
The terrible thing about the Sabhnanis is that they are just another in the relatively long line of rich Asian immigrants who are exploiting women, like Berkeley-based Lakireddy Bali Reddy, or the many UN diplomats who seem to think they are above human rights when it comes to their own home.
Posted by neela at December 18, 2007 10:51 AM
1 Comments
Leave a comment
Hyphen is a nonprofit mag with an all-volunteer staff that does it all for the love. Support us by subscribing!
I can't wait until she meets her cellmate Big Bertha, with the tattoos and missing teeth. Then she'll find out what slavery really is.