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Jun 12, 2008
Of Jap and Apex Court and Chidu
This morning, the front page of the Times of India told me that a Japanese company, Dai Ichi, had bought a majority stake in Indian pharma major Ranbaxy.To be precise, the headline said “India’s No 1 pharma co turns Jap.”Jap?Shouldn’t that be Japanese? I thought Jap was as bad a slur as Paki or Nigger.Got to office. Checked the wikipedia. This is what it says:
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