It is no longer funny when someone says that rice and dal come from Amazon or that all “Sardarjis” (as “Madrasis” call them) look the same. Such infantile ignorance now extends to assertions such as the necessity of corporates to sustain food supply and that all Sikhs are Khalistanis. Yet, today, this is the stuff that is purveyed as news, reportage, insight and informed comment in our media especially the TV “news channels”.