Indian-American doctor in Joe Biden’s Covid-19 team cops flak over caste name

An Indian-American epidemiologist appointed to US President-elect Joe Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board has come in for criticism online for keeping a caste name as her surname.Celine Gounder, a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at New York University, shared a series of local media articles celebrating her new position and her Tamil heritage. But the initial enthusiasm soon turned into outrage after some Indian netizens questioned her decision to publicise her caste identity.Gounder…

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