Are Indians also racist?

Mizoram chief minister Lalthanhawla revealed at an international seminar in Singapore on Thursday that he, too, had been a victim of racism, in India.

Echoing the experiences of several Northeasterners, he said, "People ask me if I am an Indian. When I go south, people ask me such questions. They ask me if I am from Nepal or elsewhere."

The Congress politician said people across India often forget that the Northeast is also a part of the country. "I am a victim of racism," he remarked, though he retracted this statement later.

Do you agree that Indians, who are among the first to cry "racism!" whenever they go abroad, are themselves racist in the way they look at and behave with people who look different from themselves? If they are, do they have the right to accuse others, like the Australians, of racism?