What I learnt about Indian racism from responses to Meiyang Chang’s post about being called ‘Corona’ When singer Meiyang Chang posted an interview of himself on Instagram titled “Two guys on a speeding bike in Mumbai called me Corona", the post went viral. “I wanted to scream back and hurl the choicest of gaalis but I didn’t see any point in it," Chang said in the interview. “Over the years, I have become used to these comments and yes, they are hurtful." Chang’s story of casual racism in the time of the coronavirus outbreak, which began in China, is one that is playing out in the lives of many Indians from the North-East who live and work across the country.