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 == Suttee == 

 Hi Pranathi. Due to lack of time, I gave just a cursory look at the article and the controversial quote. I definitely agree that the quote is racist, but whether or not including that would be racism, I can't say for sure. Perhaps, we can mention the connotation in the line preceding the quote. Something like, ""In a rather condescending tone, Sir Napier remarked thus: blah blah."" How much ever his remarks were racist, we can't really justify Suttee. Of course, such barbaric acts have been perpetrated by almost all civilisations in various points in time. We need not either be guilty or defend/mask those actions just because those were perpetrated by people who once lived in a space that we occupy now. Let us defend the India of today; not the people who populated the places that happen to fall under the current Indian region. 

 Despite whatever I've said above, if the factual accuracy of the quote is disputed, then it can be removed. My general advice to you is to take a break from that article (remove it from your watchlist) and concentrate on some very different article of your interest for sometime before coming back to this article again in a week or so. There are a number of other India-related articles that need your caring attention. You can adopt an India category or take care of an article like the State Bank of India, Constitution of India, Parliament of India, Cuisine of India etc I'll stop by Suttee sometime later when I find some time and try to sort out the issue in an amicable manner.   \ \ "