An Indian student has received a payout of more than $200,000 from an American university after complaints about the smell of his packed lunch spiralled into a civil rights suit and, ultimately, ended his academic career there.
Aditya Prakash, who was pursuing a doctorate in anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder, finally received the settlement after a two-year ordeal that began when he was told by a staff member to stop using the department microwave because his Indian food smelled “pungent”. The university denies any liability as part of the settlement.
