India, May 27 -- A viral video of Indian tourists being verbally abused in the United States has sparked fresh outcry over xenophobia and racist hate speech against immigrants. The footage shows the harassed couple seated in a car being approached by a stranger. He asks the couple if they are from India, and this leads to a heated debate in which he points out differences between the two countries and asks which one is superior. The husband reassures him that both countries have their merits, and that his household is based in India.

The stranger then demands why the couple is in the US "if India is so amazing". The husband calmly tells him that they are in America "to explore the world". The man then proceeds to hate speak, "No, we don'...