Abdul-Kareem from Nigeria, living in Jaipur. Pics courtesy/Tasveer for Mahesh Shantaram

In January this year, an angry mob attacked a young Tanzanian woman in Bengaluru for no fault of hers. The state government denied that the attack was a racist one. However, there have been several other incidents in the recent past that can, in fact, be termed racial attacks. Photographer Mahesh Shantaram, through his series The African Portraits, hopes to raise awareness about the racism faced by the community in India.