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It’s that TIME of the year again–the nominees for the 100 most influential people of the year have been revealed, and our South Asian all-stars are not ones to be left out!
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Fact: There are women in India who dance for money. Fact: There are women in India who have sex for money. Fact: There are women in India who make their livelihood off of lusty men, and these women are less downtrodden than you would think.
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The first major traveling exhibition of its kind from India, “The Last Harvest: The Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore” arrives at The Art Institute of Chicago in time for the 150-year anniversary of the artist’s birth.
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A human rights organization orchestrated a mass wedding in the Indian village of Wadia on Sunday, hoping to save girls from falling into the sex trade profession enforced upon local female residents.
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When Rocky Braat went to India, he didn’t know what to expect.
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From BRIC to Bollywood, a new bridge in the relationship between Brazil and India has marked a new era for the countries. Índia Lado a Lado (India Side by Side), a contemporary art exhibition of Indian artists traveling through Brazil, reflects this bond.
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India has often rebuked the age-old perception that it is a “land of snake charmers and mystics”. Today, the subcontinent proudly owns its reputation for being the world’s leading information technology hub, producing world-class engineers and attracting foreign investment from the Who’s Who of the corporate world.
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The topic of rights for the LGBT community is one that is commonly the catalyst for heated political debates in the United States. But are parts of South Asia jumping ahead of the curve in terms of moving the debate forward?
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A recent Associated Press report that revealed that Muslim students at several East Coast universities were the targets of investigation by the New York Police Department has sparked outrage within the civil rights community.
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“It’s more important that the Pakistani on stage speak.”
