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Life moves fast. News moves faster. This week, Pakistan test-fired a nuclear-capable short-range missile, while Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani insisted the country was unaware of Osama bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad.
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Did someone say Don Draper was spotted in Delhi recruiting would-be cricketers to play baseball? According to reports, that might soon be the case with Jon Hamm signing on to play sports agent J.B. Bernstein in “Million Dollar Arm”.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will work on the United Nations’ initiative in support of girl children, having accepted UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s offer to work on the campaign during the latter’s visit to India.
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The coffee wars in India have officially begun. Just months after Starbucks announced plans to launch its first store in India later this fall, Dunkin’ Donuts opened its flagship store in New Delhi with India’s Jubilant Foodwords Ltd.
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The Indian e-commerce market is currently worth $10 billion and expected to reach $70 billion by 2020, according to a study by consumer research firm Technopak.
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“Obesity to affect 42 percent of Americans by 2030” was the startling statistic that started off my Monday morning. But I’m South Asian–I can’t possibly end up obese. South Asians are usually seen as very lean people, but lately that too is being challenged.
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In 1957 Tapan Sinha directed the movie “Kabuliwala”, based on a novel by Rabindranath Tagore chronicling the story of a fruit-seller who left Kabul and came to Calcutta in search of a better livelihood.
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As any good South Asian knows, a day without chai is a sad day indeed.
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In the wake of Ashton Kutcher’s controversial PopChips ad, Sarah Crow of Spreecast sat down with Divanee.com’s Editor in Chief Sabrina Siddiqui to discuss the allegations of racism and overall representation of South Asians in American pop culture.
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Life moves fast. News moves faster. This week, a contractor in Pakistan sold bricks from Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound as souvenirs, while Bangladesh looked forward to a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
