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The World’s Two Most Populous Countries Are Mad At Each Other And That’s Bad
While the world obsesses about every Trump tweet, two nuclear powers have become embroiled in a tense military standoff that could trigger a bigger conflict.
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An Illustrated History Of Women’s Cricket In India
India is just waking up to its women’s cricket team, but their success has been many decades in the making.
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The Reason Nepotism, Sadly, Isn’t Going Anywhere: Economics
We can tweet and rant all we want about Bollywood’s lack of justice. Or we can remember that, at the end of the day, it’s a for-profit business run by moneymakers, not saints.
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No Driverless Cars On India’s Roads, Says Country’s Transport Minister
“How can we allow such vehicles when we already have a huge number of unemployed people?”
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The Old Order Of Bollywood Is Under Threat And They Can’t Handle It
Tone-deaf jokes, half-hearted apologies, and fumbling explanations are a sign of how fragile Bollywood’s dynasty-born stars are right now. And for good reason: Outsiders are fighting them with winning weapons – hard work, hustle, and talent.
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The Former Buddhist Monk Who Is Now A Tibetan Queer Icon
Tenzin Mariko is an aspiring makeup artist and dancer and perhaps the biggest star in a community that, until her arrival, had been bereft of LGBT idols.
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Someone Take Away Rishi Kapoor’s Twitter Because He’s Done It Again
Like clockwork, Rishi Kapoor has again tweeted like an uncle before a cricket final for India
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Losing Chester Bennington Is Like Losing A Friend
Listening to Linkin Park in the privacy of our rooms, we found, in Chester Bennington, a friend who made the pain of the difficult process of growing up just a little easier.
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14 Things You’ve Gotta Know About Ram Nath Kovind, India’s New President
Kovind is now the 14th elected president of India.
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Airbnb, Uber, And Ola Are Considering Using India’s Creepy National ID Database
Using the system would let the companies easily validate the identities of drivers and users. But experts say that the system isn’t foolproof, and has serious privacy risks.
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Bharat Mata And Her Unruly Daughters
The saffron flag-wielding RSS version of Mother India excludes several identities that are just as Indian as her savarna sons.
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Hotstar Had Serious Issues Streaming The Game Of Thrones Premiere And Indians Just Fucking Went In
“I can’t see! I CAN’T SEE!” – Everyone trying to watch Game of Thrones on Hotstar this morning.
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Qandeel Baloch: The Making And Unmaking Of A Working Class Heroine
There was so much more to Qandeel than met the eye.
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Dear Indian Doctors, I’m An Unmarried Woman And My Sexual Health Matters Too
An unmarried woman’s sexuality is so terrible, so unimaginable, that it is completely written out of our language – in movies, in media, and even in the doctor’s office.
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Bollywood Is Making More Women-Led Films, So Why Are Men Singing Most Of The Songs In Them?
Between 2000 and 2017, not much seems to have changed.
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13 Pictures That Prove India Is The Most Sarcastic Country In The World
Sabse sassy honge hindustani.
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American Tech Companies Are So Afraid Of Offending Indians That They’re Censoring All Their Products
In the world’s largest democracy, Amazon Prime Video deletes most nudity and profanity, Google bans retailers from buying ads for erotica, Amazon and Flipkart refuse to sell adult products, and Tinder suggests its users should get parental approval for their dates.
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10 Podcast Episodes About India Everyone Should Listen To
Demonetisation, corruption, food, the Indian accent and so much more to learn here.
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16 Amazing Facts About India That’ll Fuck With Your Mind Every Time
It happens only in India.
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9 Public Harassers Every Woman Has 100% Come Across
We’ve all been there.
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14 Of The Most Bawaal Things To Have Ever Happened In Kanpur
Kanpuriya news stories ki rangbaazi toh dekhiye.
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Is Artificial Intelligence Going To Take Your Job?
Fear not, humans. We’re in no danger of becoming irrelevant. For now.
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The Women Who Live Alongside Rhinos
In parks where locals are allowed access to the forest, women cherish their encounters with rhinos. Where they are shut out, resentment brews.
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Yash Raj Films Sleeps On The Nepotism Debate And Launches Raj Kapoor’s Grandson With Tweets About His Lineage
“What if Yash Raj Films just goes to houses of famous actors when the first child is born and makes them sign blood contracts?”
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Unraveling The Mysteries Of GST With Samosas And Time Machines
It’s not as complicated as it sounds. Honestly.
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Just A Bunch Of Jokes By Biswa Kalyan Rath That Are Fucking Spot On
Kya mast aadmi hai yeh.
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Dear Pahlaj Nihalani, Let’s Talk About Sex
One man’s squeamishness is holding an entire nation back.
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Madhavan Has Aged Gracefully And Blimey, Shiver Me Timbers
#Maddy4Daddy