Category: India

But Modi Ji, What About India’s LGBT Population?

by Aashna Malpani | Sep 12, 2018 | BBC, gay rights, human rights, India, INDIA, South Asia, Southeast Asia | 0 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES — On September 6, India’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of...

SINGAPORE: EAST WEST CENTER MEDIA CONFERENCE OFFERS OPTIMISTIC VIEWS IN CONTRAST TO MEDIA’S GENERAL SKEPTICISM

by Asia Media Staff | Jun 30, 2018 | Australia, India, Singapore | 0 |

Courtesy of the East West Center: From Singapore, 30 June 2018—From the Himalayas to the Korean...

INDIA: NOT UNLIKE FACEBOOK, WILL ‘AADHAR’ PROVE A BOON OR A CURSE?

by Yousef Al Homaidhi | Apr 11, 2018 | India, South Asia | 0 |

YOUSEF AL HOMAIDHI WRITES — Aadhar is an ambitious project started by the Government of...

INDIA: PADMAAVAT FILM LEADS TO CONTROVERSY REGARDING RELIGION

by Diana Jablonski | Mar 12, 2018 | India, South Asia | 0 |

DIANA JABLONSKI WRITES – Riots and protesting broke out in India last month against the...

FILM: WHOEVER SAID INDIA HAS NO SENSITIVE MALES?

by Fassa Sar | Feb 11, 2018 | India, South Asia | 0 |

FASSA SAR WRITES – Arunachalam Murugunatham’s community once even labeled him a pervert when...

INDIA: INDIA HATES WOMEN (EVEN MORE) WHEN THEY’RE WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX

by Aashna Malpani | Nov 27, 2017 | India, South Asia | 0 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES – Stories of harassment and violence in India made headlines all over...

INDIA: HOW TO DIVORCE IN UNDER 3 SECONDS – THE TRIPLE TALAQ LAW

by Aashna Malpani | Sep 26, 2017 | India, South Asia | 0 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES – Muslim women in India took the lead in changing the tone of the...

INDIA: NEW BOOK BY BRILLIANT SHASHI THARO0R ON COLONIAL BRITAIN’S DEEP RACISM AND AMORAL CYNICISM

by Tom Plate | Mar 4, 2017 | India, London | 0 |

TOM PLATE WRITES – Indian MP and former high UN official Shashi Tharoor is easily one of the...

INDIA: THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT BLANKETS PEOPLE IN SMOG

by Kelcey Lorenzo | Dec 10, 2016 | India | 0 |

JESSICA LEGASPI WRITES — Indians around the world can turn to the media to see the Diwali...

INDIA: NEW BOLLYWOOD FILM GIVES MISOGYNY THE PINK SLIP

by Fassa Sar | Oct 10, 2016 | India, Slider, South Asia | 0 |

FASSA SAR WRITES – Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s new Bollywood film, Pink, combats underlying...

INDIA: Is Free Internet Really Free?

by Adrian Narayan | Dec 6, 2015 | India | 0 |

ADRIAN NARAYAN WRITES — With more than 15 million users in 24 countries, Facebook’s...

INDIA: Women in an Insensitive Society With a Feudal Male Mindset

by Adrian Narayan | Nov 19, 2015 | India | 0 |

ADRIAN NARAYAN WRITES – On Nov. 16, “India’s Daughter” will air at 10 p.m. ET on PBS’...

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