Category: INDIA

Asia Round-Up: As Election Season Looms in the Region, Why is the Environment a missing topic of concern?

by Nicole Alaverdian | May 4, 2019 | Environment, INDIA, Philippines, South Asia | 0 |

NICOLE ALAVERDIAN WRITES – It is no secret that humans are amid a most severe environmental...

India: The Next Leader in the Space Race

by Diego Garcia | Apr 16, 2019 | INDIA, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY | 3 |

DIEGO GARCIA WRITES– Rakesh Sharma, a former space traveler, and India’s first...

WORLD: Who is China and India’s New Industrial Rival?

by Diego Garcia | Apr 6, 2019 | China, INDIA | 0 |

DIEGO GARCIA WRITES– Bangladesh, a small country with a GDP of 250 billion (2017), is...

LGBTQ: The Indian Films From Outfest You Need to See

by Paula Markow | Mar 25, 2019 | Film, India, INDIA, LGBT, South Asia | 0 |

PAULA MARKOW WRITES– Outfest Fusion, a film festival that showcases the LGBTQ community, ran...

India: WhatsApp’s Fight Against Fake News in India

by Khaled AlRashoud | Feb 21, 2019 | INDIA | 0 |

Despite the positive effects of online social communities, easy access has led to a spread of...

Media: The Account set to dethrone the King of Youtube, is someone you have never heard of

by Conor Fairtlough | Feb 4, 2019 | INDIA | 0 |

CONOR FAIRTLOUGH WRITES — Felix Kjellberg, more commonly known by his youtube name...

INDIA: Postpartum Depression, Women, and the Indian Society in Between

by Aashna Malpani | Dec 2, 2018 | feminism, India, INDIA, SEXISM, South Asia, Women's Rights | 0 |

(Certain names in the story have been shortened to protect the person’s identity.) AASHNA MALPANI...

India: Choked by Smog

by Olivia Amezcua | Nov 20, 2018 | INDIA, Uncategorized | 0 |

OLIVIA AMEZCUA WRITES — The smog that has been polluting New Delhi for decades has reached a...

Asians Around the World are Showing Up for Bi-Visibility Month

by Tabitha Theard | Sep 19, 2018 | China, East Asia, gay rights, Hong Kong, INDIA, Japan | 0 |

TABITHA THEARD WRITES – Bi-Visibility Day began in 1996, when American LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay,...

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...

INDIA: THE NEW, RAZOR-FAST TECHNOLOGY OF HATRED AND THE URGENT NEED TO DULL THE EDGES

by Asia Media Staff | May 1, 2018 | INDIA | 0 |

SAUD AL RASHED WRITES – Social media is a relatively new phenomenon, and, due to the fact...

INDIA: AND A MACHO MEDIA CULTURE, NOT TO MENTION INDIFFERENT POLICE WORK, DOESN’T HELP

by Asia Media Staff | Apr 27, 2018 | INDIA | 0 |

JINFEI CHEN WRITES – According to New Delhi News, President Ram Nath Kovind has finally...

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