India Says Pakistan Mistreated Visiting Wife Of Convicted Spy, Seized Her Shoes
India denounced Pakistan on Tuesday over the treatment of the family of an Indian man sentenced to death for spying, saying they had been harassed during a visit, a charge Pakistan called...
View ArticleIncreasing Economic Disparity In India Is Making It Impossible For The Poor...
The World Inequality Report 2018, a first of its kind, was published last week by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and their associates. Indeed, as Piketty demonstrated in his 2015 book Capital in the...
View ArticleVanity Fair Gets Called Out For Suggesting Hillary Clinton Take Up Knitting
Vanity Fair staffers are ringing in the new year with Champagne and cheap shots at Hillary Clinton.The magazine’s politics and business vertical, Hive, published a snarky video on Tuesday featuring...
View ArticlePriyanka Borpujari's Arrest Exposes The Perils Of Being A Freelance...
A freelance journalist who writes often for The Hindu newspaper in India and some international publications, was whisked away on Tuesday from a demolition site in Mumbai's Vakola, charged by the...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Hindi Films Of 2017
The year 2017 has been a disappointing year for Bollywood with many big budget films such as Tubelight, Jab Harry Met Sejal, Jagga Jasoos, Rangoon, Raabta, etc. failing to create the ripples that they...
View Article26 Photos That Show The Natural Disasters Humanity Faced In 2017
For those in the United States, 2017 will probably always be associated with the record hurricanes that caused widespread damage in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. In California, raging wildfires...
View ArticleHere’s What Is Leaving And Arriving On Netflix In January 2018
January is a month for resolutions. I, for one, have never seen any of “The Godfather” movies, a failing I’ve hidden for many years. But now that Netflix is adding the trilogy on New Year’s Day, I can...
View Article21 Of The Best Feminist Books Of 2017
2017 was a bang on year for feminist victories. From the Women’s March in January and the subsequent record number of women running for political offices, to the #MeToo movement, 2017 has been a...
View ArticleNorth Korean Defectors Show Signs Of Possible Radiation Exposure
At least four North Korean defectors have shown symptoms consistent with radiation exposure, including chromosomal abnormalities, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said Wednesday.The four defectors...
View ArticleIndia To Borrow Extra, May Miss Fiscal Deficit Target
India will borrow an additional 500 billion rupees ($7.79 billion) this fiscal year, a higher-than-expected figure that could lead to it breaching its fiscal deficit target for the first time in four...
View ArticleUPDATE: 'BJP Can Go To Any Extent': Akhilesh Yadav On Anant Kumar Hegde's...
(UPDATE: Copy updated with Anant Kumar Hegde's apology in Parliament over his comments on Constitution and secularism.)Union minister Anant Kumar Hegde's suggestion that the word secular, included in...
View ArticleReclaiming Sassoon Dock, A Part Of Mumbai That Had Been Largely Forgotten
It all started in the most unlikely place. A barren warehouse echoing with memories of fishwife voices, sharp as shards of ice from the ice factory next door. Outside, a wall full of smiling portraits...
View Article'Vegetarians Don't Like Seeing Hanging Meat', Says BJP Councillor Who...
A day after South Delhi Municipal Corporate (SDMC) reportedly passed a resolution prohibiting shops and restaurants from displaying meat out in the open, Shikha Ray, the Leader of the House, insisted...
View ArticleA Documentary About The Harvey Weinstein Scandal Is In The Works
Soon audiences will be able to watch a documentary about the recent Harvey Weinstein scandal. BBC Two announced on Monday that the network has commissioned a two-part documentary that will detail the...
View ArticleThis Man Used Netflix To Propose, And Now We're Ugly Crying At Our Desk
He wanted to propose using Netflix. So we called in a few friends. pic.twitter.com/LvkVIeymfd— Netflix US (@netflix) December 18, 2017Is Netflix and chill too noncommittal for you? How about Netflix...
View Article#MeToo Creator Will Push Button To Drop New Year's Eve Ball In Times Square
Someone very special will drop this year’s New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square.Tarana Burke, who founded the #MeToo movement, will push the ceremonial Waterford Crystal button that will begin the...
View ArticleMajor Networks Are Becoming More Inclusive Of Asian-Americans: Report
Major television networks have more work to do to ensure that Asian-Americans become a regular part of the mainstream media landscape, new analysis suggests.But things are looking up. The Asian Pacific...
View ArticleHundreds Of Children In Venezuela Are Starving To Death, Says New York Times...
Children in Venezuela are suffering from and dying of acute malnutrition at a staggering rate, according to a report from The New York Times published Sunday.The Times spoke to doctors at 21 public...
View ArticleSimple Book Helps Adult Men Answer Pressing Question: 'Where Does Your Penis...
After a devastating hurricane season and vague threats of nuclear war, a number of men piled heaps of refuse onto the dumpster fire that has been 2017 as the public learned about an epidemic of sexual...
View ArticleNo Need To Dress For Dinner At This Parisian Restaurant For Nudists
Paris’ hottest new restaurant is attracting lots of attention from patrons who like to have a little skin in the game.It’s called O’Naturel, and it caters to nudists who care more about fine food than...
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