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Young, Hip And Worshipping Shiva In India

Is Shiva the cool god of the younger generation? The Hindu deity appears these days on television, in books, movies and even on tattoos. Popular Indian cricket star, Ravindra Jadeja, who has more than 112,000 Twitter followe...

by Global Voices

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India: Here Comes the Son

As India’s population rapidly increases, the nation’s tendency to prefer that women give birth to a son is likely to have detrimental effects on women and development. ‘Look, I’m going to tell you someth...

by Flo Carson

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The Free Market, Is It Truly Free?

Less than thirty years ago, much of the world was divided into two power blocs who were diametrically opposed to each other in both ideological and economic terms. On one side, the communist governance and command economy of th...

by Simon Fraser

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Is South Africa the Odd BRIC Out?

The 5th Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Summit held in Durban kicks off today and there is a sense of anticipation in the air. The thought of the major emerging economies binding together to create a super...

by Kamleshan Pillay

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#DespiteBeingAWoman: Indian Prime Minister’s comments spark outrage across social media

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has created a wave of anger across Twitter. Addressing an event organised by the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh, Modi, who...

by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

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Aam Aadmi Party’s Debut Means Time To Take India’s Youth Seriously

The results for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2013 were announced on December 8, 2013. Some twitter users pegged it as an event more enthralling than an India-Pakistan cricket match – a contest often viewed with nationalis...

by Chirag Sutar

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Only Indians Can Clean India

I have been following the “Garbage Free India” initiative on Facebook and it has finally given me a incentive to put pen to paper. The initiative aims at sensitising people to keep India garbage free. It talks about “spre...

by Nishant

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Identity Crisis? – Cricket and Multiculturalism

As England and India clash this summer it is worth considering whether the loyalties of British-born Asians tell us something about the deeper issues of identity and integration in modern, multicultural Britain. Alongside Enoch...

by Kishan Koria

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Identity Crisis? – Cricket and Multiculturalism

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