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‘Dark Is Beautiful’ Campaign Questions India’s Skin Colour Prejudices
A movement in India promoting the beauty of all skin colours is pushing back against the country’s obsession with fair skin. ‘Dark is Beautiful‘, founded by a group of women in 2009, has picked up steam in 2013 esp...
Russia’s Internet Censorship “Experiment”
A Russian federal region is about to embark on an “experimental” project aimed at censoring the internet. A joint effort by the Kostroma regional government and an NGO called the League of Safe Internet, it is similar in sp...
The ‘Invisible’ Scar, Crime
I wrote a Facebook update asking my friends to share on what to do in the event of rape. And, Moraa Osoro a pal wrote in caps: REPORT. REPORT. REPORT. Adding, “If it is not reported, it never happened.” The last bit was p...
IPF in India: Part 1
Natasha is currently in India as part of a Virgin trade mission to celebrate the launch of Virgin Atlantic’s new direct route from Mumbai to London. Natasha is one of five young Virgin Media Pioneers on the trip. First ...
Capital Punishment`s Place In A Modern Justice System – An Outdated Concept
The exonerations of Glenn Ford in the US and Iwao Hakamada in Japan, shed light on a long debated question: has capital punishment got a place in a modern justice system? Even most of those, ferociously campaigning against deat...
‘Me’: On Gender Constructs
This poem is about attitudes that try to define a particular gender, and how different societal labels lead to subtle discrimination. I was born, and you looked at your weighing scales. I babbled, she smiled and filled ...
