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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...
WATCH: A 21st Century Perspective on “Feminism”
In a 21st century world, it should come as a shock to many people that we still need to campaign for women’s rights. Yet women all over the world are forced to demand basic rights as though they don’t deserve to already hav...
India’s Story: Let’s Talk Petrol, Onions and Dollars
If you are spending time to read my attempt at textual sanity after reading the headline, it is quite likely that India interests you. You must either be an Indian or someone who keenly follows what India is up to. Well, in th...
F.A.Q. on U.S. Aid to Egypt: Where Does the Money Go, And How Is It Spent?
Questions about the United States’ aid to Egypt have intensified in the wake of last month’s military coup. More than 1,000 Egyptians have been killed in the last week, most apparently supporters of ousted president Mohamed...
WATCH: How a skyscraper became the world’s tallest slum
Centro Financiero Confinanzas, widely know as Torre de David (Tower of David) is the worlds tallest slum. This unfinished skyscraper, in Venezuela’s capital city Caracas, has become a monument to the failed system when c...
Putting an End to Racial Stereotypes Amid a Broken U.S. Criminal Justice System
I have witnessed, on numerous occasions, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers in plainclothes stopping and frisking African-American and Latino youth on the street corners and subway stations of East Harlem, where I have ...
