Raghava KK is an artist originally from Bangalore, India, who now lives and works out of New York. His recent immigration to the US was due to censorship of his work in India after he began exploring themes of masculinity following the coming out of a …
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The Disaffected Lib: Indian Women Push Back with Slutwalk.
It’s often called the ‘biggest democracy on earth’ and it is, sort of, but India remains one of the five worst countries in which to be a woman – right alongside Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Congo and Somalia. In India, a woman’s lot often leads to…
Continue readinggay persons of color: Uninformed Indian Health Minister makes idiotic remarks
Epic ignorance from India’s Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, was displayed Monday when he told delegates at a Delhi HIV/AIDS conference, “Unfortunately, there is this disease in the world and in this country where men are having sex with other men,…
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: Peas in a Water Pod: China, India and Bangladesh; Atlanta, Alabama and Florida
Two Economist articles of recent publication draw attention to the imminent threat that the availability of water, or the lack thereof, poses to social, political and economic stability. A Himalayan rivalry, Aug 21; and Chattahoochee blues, Sept 18; describe current and potential disputes on both domestic and international levels. In
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