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Bollywood

Punks, Pereras and Happy Hookers: Women of the South Asian musical diaspora

A number of young South Asian women are making inventive, cutting edge music, channeling the spirit of Grace Jones, Patti Smith and punk rather than Raj Kapoor. Are we livi...

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Trending

Surfing Possibility:Stories of India and Bangladesh's First Surfer Girls

A journey to share the stories of South Asia’s first surfer girls to create media and educational tools that inspire us to live in possibility of our dreams. Surfing ...

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Environment

How will climate change affect livelihoods in South Asia?

How does a warming environment affect rainfall, cropping patterns, livelihoods? What could be the alternatives that people whose livelihoods are hit by the effects of clima...

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Sustainable Development

Indian Muslim women strive to break poverty cycle

The 18-year-old Muslim helps support her diabetic mother, father and five siblings by working as a maid—while also taking free vocational classes at the National Inst...

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Sustainable Development

Women politicians in India, Pak face violence, threats

From kidnapping, physical assault and sexual harassment to threats, abuse and character assassination, women politicians in India, Pakistan and Nepal face hostility and agg...

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Environment

Extreme wet, dry spells up drought, flood risks in India

In an alarming research, a team of scientists at Stanford University have identified significant changes in the patterns of extreme wet and dry events that are increasing t...

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Environment

India may witness poor monsoon this year

India may witness poor rainfall this monsoon season, scientists said Wednesday. This has been linked to the El Nino, a weather phenomenon characterized by unusually warm oc...

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Thought Factory

MODI & KAPIL – THE TRUMAN SHOW?…

”BJP… I dont support ur plan to make Pakistan secular by sending secularists there…..please do not send secularists to Pakistan… they will be...

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Environment

6 years on, Maharashtra has no climate-change action plan

Even as rural areas in otherwise drought-hit regions of Maharashtra (as also in neighbouring areas of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) struggle to cope with imme...

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Environment

Can our agriculture tackle climate change?

The latest report of the inter-governmental panel points to the impact of extreme weather events on farming in India

India has long been regarded a ‘climate c...

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