Go To Hell Times of India: Deepika's Fantastic Reply and TOI's Sexist One
Times of India has hit a new rock bottom. They have proven that India is still a “man’s world” and that the basic respect that women deserve is no where to be found. Last week, the Times of India twitter account posted a picture of Deepika Padukone with “her cleavage …
BJP Objects to Equality for Third Gender
The BJP is starting to undo the equality that was barely achieved for the substantial portion of the Indian population that identifies with the third gender. In April, India’s Supreme Court ruled that the third gender would be recognized by the government. Although this didn’t do much to tackle the …
The Value of One Bucket of Water
It’s amazing and sad how much polarity is in the world when it comes to appreciating water. This video does a fantastic job of portraying those poles. It sometimes becomes easy to take simple things for granted, but videos like this do a great job of humbling us to the worlds problems.
Get Ready For The Rice Bucket Challenge
The ice bucket challenge put amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the national spotlight. Everyone from George W. Bush to Lady Gaga participated. Even some Indians have done it – here’s a video of Akshay Kumar. With the ALS Association reporting over $70.2 million in donations, the movement has been hugely successful …
The Backwards Label
Why everyone’s favorite adjective for Bihar is just plain wrong Six weeks ago, I travelled to Bihar by car from West Bengal. I was full of ideas of what I’d find. Caste Wars. Violence. Extreme poverty. Corruption . One word in particular had polluted my entire perception of Bihar before …
Connecting India’s Villages with Successful Village Migrants
A rather common question asked amongst Indians on being acquainted with one another is regarding their “native place”; the village, town, or city that the person originally belongs to. Having been born in the southern city of Chennai, but brought up in the western city of Pune; with my mother …
Imperial Blue's New Ad "Men Will Be Men" is a Disgrace
Stop excusing male patriarchal actions on the grounds that “men will be men.” Being sexual predators is ought not to be an accepted part of male behavior. We much prefer this ad that targets disgusting men. This is too similar to the comment made Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav …
KBC 2014 Ad Should Be a Model for All Popular Media
KBC is watched by millions of Indians around the world and is highly popular among all age groups. This makes it an ideal platform for spurring social change, and it’s done just that with its latest video!
Think Hindi Is Our National Language?
Quick Stats Hindi 41% Bengali 8.1% Telugu 7.2% Marathi 7% Tamil 5.9% Urdu 5% Gujarati 4.5% Kannada 3.7% Malayalam 3.2% Oriya 3.2% Punjabi 2.8% Assamese 1.3% Maithili 1.2% Other 5.9%
If You Saw This on the Street Would You Take Action?
If you saw a poor person on the street being beaten would you take action or would you walk on by? Watch this social experiment to see what members of the public did.
