12 Pictures Show Why We
Traditional dating sites devoted to Indian populations feed into common stereotypes about caste and other factors that shouldn’t play a role in someone’s decision to date someone. This new site, TrulyMadly.com, aims to do just that by using factors other than caste and creed to pair potential lovers together! In an …
Don't Turn Your Face; It Might Just Save Your Life
You should never turn your face from any human, but what the “Seatbelt Crew” is doing is amazing. Need “Road Attendants” to Give You A Safety Lesson? These Hijras have you covered!
Watch: UN Makes Bollywood-Style Pro-Gay Rights Video
Share if you agree with the UN that Indian families should be more open to gay marriages!
Equal Education for the Disabled
About 12 million children are living with disabilities in India today. Only 1% of these children have access to school, and the few that do usually don’t go beyond basic education. Most people with disabilities in India don’t live past the age of 40, and very few are employed. The Problem …
Exclusion in Indian Education: Students Marginalized by Caste and Religion
In the world’s largest democracy, where millions of adherents to every major religion of the world reside, some Indian teachers have forced children of lower castes, such as Dalits, and minority religions, such as Islam, to sit separately and clean classrooms and toilets comprising the “persistent” discrimination in Indian classrooms. …
LS Elections Phase 7: Fate Of Big Leaders Sealed
Nearly 140 million people in seven states and two UTs, exercised their right to vote in Phase 7 of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections with 1,295 candidates in the fray from 89 seats on 30th April. Voting took place in all the 26 seats from Gujarat, 13 in Punjab and …
It's Not All Better for the Hijra Community in India
The modern society of India is an undesirable one for transgenders, specifically Hijras, and has been for centuries. However, recently the beginning to a whole new transformed society may have finally begun in India. India’s Hijra community has finally taken its spot under the law and is now recognized as …
No, All Brown People are Not Cab Drivers
Hari Kondabolu on the David Letterman Show: …Apparently, she’s so racist, she looks at the color of the driver, before looking at the color of the car.
Why this Girl Won't Say "Please" to a White Man
This spoken word poetry by Pooja Nansi is moving. She challenges western portrayals and perspectives of India and shows us why language isn’t enough to spur understanding. Share with others if you have the same question as Nansi: one quick thing white boy wherever it is you came from didn’t …
Illicit Cash Flows: Not All Money is Green
Recent evidence points to one issue responsible for India’s poverty. This one problem seems to be at the heart of all corruption; it has been the driving force behind unemployment and inequality in India for the past five decades. Officially cited as illegal funds in foreign tax havens, the issue …
