Projects tagged
South Asia
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Mercury Poisoning by Unilever in Kodaikanal
Read more: Mercury Poisoning by Unilever in KodaikanalGlobal corporation Unilever dumped toxic and contaminated waste behind its thermometer factory located in Kodaikanal, a city in the South Indian state Tamil Nadu. In 2001, once word spread about this breach in environmental precautions, Unilever closed its factory. However,…
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Pink Chaddi Campaign
Read more: Pink Chaddi CampaignIn late January 2009, a group of 40 members of right-wing Hindu group Sri Ram Sena attacked women and men in a pub in the Indian city of Mangalore. They were upset with the women for engaging in behavior they…
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With Red Lipstick, Indian Acid Attack Victim Makes a Bold Statement
Read more: With Red Lipstick, Indian Acid Attack Victim Makes a Bold StatementIn her peppy and helpful online video tutorial, Reshma Bano Quereshi promises to teach her viewers “how to get perfect red lips.” But unlike the more than 200,000 other online videos dedicated to the application of lipstick, this one goes…
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#Hokkolorob
Read more: #HokkolorobHok Kolorob. Let there be noise. It was perhaps these two words of protest that eventually led to the arrest of two engineering students for allegedly molesting a fellow student at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University last month. Conjured up in a…
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Sambhaji Bhagat: Voice of Dissent
Read more: Sambhaji Bhagat: Voice of DissentThe Voice of Dissent “I am not here to entertain you; I am here to disturb you. Those who are here for entertainment, I request them, please go.” It’s unusual, if not rare, for a live performer to begin by…
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Faiz
Read more: FaizFaiz | Hum Dekhenge | BolFaiz Ahmed Faiz, born 13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984, was an influential left-wing intellectual, revolutionary poet, and one of the most regarded poets of the Urdu language, being considered four times for the Nobel Prize in poetry. A notable member of the Progressive…
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Dark Matter
Read more: Dark MatterDark Matter is a trans South Asian performance art duo comprised of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian, a prominent pair of voices operating at the intersection of the arts and activism. The work of Dark Matter is complicated, much like…
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Bombay Underground: Publishing the Revolution
Read more: Bombay Underground: Publishing the RevolutionBombay Underground: Publishing the Revolution Flipping the modern, commercial definition of art on its head, Bombay Underground began in 1999 as a a group of people standing for free expression and creative social exchange. A means of engaging with local…
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Chipko Movement
Read more: Chipko MovementThe forests of India are a critical resource for the subsistence of rural peoples throughout the country, but especially in hill and mountain areas, both because of their direct provision of food, fuel and fodder and because of their role…
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Modi, A Message To You
Read more: Modi, A Message To YouMode, A Message To You Remember the ska tune “A Message to You, Rudy” by the British band The Specials? Now an Indian band called the Ska Vengers is making waves with a cover of the song that wades deeply…