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Posts tagged India
"Twice-Removed"
January 14, 2010
I think a lot about this somewhat forced migration–first from India to Fiji on indenture ships and then from Fiji to the United States by modern aircrafts. There is a real crisis of identity and belonging. I had an epiphany yesterday that we have been working... [+]
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14Jan
Paper: The Construction of...
October 29, 2009
This paper is a critique of International Relations and an approach to the question of India using an alternative nationalism model. Specifically, this is a Subaltern Studies approach to doing International Relations, which serves the purpose of discarding the notion of India as a homogeneous... [+]
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29Oct
Changing Homophobic Attitudes in...
September 12, 2009
A recent State of the Nation 2009 CNN-IBN survey revealed quite a homophobic India. As many as 73% Indians feel homosexuality should be considered illegal while 83% felt that homosexuality is not part of Indian culture and 90% of Indians won’t give their house on... [+]
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12Sep
Morons of the Week: Homophobic...
July 5, 2009
On the heels of the Section 377 repeal in India, some faith-based leaders cannot hold in their hatred and discontent. The Times of India reports: Leaders of faith across the spectrum are appalled — albeit to varying degrees — by the judgment. While Reverend Dominic Emmanuel,... [+]
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05Jul
Drawing Lines in the Immigration...
May 30, 2009
There comes a point in the U.S. immigration debate when I really question what ‘camp’ can I really fit under. It happens when advocates of undocumented students scoff at the lives and dreams of legal immigrants to the United States and support restrictions rather than... [+]
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30May
Notes for Kal Penn in the White...
April 7, 2009
Kumar is finally working with House after all, only it is the White House. Whose Kumar? Does Kal Penn ring a bell? Remember the confused Gogol Ganguli of The Namesake? The pot-smoking Kumar from Harold and Kumar? The young Indian-American House intern? Well, he will be... [+]
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07Apr
SlumDog Millionaire - Those Foreign...
February 22, 2009
“It felt like an Indian movie awards function” -Anil Kapoor, Indian actor Jai Ho to Slumdog Millionaire! And Smile Pinky! My Dad doesn’t do Oscar night. He says it is for the elitist, rich, snobby white people. But tonight he was pleasantly surprised. A horde of Indian invaders and... [+]
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22Feb
Morons of the Week: Pramod Mutalik...
February 1, 2009
President Obama, please don’t close Gitmo! We may have found the perfect candidates for that place. Download Someone find me the Hindu scripture that says women should be molested and assaulted brutally for drinking or visiting a pub. Jayanth Kodkani of Times of India is right on... [+]
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01Feb