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Changing Homophobic Attitudes in India
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 Read More …
Morons of the Week: Homophobic Religious Leaders in India
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 Read More …
Drawing Lines in the Immigration Debate
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 Read More …
Notes for Kal Penn in the White House
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 Read More …
SlumDog Millionaire – Those Foreign Aliens Are Taking Our Oscars Too!
“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 Read More …