Controversy seized the blogosphere when Vaseline introduced a Facebook application to promote a line of skin-whitening products for males in India. Continue Reading →
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Bhopal gas victims still searching for justice after 25 years
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Activists cite a double standard in the U.S. response to Gulf Oil Spill versus the U.S. response to Union Carbide's Bhopal Disaster, which killed up up 23,000 people. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Democracy & Civics, Environment, Featured, World, Environment, Environment & Health, India, News You Might Have Missed
It’s work, work, work for these elephants
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There is no TGIF for the 700 captive elephants of Kerala, India. If it isn't yet another political campaign parade, it's a trade fair. If not that, then another temple festival. They walk with fireworks blasting, drunkards reeling. They travel in open-air vehicles and stand in the scorching sun. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Environment, Featured, World, elephants, India, Kerala, News You Might Have Missed, tourism
World Social Forum bound for India in 2004
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By Lucimara NunesOrganizers hope to "internationalize" economic alternatives by bringing in African and Asian voices. Continue Reading →