Culture
Indian face-lightening app faces criticism
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Controversy seized the blogosphere when Vaseline introduced a Facebook application to promote a line of skin-whitening products for males in India.
Democracy
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.
Environment
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.
Culture
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.