Arts, Culture & Media
PRI's The World
February 05, 2016
India now allows people to self-identify as "third gender" on official forms. But Hijras, a quasi-religious order of transgender women, remain a stigmatized group on the whole. A new all-Hijra band is setting out to change that with two highly-produced singles.
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Politics
In Mumbai, 'shock and horror' over Trump’s statements about women
PRI's The World
October 14, 2016
“This is happening in a country we look up to as a progressive, and really a developed nation.”
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Arts, Culture & Media
Her first days in America were lonely, but this immigrant from India built a life here
May 11, 2015
Life in India was crowded and full of people. In America, Naazish YarKhan learned to build relationships all over agin.
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Conflict & Justice
Why It's Not Easy to be Atheist in India
PRI's The World
December 10, 2012
India may be the world's largest secular democracy but that doesn't mean it's easy to practice atheism there.Young atheists trying to gain more recognition say government policies and laws still exclude them and cultural acceptance is hard to come by.
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Politics
Want to know what the world is saying about our government shutdown? We asked
PRI's The World
October 16, 2013
People across the globe are watching to see if there's ultimately a resolution to this US government shutdown. And what they're saying — and hearing — isn't great. Many folks around the globe say the shutdown looks crazy. It looks silly. It looks like lawmakers are arguing about something that doesn't entirely matter.
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Conflict & Justice
A Trinidadian immigrant reflects on her hometown of Ferguson, Missouri
PRI's The World
August 21, 2014
Ruffina Farrokh Anklesaria immigrated to the US from Trinidad 15 years ago. She settled in Ferguson, Missouri, and says she's seen the town's diversity transform. Right now, Anklesaria is teaming up with other members of the community to highlight the positive side of the small Missouri town, but she says as an immigrant, she still sees racial divisions in the US.
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Development & Education
Women in India agitate for their right to pee
PRI's The World
November 25, 2014
About 600 million Indians live without toilets, and women and girls bear the brunt of that shortage. While men can and do relieve themselves almost anywhere, many women must choose between scarce, dangerous public facilities or expensive pay toilets when they need to pee.
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Conflict & Justice
Delhi Rape Provokes Discussion Among Indian-born Women in the US
PRI's The World
January 07, 2013
The rape and murder of a young woman in India has provoked protests and promises of legislation. But here in the United States it's also stirring a broader discussion of Indian society and of a woman's place within it.
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Arts, Culture & Media
This is not my mother's sari
PRI's The World
November 02, 2015
How do you take a tradition and make it fresh? A maker of saris in Mumbai jazzes them up with embroidered fish, owls and playing cards.
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Arts, Culture & Media
What the bleep? It's Mumbai, not Bombay
PRI's The World
February 03, 2015
Singer/songwriter Mihir Joshi was surprised when Indian censors cited him for using offensive language in his recently released track, "Sorry." The word in question: Bombay.
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Conflict & Justice
Did bulk surveillance programs really stop an American-born terrorist? Probably not
ProPublica
April 21, 2015
After Edward Snowden, the US government said its controversial surveillance programs had stopped a terrorist – David Coleman Headley. But a number of Snowden documents show otherwise.