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I Spent 15 Years Meeting Fans of the World’s Biggest Superstar. This is What I Learned.
“Shah Rukh Khan’s movie timings coincided with her Sunday church sessions. It was either him or Jesus.”
These Women With Alopecia Embraced Their Baldness on Their Wedding Day
“If someone does not want to marry me solely because of the fact that I don’t have hair on my head, why would I ever want to marry that person?”
Sikh Americans In the US Military Are Still Fighting to Keep Their Turbans and Beards
“That day at the academy, as I stood outside the barbershop, I felt like I was betraying my upbringing. I didn’t want to look into the mirror for months.”
Indigenous Communities Are Already Living the Climate Crisis We’re Anxiously Preparing For
Where some of us would feel inconvenience at worst, they’ve had to stake their lives year after year to the rapidly changing climate.
People Keep Getting QR Codes Tattooed on Their Body
“I think it’s a kind of human evolution, that we’re slowly transitioning into cyborgs.”
These Men Were Struck by Lightning – Now They Talk to the Rain
Climate change is changing the lives of Mexico's tlaloques – the farmers chosen to please the god of rain and lightning.
I Play a Man in Love With a Mannequin in a Movie. Here's What I Learned About Loneliness.
“When you can’t possibly escape anything, all you can be left with is talking to walls and inanimate objects.”
There are Almost No Sex Crimes in This Tribe, Thanks to Their Sexually Progressive Practices
“Here, everyone is free to fall in love or fall out of it. Marriages aren’t sacrosanct because human beings, who created the institution, aren’t sacrosanct themselves.”
Meet the Amateur Art Sleuths Fighting To Bring Back India’s Looted Cultural Heritage
From sting operations at art sales to cheeky protests at the British Museum, the India Pride Project is on a mission to hold museums and former colonisers accountable.
I’m One of the First Indian Gay Porn Stars on OnlyFans. I Don’t Trust the Platform Anymore.
India’s unemployment crisis made some content creators turn towards this subscription service to survive. But its yo-yoing with a porn ban is making them rethink their loyalty to the platform.
The Filipino Indigenous Group That Welcomed Trans People
For the Teduray, there was no question, trans men and women were “real.”
Canon Under Fire for All-Male Brand Ambassador List
The campaign in the Philippines prompted demands to rethink what one critic called a “sausage fest.”