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LGBTQ

This is How Queer Indian Artists are Responding to Instagram’s Crackdown on Nudity
While the famous photo blogging app is trying to cater to a wider audience, its existing users are witnessing a purge.
Navin Noronha
10.31.19
News

a new study finds shrooms boost creativity for up to a week
The magical fungus is considered the "safest drug" and can also improve empathy.
Nicole DeMarco
10.30.19
women

Women in Delhi Can Now Ride Public Buses for Free, and It’s a Good Thing for the ‘Unsafe’ City
As a woman who’s lived in Delhi for over a decade, I know that just having more women around on public transport can dramatically change the way women occupy public spaces that have been denied to them for generations.
Pallavi Pundir
10.30.19
The VICE Guide to Right Now

A Pakistani Minister Just Threatened to Bomb any Country That Sides With India over the Kashmir Issue
Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Ali Amin Gandapur, said that if tensions with India rise over the Kashmir issue, Pakistan will be compelled to go to war.
Edoardo Liotta
10.30.19
The VICE Guide to Right Now

A Bunch of Moviegoers Just Got Abused and Called ‘Pakistani Terrorists’ for Sitting Through the National Anthem
A group of people, including a couple of Kannada actors, took on the job of being “the true citizens to set these anti-Indians right.”
Dhvani Solani
10.29.19
The VICE Guide to Right Now

This Indian District Let Citizens Exchange 1 Kilo of Plastic Rubbish for 1 Kilo of Rice
Mulugu aims to become the first single-use plastic-free district of Telangana.
Edoardo Liotta
10.29.19
Books

The Secret History of the Bauhaus
A new book examines the radical veneer behind the Bauhaus' clean-cut aesthetics.
Angelica Frey
10.28.19
Sex

What It's Like Being a Male Dom for Women in India
"It's difficult to have this lifestyle because it becomes, for many guys especially, an easy way to hurt women."
Pallavi Pundir
10.26.19
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Student in Mumbai Arrested for Editing Girl’s Face Onto Porn and Threatening to Share It
Deepfakes being made for porn seem to be the next new nightmare in India.
Edoardo Liotta
10.25.19
#metoo

Men Accused During India's #MeToo Are Now Turning Social Media Against the Survivors
The very purpose and power of social media—anonymity—is under threat, and it remains to be seen how it will damage the global movement.
Pallavi Pundir
10.24.19
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Cops Rescue Five Owls Being Delivered to an Occultist for a Diwali Sacrifice
The Festival of Lights is actually a dark time for the bird because of its status as Goddess Lakshmi's vehicle.
Edoardo Liotta
10.24.19
Belief

Why Some Indian Women Are Terrified of Chopping off Their Dreadlocks, Even Though They Can’t Move Their Necks
A religious superstition is prohibiting some women in Maharashtra from cutting their matted hair, even if they're lice-infested and weighing them down in ways more than one.
Reshmi Chakraborty
10.23.19
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