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Environmental Extremes

A Look at the Lives of People Separating Waste at One of Asia's Biggest Garbage Dumps

Between battling authorities who have closed off access to their only source of livelihood, harassment by the local mafia and a drug problem, this is the harsh reality of being a ragpicker at India’s Deonar dump.
Shamani Joshi
9.18.19
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A Flight in Kolkata Was Delayed by Nearly Two Hours by a Swarm of Stubborn Bees

The Air India aircraft staff tried to remove them with wipers and by spraying water on them, but had to ultimately call the fire brigade to hose them off the cockpit window.
Pallavi Pundir
9.18.19
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Police Have Arrested the Makeup Artist Who Helped a Young Guy Look Old to Escape India

Known as ‘Billu Barber’, the man who helped the 32-year-old caught impersonating an 81-year-old at Delhi Airport, offered the service of altering appearances for a hefty sum.
Shamani Joshi
9.17.19
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Students in Hyderabad Got Their College to Lift Its Controversial Dress Code

Put in place in August because “thighs attract boys”, the St. Francis College for Women scrapped its regressive dress code after its students protested against it.
Shamani Joshi
9.17.19
Environmental Extremes

We Visited the Mumbai Neighbourhood so Polluted It's Been Declared Unfit for Human Habitation

Mahul poses a dystopian and disturbing picture of what happens when you’re forced to live amidst extreme pollution. It’s a story that can only end in death, unless residents somehow scrape together the resources to leave.
Pallavi Pundir
9.17.19
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Karnataka College Principal Smashes Students’ Phones With a Hammer so They Follow His Mobile Ban

Pissed that students continued to flout the rule and use their phones on campus, Principal RM Bhatt went Hulk-mode batshit on their devices.
Shamani Joshi
9.16.19
Environmental Extremes

Everest is Melting, Revealing Tons of Garbage and Human Bodies

Due to decades of commercial mountaineering and climate change, the worlds tallest mountain is becoming “the world’s highest garbage dump.”
Omkar Khandekar
9.16.19
Opinion

how alt right memes are indoctrinating gen z

Neo-fascists are using social media platforms to spread racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexism.
Shivam Kumar Chowdhary
9.14.19
Fashion

it's too late for ethical fashion

A sustainability expert explains that progress in the industry is cancelled out by the rate at which the fashion economy is speeding up.
Sara Jane Strickland
9.14.19
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India's First Farting Contest Wants to Judge How Loud and Melodic Your Stinker Is

A movement to free the fart and normalise the natural body process is becoming popular in Gujarat, with prizes being given to those whose farts are the loudest, longest and most musical.
Shamani Joshi
9.13.19
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The New iPhone 11 Pro Is Triggering People’s Trypophobia

People afraid of seeing holes clustered together aren't enjoying the phone's three cameras.
Shamani Joshi
9.13.19
The VICE Guide to Right Now

17 People Have Drowned During Ganesh Visarjan Festivities in Maharashtra

The festivities took place despite the state seeing immense damage and several deaths due to floods and heavy rainfall.
Meera Navlakha
9.13.19
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