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Health

Some Indian Women Are Quietly Cancelling Their Periods, and It’s Empowering
While we’ve been conditioned to believe that a monthly period is a sign of good health, women actually have a choice to give up on menstruation. We meet some Indian women who’ve made that choice.
Pallavi Pundir
8.20.19
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An Indian Guy Tried to Stop His Wife From Leaving the Country by Telling Airport Authorities She Was a Suicide Bomber
He made a hoax bomb threat and called his wife a ‘fidayeen’ in the hope that it would prevent her from leaving him.
Shamani Joshi
8.20.19
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Fluorescent Blue Glow Seen on a Chennai Beach May Be a Sign of an Unhealthy Ocean
Even as people gush over the glow, scientists and coastal experts say it could be an effect of climate change and might be harmful to marine life.
Shamani Joshi
8.20.19
relationships

Young Kashmiris Explain How the Curfew Has Wrecked Their Relationships and Marriages
“Anything that separates two lovers can never bring peace.”
Safwat Zargar
8.19.19
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Gujarat Is the New ‘Favourite’ Route for Pakistani Cartels Smuggling Drugs to the West
“If a fisherman brings five kgs of heroin along with 500 kgs of fish in his boat, it is very difficult to catch him.”
Pallavi Pundir
8.19.19
think piece

we need to stop making mental illness look cool on social media
The trend of falsely portraying anxiety and depression threatens the already fragile well-being of more young people than ever before.
Alyson Zetta Williams
8.17.19
Culture

instagram has changed how gen z think about happiness
Dopamine, the happiness hormone, is big business for silicone valley. But the highs sold to us on social media are empty and fleeting, which only make us seek more attention on the apps we hate.
Sophie McKay
8.17.19
Culture

are all celebrity romances fake? exploring the "showmance" theory
Type “Shawn Mendes Camila Cabello” into Twitter, and all anybody seems to cry is “fake news”.
Philippa Snow
8.18.19
Photography

photographer leslie zhang is rejecting european ideals in fashion photography
The Shanghai-based photographer has created something unlike anything else being made in fashion right now.
Ryan White
8.18.19
Music

how we stan differently: japanese harry styles fans discuss
An exclusive extract from 'Fangirls', a new book by Hannah Ewens.
Hannah Ewens
8.18.19
Photography

what pixy liao’s photography tells us about love
Her photography has won acclaim for its surreal take on the conventions of heteronormative relationships.
Ryan White
8.18.19
Film

the new 'charlie's angels' will never compare to the 00s reboot
Drew Barrymore produced and starred in the film alongside Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu, in a fabulous ode to 2000s fashion.
Marie Lodi
8.18.19
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