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Tag Archives: India/Pakistan
Global TB Fight Hits a Wall, Wall Street Journal
India’s strategy makes the disease more drug resistant.
Berlusconi Defends Need for Bribery, Financial Times
You can’t do business in the Third World without it.
Gujarat’s Divisive Leader Poised to Win Third Term in Crucial Election, Guardian (London)
“Rigid communal segregation” leads to “perfect security” in Indian state.
India’s Dwindling Parsi Population to Be Boosted with Fertility Clinics, Telegraph (London)
And they want pure-bloods, not mixed marriages.
Mob Burns Girls’ School in Pakistani City over Alleged Blasphemy, Christian Science Monitor
Teacher may face death sentence.
US Outspends Islamabad on Flood Relief in Pakistan, Christian Science Monitor
Meanwhile, Pakistanis still hate America.
Groups vie for title of “most backward.”
78 people killed, more than 14,000 houses burned.
Just a different point of view.
Inventor claims success “by the grace of Allah.”
India Riots: Illegal Immigration Is Behind Deadly Clashes In Assam, Christian Science Monitor
45 have been killed in riots over illegal immigration of Bangladeshis.
All with the help of a Mr. Patel in the US.
Fairness is beauty in India.
Bizarre Baby Tossing Ritual in India, Telegraph (London)
Throwing babies off building in ritual is supposed to make them stronger.
The Designer Baby Factory: Eggs from Beautiful Eastern Europeans, Sperm from Wealthy Westerners and Embryos Implanted in Desperate Women, eDaily Mail (London)
Indian surrogate mothers carry babies with “blond hair and blue eyes.”
Many Indians take cheating for granted.
Fakhra Younus, Former Pakistani Dancing Girl Commits Suicide 12 Years After Acid Attack, Huffington Post
8,500 such attacks were reported in Pakistan last year.
More Mobile Phones than Lavatories for a Booming India, Telegraph (London)
Let them set their own priorities.
“Totally drug resistant” tuberculosis has evolved in India.
Husbands whose wives don’t want polygamous relationships often resort to violence.
Totally Drug-Resistant TB at Large in India, New Scientist
Incurable disease was incubated in India and could spread anywhere.
Pubs Bar African Nationals in Bangalore, Hindustan Times (New Delhi)
For security reasons.
India Graduates Millions, But Too Few Are Fit to Hire, Wall Street Journal
Indian schools teach rote learning rather than thinking.
Just think of the diversity they could bring us.
‘You Never See Dark-Skinned Girls in TV Ads’: India’s Top Models on How the Country’s Fashion Industry STILL Champions Fair Skin, Daily Mail (London)
“It’s not just the fashion industry, India per se is obsessed with white skin.”
Surge of Immigrants From India Baffles Border Officials in Texas, Los Angeles Times
Sikh illegals using Indian-owned hotels as way stations.
Immigration Fraud: Hundreds of Indian Students May Be Deported From US, Economic Times (India)
Tri-Valley “University” was one big visa fraud.
Engineer Jailed for Selling US Stealth, Telegraph (London)
Naturalized Indian sold secrets that made Chinese-built stealth fighter possible.
India’s Punjab Celebrates Nikki Haley’s Election, The State (Columbia, South Carolina)
Blood is thicker than water.
In India, Cellphones Abound, Toilets Don’t, Seattle Times
Also scarce: clean water and garbage pickup.
Indian Film Slammed for Stereotyping Aussies, Ninemsn (Australia)
It depicts Australia as a country of racists and loose women.
Row Over Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed Miss India Beauty Contestant . . . Who ‘Doesn’t Look Indian Enough’, Daily Mail (London)
She doesn’t look Indian to us, either.
Babri Mosque Verdict Displays Real Face of India, Times of Kabul
Hindu-chauvinist court decision will enrage Muslims.
Why Many Pakistani-Americans Aren’t Sending Flood Donations Home, Christian Science Monitor
They have a pretty good idea of what will happen to their money.
Is Face-Whitening Widget Beyond the Pale?, Sky News (UK)
Application allows Indian Facebook users to whiten profile photos.
Free inquiry not valued in Muslim Pakistan.
Whites Only Please, Open (New Delhi)
In India, nothing says “prosperity” like hiring white people.
Ads that could never be aired in the US are accepted in India.
Busting India’s Myths About Skin Color, Christian Science Monitor
Vogue doing its part to promote “dusky skin” as beautiful.
Returning to India Best Option for Some Elderly, San Francisco Chronicle
They don’t like American nursing homes.
India recovered much more quickly than Haiti will.
New Delhi Launches No Peeing in Public Campaign, WIBW-TV (Topeka)
No spitting or littering, either.
Indian ‘Holiday Brides’ Abandoned by British Husbands on the Rise, Daily News (London)
Indian women marry cads, hoping they can get to UK, US, or Canada.
Pilots and Cabin Crew Brawl at 30,000ft After Flight Attendant Claims She Was Molested, Daily Mail (London)
Air India crew gets into a punch up in front of 106 passengers.
Oh no! It wasn’t the evil white man, after all.
Taliban Targets Descendants of Alexander the Great, Telegraph (London)
Taliban not fans of diversity.
Maltreatment of Eunuchs Will Not Be Tolerated: Sharmila, News International (Karachi)
Pakistan apparently has a eunuch problem.
Whiteners no longer just for Indian women: sales to men climbing, too.
And only 11 percent take place outside the family.
