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Narendra Modi, likely to be the next Prime Minister of India, has shown a strong stance against beef exports. Beef exports have been a boon for India’s economy. Interestingly, India is a major global beef exporter and provides 20% of the world’s beef supply. The beef trade is very controversial in India due to sacred importance of cows in the Hindu religion. However, the majority of beef that is exported in India is buffalo meat, not cow meat. Nonetheless, Modi has said that he desires to end the beef export industry. What do you think of this issue? Is it valid in this case for religious concerns to influence political decisions?
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here to read this interesting BBC article on the video. What are your opinions on this video? Is it an effective way to bring to light India's public urination issue? Also, click Links to information:
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27031180 http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/15/india-court-gender-treansgender/7727841/ http://time.com/63801/men-women-and-hijras-india-recognizes-third-gender/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/15/world/asia/india-gender-rights-ruling/ - Nitya I came across this really interesting post on the BBC today - click HERE to access it. Make sure to watch the video attached to the story.
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Recently, an American Apparel ad came out featuring a bare-breasted model with the printed statement "Made in Bangladesh" across her chest. The model, Maks, was born in Bangladesh but moved to California at the age of four. She has served as an employee of American Apparel since 2010. A Bangladeshi woman who is also from California, Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed, wrote a letter to the model in response. Here is part of it: "Don’t you see, Appu? That by having “Made In Bangladesh” splayed across your breasts, American Apparel is commodifying a recent tragedy that has killed thousands of people. They are taking the death of thousands of people in Bangladesh as a marketing opportunity to sell their clothes in America. Don’t you see how morbid that is? Don’t you see how your image has been exploited and how you’ve been manipulated?" Click here to read the full letter by Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed. Links to information:
http://fashionista.com/2014/03/american-apparel-made-in-bangladesh-campaign/ http://www.dailylife.com.au/all-about-women/is-this-american-apparels-most-shocking-campaign-ever-20140323-35bjv.html http://theaerogram.com/im-made-bangladesh/ - Nitya Meghna Pant, author of 'Happy Birthday and Other Stories' and 'One and a Half Wife', will be retelling the Mahabharata in 100 tweets on Thursday, March 13. Here's the story: http://twitterfictionfestival.com/schedule/indias-epic-poem-mahabharata-100-tweets/. Follow her @meghnapant or #TwitterFiction.
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The reaction after Coca-Cola's Multilingual Ad is strikingly similar to the reaction after Indian-American Nina Davuluri won Miss America 2014. It is sad that these objectors still have a narrow view on what being an American means. They have forgotten that America is a country of immigrants with diverse cultural lineages, and thus no background can be more "American" than another. |