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On a High Note: Meet the World’s First Sufi Opera Singer0
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- March 31, 2019
By Sophia Akram 31 March 2019 SourceLily Padula for OZY Why you should care Because she’s delivering messages of peace through opera. Saira Peter’s kitchen is a pretty good representation of her as a professional singer and as a person. Nestled in the basement of her East London residence, her carefully positioned keyboard keeps her
READ MOREThe Shepherd’s Son Stirring Lower-Caste Unrest in Modi’s India0
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- March 21, 2019
By Aayush Soni • AUG 10 2018 Why you should care He’s a leading — and uncomfortable — voice on behalf of his country’s lower-born.Telangana view map 35,286,757Population Telugu, UrduSpoken Languages $8903GDP Per Capita HyderabadCapital City Geo facts & figures Kancha Ilaiah was in middle school when he was first made aware of his caste. When
READ MOREThe ‘Berlin Wall Collapse’ That Modi Is Counting on to Win 20 Million Votes0
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- March 18, 2019
| Fast Forward | OZY By Maroosha Muzaffar • MAR 18 2019 Why you should care For the country’s 20 million Sikhs, the struggle to visit the religion’s holiest shrine has been a pain point for generations.Punjab view mapCreated with Raphaël 2.1.0Created with Raphaël 2.1.0 27,743,338Population PunjabiSpoken Languages $7845GDP Per Capita ChandigarhCapital City In the
READ MOREThe Terrorist Bringing India and Pakistan to the Brink of War … Again | Provocateurs0
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- March 13, 2019
OZY 13 March 2019 Masood Azhar Why you should care Because in this tinderbox, he holds the biggest match. Dueling airstrikes, a captured-then-returned fighter pilot, politically fueled tension: India and Pakistan have been brought to the brink of war since a suicide bombing in Kashmir last month, carried out by the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad. The
READ MOREKathmandu Offers Front-Row Seat to History Being Rebuilt0
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- March 7, 2019
Good Sh*tGood Sh*tIf you’d want to drink it, eat it, wear it, ride it, drive it; if it’d be cool to see, listen to or do, we’re writing about it.Read more 7 March 2019 The Basantapur Tower in Kathmandu Durbar Square was badly damaged in the April 2015 earthquake. Because Kathmandu’s historic sites are unveiling
READ MOREIndia’s Rocker Aristocrat Takes on Modi0
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- March 4, 2019
By Sonia Sarkar • MAR 04 2019 Why you should care 3,673,917 Population Bengali, HindiSpoken Languages $4457 GDP Per Capita Agartala Capital City Dressed in a white kurta and pajama with a red-and-black scarf, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma looks energetic. Rolling up his sleeves, in high-pitched Hindi, he tells the crowd: “Today, the king will
READ MOREThe Bombay Building That Brought Hindus and Muslims Together to Free India0
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- February 13, 2019
By Devyani Nighoskar • FEB 13 2019 Why you should care “Hargiz nameerad aan ke dilaash zinda shud ba-ishq / sabt ast bar jareeda-e-aalam dawam-e-ma.” One whose heart was engrossed in true love cannot die. / He is eternally fixed in the chronicle of earth. Engraved in Nastaliq script on a shining white marble plaque,
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OZY Takes You to Democracy’s Biggest Exercise With States of the Nation: India0
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- February 11, 2019
By Charu Sudan Kasturi and Maroosha Muzaffar 11 February 2019 SourceGetty Images Why you should care OZY takes you to the villages and towns, forests and hills of the world’s fastest-growing major economy as it prepares for mankind’s largest-ever democratic exercise. The sun is beating down, and it’s over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. But hundreds are
READ MOREPakistan Fights to Save the Adorable and Endangered Pangolin0
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- February 6, 2019
By Haniya Javed 6 February 2019 The WWF has found at least 239 shops in six different cities of Pakistan that were involved in the sale of pangolin body parts, while local websites list the sale of baby pangolins for 80,000 Pakistani rupees ($570). SourceShutterstock Why you should care Pangolin numbers have gone down by
READ MORETHE 201-YEAR-OLD BATTLE THAT STILL DIVIDES INDIA0
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- January 1, 2019
By Maroosha Muzaffar 1 January 2019 Bhima-Koregaon remains a contentious issue between India’s conservatives and the Dalit community. Conservatives have long viewed Dalits as traitors for siding with the British colonizers, but Waghmare explains that Mahars had their reasons to fight against Peshwas who belonged to a high caste. Baji Rao II, governor of the area from
READ MOREOne Teenager’s Escape From Afghanistan0
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- December 23, 2018
True Story SourceShutterstock Why you should care Because chances are, at 15, you weren’t fighting for your very survival. Hugh Biggar is a writer in California, with stops in D.C., Eastern Europe and Indonesia. The following is an edited version of his interview with Hussain Raza, an Afghan refugee. At 15, I landed in Quetta,
READ MOREBook review; THUG – This Terrifying Indian Gang Strangled 105 People in One Winter0
- Blog, Issue 27 – Winter 2019, Reviews
- November 26, 2018
Hard cover 356 pages, Publisher: Granta Books (April 30, 2005) Language: English, ISBN-10: 1862076049,ISBN-13: 978-1862076044 Stranglers from the Thuggee sect in Aurangabad prison, drawn by Alphonse de Neuville. SourceComposite: Sean Culligan/OZY. Image: Getty Why you should care Suave, disciplined and ruthless — highwaymen don’t come more effective than Feringeea. Some people are too evil to forget
READ MOREBaloch Leader: Trump Speaks a Language Pakistan Can Understand0
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- November 19, 2018
Relatives of missing Pakistanis hold up a portraits of loved ones during a vigil for Baloch Martyrs’ Day in Quetta on Nov. 13, 2014. Source Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty By Karlos Zurutuza 19 November 2018 Why you should care Baloch pro-independence leader Hyrbyair Marri discusses how the U.S. president can foster positive change in his region. Hyrbyair Marri,
READ MORESouth Asia Is Becoming More Democratic0
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- November 1, 2018
CAPTION FAST FORWARD DEMOCRACY’S NEW STRONGHOLD MIGHT SURPRISE YOU By Maroosha Muzaffar Maldives’ main opposition leader and presidential candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (center) greets a crowd during a campaign rally in the Maldives capital Male, ahead of the presidential elections on Sept. 23, 2018. SOURCEGETTY IMAGES WHY YOU SHOULD CARE As global freedoms seem to
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