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The 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,
READ MOREOZY 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
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- 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,
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South 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
READ MOREAt the Wheel: Women Drive Pakistan’s Ride-Sharing Industry0
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- June 21, 2018
By Ambreen Ali • JUN 21 2018 Why you should care Ride-sharing companies are hiring more and more female drivers. Pakistan 30.375321° N, 69.345116° E view map 197,015,955Population Multiple, including UrduSpoken Language $5,354GDP Per Capita IslamabadCapital City Riffat Sheraz stands out in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, as she rides on her motorcycle with a man
READ MOREHE’S GIVING DISPLACED ROHINGYA A VOICE — AND A WALLET0
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- May 8, 2018
BY SKOT THAYER • MAY 08 2018 Why You Should Care Because Muhammad Noor is binding together an endangered people. Malaysia has become one of the most popular destinations for the Rohingya people driven from their homelands in Myanmar. They are often smuggled into Kuala Lumpur, where they arrive with hopes as high as the megacity’s glass-and-steel towers. Muhammad
READ MOREBangladesh Bets on Connectivity for Its Next Economic Leap0
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- May 5, 2018
Bangladesh Bets on Connectivity for Its Next Economic Leap By Charu Sudan Kasturi • MAY 04 2018 Why you should care Because Bangladesh aims to be the connectivity link between South and East Asia. Bangladesh 164,669,751Population BengaliSpoken Language $4,207GDP Per Capita DhakaCapital City Firecrackers lit the March sky over Dhaka as Bangladesh savored the U.N.
READ MOREAsia’s Energy Revolution Could Kill Trump’s Coal-Powered Dreams0
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- February 3, 2018
By Nithin Coca Why you should care A key campaign promise may soon be on the ropes. For one of President Donald Trump’s best-known campaign promises — to revive the American coal industry — to succeed, the U.S. is counting on major energy-guzzling economies to purchase the fossil fuel. There’s increasing evidence now suggesting that
READ MOREWill India Soon Erupt Into Religious-Based Politics?0
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- November 12, 2017
Why you should care Because the world’s largest democracy has stood as a beacon of pluralism for seven decades. For 70-year-old Haji Mehboob, born and raised in the north Indian city of Ayodhya, the sight of Yogi Adityanath, the state chief minister, visiting his hometown brings back memories of a period 25 years ago, when
READ MORETIBET’S NEXT LEADER WARNS HOW APATHY CAN KILL0
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- October 26, 2017
By Greg Bruno WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Because apathy can become an epidemic. The 17th Karmapa of Tibet, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, has been called the future “shepherd of the Tibetan people,” a Buddhist leader-in-waiting who may one day replace the Dalai Lama as the most important crimson-clad chieftain for many Tibetans. Though his claim to the throne of
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