Hot News Mix: The Delhi Gang Rape, One Year Later
A year later, what’s’ changed? Rape convictions numbers alone don’t offer much hope that things have changed since last year’s horrific gang rape of a 23-year-old … Read more
After 377: Articles, Reactions and Photos From Around the World
Last week, the Supreme Court of India re-criminalized homosexual sex under a Colonial-era law known as Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The decision … Read more
Hot News Mix: David Hasselhoff Wants to Work With Salman Khan and Maulik Pancholy Marches for LGBT Rights in India
Is a David Hasselhoff-Salman Khan collaboration in the future? Actor/singer David Hasselhoff sent this intriguing tweet to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on Friday: @BeingSalmanKhan hey … Read more
Hot News Mix: Indian Consular Officer Arrested for Visa Fraud, Waris is Featured in the NY Times and More
The Nanny Diaries. Manhattan DA Preet Bharara announced yesterday that Indian consular officer Devyani Khobragade had been arrested for visa fraud. Khobragade works as the Deputy … Read more
Hot News Mix: India’s First-Ever LGBT Radio Station Reacts to Hateful Supreme Court Ruling + More
• India’s first LGBT radio station, Bangalore-based Q Radio, reacts to some rather heartbreaking news about the Supreme Court re-criminalizing LGBT identity the same way most of … Read more
Hot News Mix: The Freddie Mercury Biopic Finally Finds its Leading Man
Ready Freddie, Finally: The wait is finally over: British actor Ben Whishaw will play Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury in the much-anticipated biopic of the … Read more
India’s Supreme Court Criminalizes Homosexuality, Twitter Users Angrily React
Striking a huge blow to gay rights, India’s Supreme Court overturned a 2009 Delhi High Court ruling that decriminalized homosexuality. According to NDTV, the ruling … Read more
Hot News Mix: Pope Invites Indian Nun’s Killer to Rome, A Riot in Singapore’s Little India and More
Pope Invites Nun’s Killer to Rome. Pope Francis wants to meet the infamous killer of an Indian nun. In 1995, Samundar Singh stabbed Sister Rani … Read more
Hot News Mix: Dev Patel Signs on to Play a Legendary Mathematician and India’s Olympic Hopes are on Thin Ice
Dev Patel Signs on to Play The Man Who Knew Infinity: Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel will play the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in … Read more
Hot News Mix: Sharmila Tagore’s Big Speech, Nelson Mandela and Gandhi + More
Sexism Can Suck It. Actress Sharmila Tagore recently schooled everyone with a speech about women in Indian cinema. “Traditionally, we as a nation have tended … Read more
