• Take a sip from the fountain of youth. Noted Bollywood playback singer Alisha Chinai has discovered a secret cure for aging. [Twitter]
• Model parents. You probably know about this already, but be prepared to be aghast if you don’t: Kids adopted from places like India into American homes are frequently “rehomed” when parents decide they don’t want to deal with unexpected behavioral issues. Way to go, parents! [The Stir]
• It’s a small cost. If you’ve got $2.4M to spare, you can be neighbors with Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan in a luxury timeshare villa community where they too own property. In the UAE. While supplies last! [Emirates 24/7]
• It’s a large cost. Anti-Muslim groups raised nearly $120M in funding between 2008 and 2011 in the U.S. [New York Daily News]
• Beauty pageants knows no boundaries. The World Muslimah is the Islamic world’s answer to the Miss America pageant — and it looks amazing. [BuzzFeed]
Rohin Guha is a contributing editor at The Aerogram. Follow him on Twitter @ohrohin. Find The Aerogram on Twitter @theaerogram.
Very interesting facts. Shame about the rehoming and anti-muslim campaign. On the other hand, although World Islamah is an impressive effort, my favourite subgroup-based beauty pageant has got to be Miss World Punjaban (note: girls who do not know to do gidha or grind their own atta need not apply).