Humans of Garba | 16 Types of People You See at Garba
Learn more about Nirja Desai’s Humans of Garba doodle series on Instagram. * * * Navratri is almost over. And we’ve probably seen these types … Read more
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Feminist Bollywood Movies For When You Want the Masala, But Not The Misogyny
Enjoying Bollywood movies can be hard to do if you’re a feminist. The most popular of Bollywood films tend to feature “item songs” and redundant … Read more
Photographer Ismail Ferdous On Documenting the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse
I first saw Ismail Ferdous’s photographs of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh in a New York Time’s Op Doc, The Deadly Cost of … Read more
Why Did ‘Nylon’ Whitewash M.I.A. For Its Asian Readers?
Hey! Did you happen to see M.I.A.’s new January 2014 Nylon cover? Maybe you haven’t — it was for the brand’s Singapore edition, after all … Read more
Waris Turns Heads in New Gap Holiday Ad Campaign
Walk into one of the 866 Gap retail stores in the United States this Holiday season, shop online at Gap.com, or visit the company’s Facebook … Read more
Burqa-Appropriating Diesel Ad Channels Lady Gaga and Jenny Holzer
Oh, to be the genius mind behind the creative brief that resulted in this disastrous Diesel launch ad! Featuring a pale, tattooed model wearing a … Read more
Sari So Sloppy
As a cavalcade of saris sailed across a New Delhi runway yesterday — courtesy of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week — I wasn’t exactly leaping to splurge on … Read more
