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    Satire: An IYD Yoga Sequence to Embrace a Common Nationalist Heritage

    • June 29, 2019
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    Funeral Posters In Sri Lanka

    • May 11, 2019
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    A short personal reflection on the Easter Sunday attacks, and counting the dead, in Sri Lanka. *** When there’s a funeral in Sri Lanka, they put posters up all over[…]

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    Photo Story: Stilt Fishermen Strike A Pose To Earn A Living

    • March 7, 2019
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    Thirty years ago, stilt fishing was more widely seen in Sri Lanka and had become famous across the globe. Since the 2004 tsunami, however, this mode of fishing has declined[…]

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    Get Your Culture On At 3rd i’s Film Festival In San Francisco & Palo Alto: 10/22-25 & 11/1

    • October 22, 2015
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    It’s time for the 13th edition of the San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival! Presented by 3rd i Films, the festival showcases independent films that promote diverse images of South[…]

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    Hot News Mix: Apple to ‘Diversify’ Emojis, Karachi’s Emerging Indie Music Scene, Lata Mangeshkar Death Hoax, and More

    • March 28, 2014
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    Via Apple iOS7 Beyond the Turban: Bringing Diversity to Emojis. Apple has announced plans to roll out more “diverse” emojis (current options are limited to an Asian man with a baseball[…]

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    Hot News Mix: More Nannygate Drama, ‘Forgotten’ Queen Song with New Freddie Mercury Vocals Emerges, + More

    • January 16, 2014
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    Hot News Mix: A Brutal Boston Murder, ENDA’s Importance to PoC, + More

    • November 21, 2013
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    • It’s a story that got a decent share of coverage yesterday, but still managed to fly under the radar: A 22-year-old man killed 58-year-old Kanchanben Patel by dragging her along[…]

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    Hot News Mix: A Pakistani Anti-Censorship Group has ‘Hugs for YouTube’

    • November 18, 2013
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    Pakistanis have nothing but love for YouTube: It’s been over a year since Pakistan banned YouTube, but the love ordinary citizens have for the site hasn’t waned. That’s the message[…]

    Arts · Opinion

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    Will the Revolution be Commodified and Made Meaningless Courtesy of M.I.A.?

    • July 23, 2013
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    “[W]hat she’s experiencing is an absolutely necessary struggle — an attempt by an artist who’s defined herself through opposition to engage with the system that she has entered, for better[…]

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    Calls From Back Home: Telling the Stories of the War Diaspora

    • July 17, 2013
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    When my Amma calls me on the telephone, she sometimes fills the distance that separates us by reading me her poetry and asking me for translations and opinions. She often[…]

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