日: 2020-11-27

BooksHinduismHuman rightsIndiaIslamNetflixReligionSouth and Central AsiaTelevisionVikram SethWorld news

BBC’s A Suitable Boy rankles ‘love jihad’ conspiracy theorists in India

BJP reaction to depiction of Hindu-Muslim romance adds to recent rows over interfaith marriagesWhen the BBC’s adaptation of Vikram’s Seth’s novel A Suitable Boy recently landed on Indian Netflix it did not take long for the fanfare to turn to controver…

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Taiwan politicians throw pig guts at each other in row over US meat imports

Opposition party’s ‘disgusting’ offal protest prompts scuffle in Taipei legislative yuanParliamentarians in Taiwan have thrown pig guts at each other before coming to blows over plans to allow US meat imports.Members of the opposition Chinese nationali…

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‘I want to give what I never had’: the trans mum taking in abandoned children in India

Manisha was shunned as a child by her family and ended up on the streets – now she dreams of opening an orphanage When Manisha walks into her rented room, crestfallen at having earned little money at work, her children rush to the door and cluster arou…

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