Fans, I tell you.
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Times Now
Times Now
Fightin’ the good fight.
Prince Manvendra is not just India's, but the world's first openly gay prince. Publicly disowned by his mother when he came out, he has been on Oprah thrice and now fights for LGBT rights in India and the world over. In 2014, he started a campaign called Free Gay India.
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One half of the New York-based trans performance art duo Darkmatter, known for their artistry with words and their focus on trans rights activism, Alok Vaid-Menon is a trans-feminine Indian-American poet, performance artist, and activist. They're best known for their stellar spoken-word poetry and, obviously, for being a work of fashion art.
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The other half of Darkmatter, Janani is a graphic designer, writer, and a total punthusiast. Together, the pair work on opening dialogue about the lack of representation of trans people of colour, while simultaneously giving the world intense aesthetic goals on all levels.
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Harish Iyer is a Mumbai-based LGBT rights activist, columnist, and environmentalist who stands up for a number of sociopolitical causes in India. Iyer's mum recently had India's first gay matrimonial ad printed in an Indian daily, seeking a "well-placed vegetarian groom" for her son.
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Flawless victory.
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Read it in full here.
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He’s ALWAYS been camera-ready.
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*Google searches: “Am I a cookiesexual help WebMD”*
“Even though I was obsessed with these shows, there was something missing: people of color,” says Julio Salgado.
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Not today, hate politics. Not today.
Subramanian put up his photo holding up a note. It had the following caption:
"This is the idea. Do join in if you believe in peace being the way forward. Write this message on a post it note, take a selfie and make it your profile picture #ProfileForPeace. No more artists being banned. This is my voice. This is our voice for our Mumbai, our India. Enough of hate politics. #SpeakUp"
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Sometimes, it’s just not worth it.
01. Your office is more than a five-minute rickshaw/cab ride from your house.
02. There aren't any coffee places in the immediate vicinity of your office.
03. There are no pets allowed.
04. Not enough time to catch up on your TV shows.
05. They don't allow you to download torrents.
06. They don't give you the WiFi password for your phone.
07. You have to wear pants to work.
08. Cabs/rickshaws often refuse to take you home after work.
09. The canteen never sends ketchup with your lunch.
10. Nosey, talkative colleagues who consistently prattle on about their lives.
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11. No hot people.
12. Lots of hot people. That are already taken.
13. If there are people who chew too loudly.
14. Or talk too loudly.
15. Or laugh too loudly.
16. Or are frequent sneezers.
17. Early morning shifts.
18. Late night shifts.
19. Midday shifts.
20. Shifts.
21. When your boss goes out drinking and doesn't take you.
22. When they don't allow midday drinking.
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“I couldn’t tell my mother ‘You were right in saying I need to maintain distance from boys’.”
“The Survivor Chronicles” is a new series by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan where adult survivors of sexual abuse talk about the trauma they endured. Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi laid the foundation of the child rights movement, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, in 1980 in India.
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The first time, it was in grade two, when her school bus conductor kept hugging, kissing, and touching her inappropriately. It lasted for six months until she told someone. What followed was a time of struggle, where Sangita started wearing loose clothes because she thought that could prevent it.
The second time, a cousin who was sleeping over tried to molest her thrice.
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Rancho was a bully, Munna Bhai a pathological liar, and baby Anjali a manipulative turd.
So yeah, Anjali was adorable with her little cutesy headbands and quirks, I'll give you that. But let's get down to the reality here: She was a manipulative, emotionally exploitative little turd.
At 8 years old, Anjali had already ruined several lives to make hers ideal. I don't know if it's the brainwashing via her dead mum's annual letters that's to be held responsible, or just the fact that she was born an evil genius who will get what she wants one way or another.
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This pathological liar melted everyone's heart in 2003 because it's adorable when you almost get away with a fake medical degree, potentially putting several lives in danger, only to be able to marry the girl of his dreams. The dude just "orders" dead bodies over the phone in anatomy class. Also, he strips students much younger than him to "counter bullying".
Remember, kids, crime is A-OK if it comes with a jaadu ki jhappi. Always hug people after you euthanise them for leisure. It makes people go, "WTFFFF but awwww though."
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Nandini taught me that if you're kinda cute and good at pretending to be sweet, please feel free to have a fucking field day trashing your loved ones' expectations of you. Break boys' hearts. Do it twice if the first time wasn't fun enough. Throw a tantrum when someone insinuates you're a shitty person, and don't you dare think about the long term when making decisions.
Basically, people are disposable for this walking dick of a human being.
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Raj was cute and funny, right? LOL wrong. He got a girl drunk and she passed out. After she woke up, he basically told her he raped her. Yup. With an elaborate story, no less, only for shits and giggles (Simran shitting herself and Raj giggling).
He may have "gone out of his way to marry Simran" when he moved to India and to her haveli, but the fuck was the game plan to begin with? If Bauji hadn't found the Europe photo of Simran and him, and stopped him mid-exit, Raj was fucking dipping out anyway after getting that sweet tail.
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Cannot. Wait. OMG.
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WARNING: Strong f**cking language.
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Those descriptions though.
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I’d vote for them TBH.
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It’s as easy as 1-2-3.
Aunty Ji: The stereotype of a judgmental older desi woman who loves to cause family-politics drama and feeds on spewing negativity about other women. She has mostly been conditioned into it by years of being bombarded by patriarchal notions.
A stereotype we hope to smash when we're older.
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Badnaami: Losing face, or gaining a bad reputation in society. But society is patriarchal as hell; therefore badnaami isn't something we should worry about when considering things like reporting sexual abuse, getting a divorce, or coming out.
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Cigarette: Tobacco rolled in paper, and the smoking of which is acceptable if men do it, but horrifying and dishonoring if women do it.
Equally bad for man lungs and woman lungs, however, so society can fuck off with that bullshit.
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Dahej (dowry): The material price a bride's family is, for whatever twisted reason, expected to pay to the groom's family. This tradition is nowhere near over, but less blatant with the use of comforting lines like "it'll only be a gift for your daughter!"
This shit needs to stop.
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Accurate AF.
Being Indian
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Harmonic with every religion and community. Kind on all pockets…
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Hear what happened from the man himself.
The break-up was covered by Gawker, New York Post, Dailymail, BuzzFeed, and several other websites. As of now, the original post has about 9000 shares on Facebook, but screenshots of it have been shared across social media thousands of times.
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*Breaks the internet with baby photos*
HEY EVERYBODY, LISTEN, MY SIBLING JUST HAD A BABY.
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So much betrayal.
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*In fields already chosen by them.
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Kintop Pictures
“I wanna be a doctor.” = “My parents want me to be a doctor.”
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