FUCK YEAH SOUTH ASIA!: Archive

100,000,000 workers grind India to a halt in one...

itsthemusicpeople: taringanjing: One of the world’s largest ever strikes began at midnight on Monday 27th Feb and will end at midnight tonight. Up to 100,000,000 Indian workers from different sectors and industries are calling for a national minimum wage, permanent jobs, and much more. Read More Are those nine digits?

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Soon, coin to mark Bhagat Singh's birth centenary

waveofeuphoria: BARNALA: The Bhagat Singh aficionados’ are elated over union government decision of introducing Rs. 5 coins having legendary martyr picture. The reserve bank of India(RBI) has announced to soon introduce coins devoted to martyr’ birth anniversary with Bhagat Singh picture on one side of the coin. Incidentally Bhagat Singh’ centenary was observed in September 2007. Earlier a...

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So for one of my classes,

poisonyourbreath: I’m supposed to study some aspect of feminism this semester. And by some miracle, I can study feminisms outside of the U.S.! I was hoping to study feminisms in South Asia, but I don’t know where to start. It could be an organization or a person or anything; it’s completely open on what I want to research, even a historical organization that doesn’t exist anymore. I’d just like...

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j0ethought: W.H.O declares India polio free!

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“Some days — some years — it’s hard to think of a more apt symbol for Pakistan...”

– Kamila Shamsie on the softer side of Peshawar for New York Times. (via invest2innovate)

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“A couple of reasons that free yoga classes are held and advertised in...”

– colorblue | this is not a post about yoga! this! i wrote a post about this like three years ago, and i still cant get myself to take a yoga class or get my certification for teaching yoga. and im so glad that she linked this to seed patents (i made the same connx in my post back when…)\ oh h/t...

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