18 Feb
Thousands of charmers still perform across India despite the law
Some 1,000 snake charmers have staged a rally in eastern India, protesting against a law that has made their profession illegal.
Playing their flutes, they marched in the city of Calcutta, demanding the right to perform with live snakes.
Shows featuring cobras and other snakes have been banned [...]
13 Feb
Posted by Cory Doctorow, February 9, 2009 3:34 PM | permalink
Rishab sez,
To counter a disturbing trend of right-wing Hindu thugs beating up women going to pubs or wearing clothes they don’t approve of, Bangalore-based Alternative Law Forum (ALF) has launched a satirical campaign to support India’s “Pubgoing Loose and Forward Women”.The Pink Chaddi Campaign [...]
13 Feb
By Jeremy Page, Delhi
Does your Pepsi lack pep? Is your Coke not the real thing? India’s Hindu nationalist movement apparently has the answer: a new soft drink made from cow urine.
The bovine brew is in the final stages of development by the Cow Protection Department of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), India’s biggest and [...]
4 Feb
- Well, it’s official — sort of. India’s ultra low-cost laptop was formally announced Tuesday, although product details were sketchy at best. According to an InformationWeek report, the “Sakshat” laptop will have 2GB of memory, Wi-Fi, wired Ethernet, and will use a miserly 2 watts of power. The device will initially cost $20, but is [...]
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