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What's the Most Popular Porn Site on Earth? (And What Does That Say About Our Relationship to Sex?)

Jill Filipovic, The Guardian. September 19, 2011.

A webcam site featuring mostly underpaid women from non-Western countries gets the most views. What does that say about Western sexuality?

Big Pharma Testing Drugs on India’s Poor

Viji Sundaram, Zeina Awad, New America Media. August 7, 2011.

Pharmaceutical companies are exploiting the country’s vast number of illiterate and poor people who are willing to become guinea pigs.

Water Scarcity Compounds Tensions Between India and Pakistan

Joshua Smeltzer, Policymic. July 5, 2011.

Nothing is quite as threatening for Pakistan as India planning 33 separate dams within the Indus river system.

The World's 5 Worst Places For Women -- And How U.S. Policy Helped Make Them That Way

Michelle Chen, AlterNet. June 30, 2011.

The plight of women in Afghanistan, Congo and other difficult places owes much to the machinations of Washington politicians.

Good Without God: Why "Non-Religious" Is the Fastest-Growing Preference in America

Terrence McNally, AlterNet. May 10, 2011.

Authors Phil Goldberg and Greg Epstein share their provocative views on why a quarter of Americans now call themselves agnostic, atheist or nonreligious.

Privatization Has Failed to Deliver Safe, Affordable Water for All -- Here's a Better Idea

Mthandeki Nhlapo, Peter Waldorff, Susan George, AlterNet. April 28, 2011.

The right to water is akin to the right to life, but many governments are reluctant to recognize this and shoulder their responsibilities to deliver safe, affordable water.

Charismatic Yoga Evangelist Takes Indian Politics By Storm

Sudha Ramachandran, Asia Times. March 21, 2011.

India's bewilderingly complex political arena has a new player -- the country's most popular yoga guru, Baba Ramdev.

India Must Free Human Rights Defender Binayak Sen Immediately

Subhankar Banerjee, ClimateStoryTellers.org. March 7, 2011.

If you don't know who Binayak Sen is, it's time to find out.

U.S. Launches Mission to Privatize Water in India

Wenonah Hauter, AlterNet. March 2, 2011.

The U.S. Water Trade Mission to India to secure the entry of U.S.-based corporations into the lucrative Indian water market has Indian water activists seething.

India Gathers Military Might

Peter Custers, IPS News. January 21, 2011.

Delhi’s recent foreign military and nuclear orders appears quite unprecedented. And it would be wrong to leave it at this, and fail to notice other peculiar coincidences.

An Inside Look at the Daily Struggle for Water in One of the World's Largest Cities

Priti Gulati Cox, Stan Cox, AlterNet. January 7, 2011.

In a city like Mumbai, where the water supply is barely sufficient to fill the needs of the population, ordinary people won't get their fair share without fighting for it.

Obama Silent on Kashmir Despite Devastating Conflict -- And Solution Has Been Outlined For Years

Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. December 13, 2010.

Today, Kashmir could spark a nuclear war that would have a global effect. It is short-sighted to ignore the UN's original proposal and instead pursue an anti-China alliance.

As Tensions Escalate Between China and Japan, the US Plays Both Sides

Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. November 2, 2010.

A strengthened and more democratic United Nations is necessary to resolve these crises. The alternatives are the stuff of nightmares.

Creepy Biometric IDs to Be Forced Onto India's 1.2 Billion Inhabitants

Ranjit Devraj, IPS News. September 6, 2010.

Fears about loss of privacy and government abuse abound as India gears up to biometrically identify and number its 1.2 billion inhabitants.

U.S. Wants China And India To Replace Coal With Environmentally Devastating Drilling

Shaun Tandon, AFP. August 27, 2010.

"It makes more sense to invest in truly clean renewable energies such as wind and solar."

Why "Eat, Pray, Love" Makes Me Want to Gag

Sandip Roy, New America Media. August 15, 2010.

Do we need another movie about a self-centered Westerner squeezing one-dimensional natives for exotic food, wisdom, and spirituality?

Bollywood Superstar Aamir Khan Shines the Spotlight on What's Caused an Estimated 150,000 Farmer Suicides in India

Sonali Kolhatkar, Uprising Radio. August 11, 2010.

An interview with Khan's about his new film, "Peepli Live," which explores the deadly consequences of India's shift to a neo-liberal economic model.

Junk Food Companies Pledge to Reduce Calories and Fight Obesity in US While Ramping up Their Presence in the Developing World

Amit Srivastava, AlterNet. June 3, 2010.

But if high-fat, high-sugar and highly processed foods are bad for the health of Americans, are they any good for people in India and China? The answer, obviously, no.

Saving Water, the (Really) Old-Fashioned Way

Adam Davidson-Harden, Jay Walljasper, OnTheCommons.org. May 29, 2010.

Drawing on indigenous Indian knowledge of geology, hydrology and ecology, Rajendra Singh helped to save a watershed.

Will the Nuclear Disarmament Summit Amount to Anything?

Thalif Deen, IPS News. April 13, 2010.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed strong doubts this week, as did diplomats who point out the hypocrisy of the U.S. and Israel on the issue.

Would You Outsource Your Womb?

Arlie Hochschild, AlterNet. April 2, 2010.

As science and global capitalism gallop forward, they kick up difficult questions about emotional attachment. What, if anything, is too sacred to sell?

Arundhati Roy: "We May Not Need Peace in This Unjust Society; You Need People Who Are Prepared to Resist"

Amy Goodman, Anjali Kamat, Democracy Now!. March 23, 2010.

World-renowned author and global justice activist Arundhati Roy discusses U.S. wars, the occupation in Kashmir, and her time spent with Maoist rebels in India.

Neither Victims Nor Voiceless: Sex Workers Speaking for Themselves

Audacia Ray, RH Reality Check. January 12, 2010.

Painting a portrait of people in the sex industry as victims without voices only perpetuates their disempowerment.

Controlling Yemen Is Just Part of Obama's Power Game with China

M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times. January 11, 2010.

The stepped-up presence in Yemen is the latest move in an increasingly cozy three-way US-Israel-India alliance that is the emphatic counter to China's surge.

How an Article on Larry Summers Caused Huge Riots in India

Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: World. January 8, 2010.

A blog entry on Summer's Indian billionaire sponsor became a major TV sensation in the southern India, sparking mass riots against the oligarch's business interests.

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