2014

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Ban the Noah-ban zealots

On Malaysia banning the film Noah, the poster says religious communities should stop watching films if even respectful depictions offend them, and asks why that makes life miserable for everybody…

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Magic number for the NDA?

Opinion polls put the NDA close to a majority, which the poster blames on community polarisation and the two-nation theory, warning that nothing good will come of dividing communities.

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The guns of Sevastopol

A report on McDonald’s closing its Crimean outlets and on Russia’s gas price rise for Ukraine, with the poster joking that a new cold war opens with a burger strike.

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Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan

The author invites readers to share where they were when Bhutto was hanged, and recalls his own day: his mother in tears, a silent Lahore, and a prank with rooh…

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The race for top US jobs (India > China)

A Wall Street Journal report on why more Indians than Chinese reach top US jobs, citing language, familiarity with Western culture and willingness to move.

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Be glad you are not a gal (in Senegal)

A report on a ten-year-old Senegalese girl forced to continue a pregnancy after rape, which the poster sets against India’s own dangers for girls, with a warning against the state…

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India: food, food everywhere, not a bite to eat

An article on India producing more food than it needs while children go hungry and grain rots from poor storage, with the poster joking that Amartya Sen deserves a second…

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(SUV Kings) India defeat the French and Americans

A note that the Mahindra Scorpio led Indian SUV sales ahead of the Renault Duster and Ford EcoSport, in a falling market hit by diesel price rises.

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Muslim #1 speaks (TINA Congress)

The poster answers the Shahi Imam’s complaint that Muslims lack their own party, arguing there are several and blaming division and the two-nation theory for Muslims’ weak position in India.

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Shakti Mills gangrape – death penalty (3)

A report that three repeat offenders in the Shakti Mills gang-rape cases were sentenced to death. The poster opposes the death penalty in all cases and prefers solitary confinement.

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