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Society
Saudia bans Rama and Maya (also Linda, Lauren,..)
A comment on Saudi Arabia’s ban of names such as Rama and Maya, with jokes about workarounds and the question of whether Taliban might copy it in South Asia.
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Save rhinos, be safe from leopards
A note on rhino poaching in Assam’s Kaziranga and leopard attacks in Mumbai, with the poster rejecting deportation and de-horning and half-seriously proposing to loan baby rhinos to China.
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The poverty picture (Africa)
A note on a WIDER study arguing sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s least responsive labour markets because too few workers have moved from farms to factories, with a nod to…
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The Posiedon flies high (in the Andaman sky)
Satellite and radar data suggest MH370 flew on for hours towards the Andaman Islands. Notes on the 2014 search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet.
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Sikh-Baha’i nuptials go (semi) viral
A note on a Sikh-Baha’i wedding in Jaipur that went semi-viral on Facebook, which the poster reads as a glimpse of a Baha’i future of different peoples joining.
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Politics
Worse than Hitler !!!
A satirical note on Indian politicians’ escalating insults, from ‘worse than Hitler’ on, ranging over Stalin, Aurangzeb, Mao and the Hitler collaborator Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Economy
PKR World Champion
A note on the Pakistani rupee’s 5.2 per cent surge after a $1.5 billion Saudi and Gulf gift, with the poster dismissing talk of hidden strings as a token of…
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Economy
10 mil millionaires
A short comment on the USA’s 10 million dollar millionaires, up 58 per cent since 2008, with the poster arguing that skin colour matters less to them than to the…
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Another reason to mourn 1971
A one-line joke over a Bangladesh-made montage, saying it would have been nicer as Made in East Pakistan and that Veena Malik must now respond.
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Economy
Made in Bangladesh
A note on The Aerogram’s essay on an American Apparel advertisement, in which the poster is ambivalent, valuing the textile industry’s gains for Bangladeshi women but finding the essay’s style…
