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Tibetans Say the Dalai Lama’s ‘Suck My Tongue’ Viral Video Is Being Misinterpreted
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader has often courted controversy for his off-the-cuff jokes that his supporters say are “lost in translation.”
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Weeks After His Nude Video Leaked, Trailblazing Televangelist Mysteriously Dies
In his death, Pakistan’s favourite meme subject is being made into a hero.
Yet Another Amazon Prime Show Is Being Called 'Anti-Hindu'
After four police complaints, India’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry has pulled up the streaming giant.
Bangladesh Arrested a Photographer For Documenting Transfer of Refugees to an Island Settlement
Abul Kalam has been chronicling refugee life in Bangladesh for over a decade.
This Indian Couple Had a Baby Just To Save Their Terminally Ill Son
Abhijeet Solanki, a seven-year-old from Gujarat, had received up to 80 blood transfusions as a treatment for thalassemia major. Then his sister was born.
A Brief History of Non-Indians Hating On Indian Food
Indians facing cultural intolerance and racism by outsiders via food is not new. Are “unpopular takes” reducing the complexity of Indian cuisine?
An Indian Politician Believes You Can Identify Bangladeshis Because They Eat Poha
BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said he suspected that the construction labourers working in his home were Bangladeshi because of their preference for poha.
The Imperfection Artist: Amanda Palmer Reflects on a Long Career of Pissing People Off
Palmer has found herself on the wrong side of public opinion more than a few times over the past 20 years. VICE caught up with the polarising singer to discuss fame, shame, and the pitfalls of celebrity.
Rape-Accused ‘Godman’ Nithyananda Fled India, Bought an Island and Has Now Started His Own Hindu Nation
The controversial self-proclaimed spiritual leader, whose teachings are often compared to Osho and who also has criminal charges of kidnapping and child abuse, apparently owns an entire nation with its own passport, flag and emblem.
Chinese Broadcaster Uses Famous Holocaust Poem to Compare Hong Kong Protesters to Nazis
The state news agency tweaked a poem by German pastor Martin Niemöller’s anti-Nazi poem, effectively comparing protesters to cowardly Germans who didn’t stand up to the Nazis.
Hong Kong Protesters Are Now Using Tinder and Pokémon GO to Organise People
As police crack down on platforms inviting people to join the march, protesters are resorting to creative ways of using technology to fuel the movement.