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Indian Kids Work Cheap For Google
2:49AM Ryan Tate | It’s great that Google has contests awarding money and computers to school children. Less great: It gives the victor in India one-twentieth of what an American kid gets for winning the same contest. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Racism Sells!
5:00PM Andrew Belonsky | People have their panties in a twist because an Indian cosmetic company is selling their skin lightening cream by telling dark-skinned men they’re ugly and will never get laid. Um, isn’t the fact that this cream exists problem enough? [CNN]
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Indian Police Drop Child-Selling Case, Rather Than Place Call To UK
11:35PM Hamilton Nolan | The father of nine-year-old Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali will not be charged with any crime for allegedly trying to sell her to undercover reporters for $US300,000. Indian police couldn’t track down the reporters. More »
Big Screen
Slumdog Has Officially Gone From Heart-Warming To Gut-Wrenching
11:44PM Hamilton Nolan | Rubina Ali was plucked from the slums of Mumbai to star in Slumdog Millionaire, which went on to be a smash hit around the world. Too bad absolutely nothing good came of that! More »
Music
4:24PM Jess McGuire | This might sound a bit stupid to the rest of you, but when I read the following quote from Our Kylie™ about how much she loved working in India, I couldn’t help but find her choice of words somewhat jarring, as though they were the kind of thing I could expect a big tough guy to mumble during an emotional moment, but not the thing I’d pick a tiny pop pixie from Australia to mutter.
Kylie Minogue was so thrilled to work in Bollywood she may do it again. The pop princess has been in India recording a song for big-budget blockbuster Blue with double Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman.
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Recording Songs In India Has Apparently Turned Kylie Into A Forty-Seven Year Old Blue Collar Worker From New Jersey
4:24PM Jess McGuire | This might sound a bit stupid to the rest of you, but when I read the following quote from Our Kylie™ about how much she loved working in India, I couldn’t help but find her choice of words somewhat jarring, as though they were the kind of thing I could expect a big tough guy to mumble during an emotional moment, but not the thing I’d pick a tiny pop pixie from Australia to mutter.
Kylie Minogue was so thrilled to work in Bollywood she may do it again. The pop princess has been in India recording a song for big-budget blockbuster Blue with double Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman.
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