EOD Roundup
EOD Roundup: Male Protestors Wear Skirts in Support of Indian Women
6:30 pm, January 16th | by Colette McIntyre
In today’s EOD roundup, a protest in Bangalore, India featured an amazing sight: young male protestors donning skirts in order to show solidarity with women in India. Marc Jacobs, bagpipers, these protestors, Kanye; it’s official — my favorite men wear skirts!
Studies Show
Study: Female Politicians Mean Better Grades For Girls
5:30 pm, January 18th | by Hillary Reinsberg
Aside from the obvious benefit of a more balanced government, here’s another plus to having more females in political office: it inspires more women to pursue education, according to a new study.
Mumbai Madness: Indian Magnate Talks Smack Over $1B Home
12:53 pm, May 24th | by Hillary Reinsberg
We’re officially declaring it war. Ratan Tata, the owner of Jaguar/Land Rover, Tetley Tea, Eight O’Clock Coffee and about a million other consumer/steel/energy products you haven’t heard of, has been talking smack about Mukesh Ambani, the Indian business magnate and 9th richest person in the world, according to Forbes, who recently built a $1 billion home in Mumbai called “Antilla.”
According to the Economic Times of India, when asked what he thought about Ambani’s excessive home, Tata, who holds great quantities of his wealth in charitable trusts and is known generally to avoid excess, told The Times of London on Sunday…
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