Manya Gupta
Rumba-Rooted Band Staff Benda Bilili Wows Audience on First US Tour
Anchor Marco Werman takes us to the soundcheck for the first date on the US tour of Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili. They’re from the streets of Kinshasa, confined by polio to wheelchairs. And they rock.
Can an Actor Change a Nation?
The latest issue of Time magazine’s Asia edition features Indian actor Aamir Khan on its cover primarily because of his social activism in recent times.
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Outsourcing 2.0: India May Now Become a Hub for Creative Work
Low-budget artists from the West are exploring the opportunity to tap into India’s creative energy turning it into an arts outsourcing destination.
2011: The World in Protests
[Interactive Graphic] The World’s coverage of the protests, demonstrations and revolutions, from the ‘Arab Spring’ to the ‘Occupy’ protests, as they happened.
Land of Tobacco: Sources of Data
“Mortality Attributable to Smoking in China,” New England Journal of Medicine, 2009 “Prevalence of Smoking in China in 2010,” New England Journal of Medicine, 2011 Gallup surveys of smoking behavior in China, 2011 Global Adult Tobacco Survey, World Health Organization, 2010 Tobacco Atlas, World Lung Foundation and American Cancer Society
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