Japan’s Quirkiest Beauty Treatments
Beauty is big business in Japan. In these times of economic stagnation, people need any edge they can get to stand out from the leagues of other highly educated and …
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Asian A-Listers Making Fashion Hit Lists
With Asian cinema growing in importance, Hollywood’s leading ladies are increasingly finding themselves overshadowed on the red carpet by their eastern counterparts. At a recent Christian Dior show in Paris, …
Read MoreSpecial Ainu Photo Exhibition Now in London
Makiko Ui is a Tokyo-based photographer who was been working with the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan for over twenty years. Her photographs of their way of life have …
Read MoreBurka Avenger Joins the Fight for Female Education in Pakistan
In the west, female superheroes are often a study in contradictions. Although fighting for equality and justice, more often than not, they tend to be clad in the sort of …
Read MoreIs it the Last Stop for the Jeepney?
Traveling in a Jeepney tops the to-do list of many a visitor to Manila. These iconic Jeep hybrids are a popular means of public transport, and no two are alike. …
Read MoreHYPER JAPAN Energizes the UK
The largest Japanese culture event in the United Kingdom, Hyper Japan is now in its fourth year, and growing more popular with each outing. When this writer arrived at the …
Read MoreForty Years on, the World Remembers Bruce Lee
Although his back catalogue of Hollywood films is relatively slim, since his death forty years ago, Bruce Lee has risen to become an international pop cultural icon. His mix of …
Read MoreNew Kid On The Block
The son of Bollywood music baron Kumar Taurani (owner of Tips Industries Ltd) Girish Kumar is making his acting debut in the just-released Ramaiya Vastavaiya directed by Prabhu Deva; who …
Read MoreFirst Ever Female Saudi Director Narrates Desire for Freedom
‘Wadjda,’ Haifaa Al Mansour is making history this year with a film that tackles Quranic memorization. So far, so traditional, but the fact that this is Saudi movie that, for …
Read MoreA Family Saga
In the Shadow of Freedom by Laxmi Tendulkar Dhaul evoked great interest after its first release at the Jaipur Literature Festival, 2013. It is a tender love story involving three …
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