Bangladesh needs funds for infrastructure, energy and better technologies for its growing economy. But there is no free lunch in geopolitics and China will demand strategic favours from Bangladesh, which may impinge on India’s security. China already has an overwhelming influence on Bangladesh’s armed forces, which depend on Chinese military hardware to the extent of around 75 percent. While Hasina …
Reader question: Please explain “hot mess” in: The situation is, well, a hot mess. We’re here to talk, in the main, about the meaning of “hot mess”, but we hope peace will, somehow, return to Gaza soon. “It’s created a lot of needless confusion.” - ‘Wet hot mess’: How Trump politicized the mail — and angered conservatives, Politico.com, August 19, …
For the past two years, The Joe Rogan Experience has occupied the top spot on Spotify’s podcast charts. “She allows fans to slowly build a parasocial rapport with her,” wrote Claire Swadling, a fellow zoomer, for the Harvard Crimson in a piece articulating Earle’s appeal. “Before long, viewers again—not to see if her makeup routine has changed, but to see …
When 27-year-old Don Abram was in middle school, he dreaded going to his single mom's Chicago South Side church where he was often the only male in a sea of females overflowing the pews. "They never mentioned my being gay.but that's often how Black react," Abram told Raw Story. The George Floyd protests inspired Abram to launch a project documenting …
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From 90210 to Hot Mess Holiday; how has your journey been in Hollywood? Apart from starring in the movie; you’re also the executive producer on Hot Mess Holiday. The cast of Hot Mess Holiday is Asian dominant; does it help bring a familiarity on set? Hot Mess Holiday takes upon a journey of two best friends; have you and your …
We have sex, we drink, we curse like the sailors of yesteryear, and then some. That is Hot Mess Holiday as it captures the Indian diaspora woman of today in the bizarre context of ‘Deepavali in New York, a public break-up going viral, a diamond heist and Kal Penn being Kal Penn.’ Directed by Jaffar Mahmood, the Comedy Central film …
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