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Bitcoin pop culture moment fades as fad gives way to regulators

The 2018 lull shows just how quickly investment fads can come and go. Gone for now are the days when Bitcoin dominated talk at holiday tables

2 min read15 Mar 2018
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Decoding Stephen Hawking’s impact on pop culture

Stephen Hawking wasn't just the pre-eminent scientific mind of our era, he was also the world's biggest celebrity scientist. Any pronouncement by him made front-page news

4 min read15 Mar 2018
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The Yeti hunter of Mussoorie

Daniel Taylor spent a lifetime trying to discover the mythical creature of the Himalayas. His findings are out in a new book.

8 min read21 Oct 2017
Opinion

The failure of elite wisdom

In the Western world, the battle lines have been drawnbetween transnational, multicultural, polyglot elite and folk who 'live within borders, on the ground, in flyover regions'

4 min read30 Jan 2017
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Junaid Jamshed: The voice of a generation

It is difficult to truly give a sense of Junaid Jamshed's position atop Pakistani pop culturehe was Elvis, he was Michael Jackson, and more

8 min read25 Dec 2016
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Mooing with the times

Captain Haddock rode it, Raja Ravi Varma painted it, the Congress used it as its party symbol. The bovine creature in diverse roles in contemporary culture

9 min read30 Nov 2015
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Anjula Acharia-Bath: The angel investor propelling Priyanka Chopra’s American dream

The lack of South Asian role models in Western pop culture had always nagged Acharia-Bath, who made it a mission to help the Bollywood star become a household name in the US. With Quantico, she's already halfway there

12 min read4 Oct 2015
Opinion

What do vape, selfie and GIF have in common?

Filipinos appear to be streets ahead of Indians when it comes to familiarity with global lingo

2 min read31 Dec 2014
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Children of the Disco Dancer

Children of the Disco Dancer

5 min read6 May 2011
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American beauties

American beauties

1 min read3 May 2008
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