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Bursting India’s myths about skin color
A few months back IndusLatin spotlighted the expansive use of skin whitening creams in India and Latin America. Recently the issue has been back in the news in India. Vogue magazine’s India edition dedicated its May cover story to the issue, and declared that it is time “to say we love, and always have loved, [...]
Fair and Peely
This is an obvious cultural similarity across India (with ubiquitous Fair and Lovely ads for women and men)and Latin America – use of skin whitening creams. You think in their competitive quest for more face whitening, marketers will soon talk people of color into splashing diluted Clorox on their faces. via NYTimes.com For years, Allison [...]
Where India meets Mexico
DNA – Entertainment – Tradition and modernity makes a beautiful blend in the 16 paintings by Delhi-based artist, Nitai Das who is currently exhibiting his collection at Jehangir Art Gallery. In his artworks, done with oils and acrylics, Nitai has combined Indian traditional and Mexican folk art with a few contemporary touches. So, while the [...]
At La Mar on the pier, it’s all about ceviche
SF Chronicle Chef Gastón Acurio has a vision, and it permeates everything you see on the plate and in the decor at La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, the Peruvian restaurant that opened in September on Pier 1 1/2. The building frames calming views of San Francisco Bay on one side and skyscrapers on the other. Acurio [...]
Estee Lauder ride for cosmetics in India
Brand Equity -Features-The Economic Times While India may not yet be ready for Origins, Aveda is the brand Lauder thinks India is ready for. “A lot of the principles on which the brand is founded, a lot of the inspirations for Aveda come from principles of Ayurveda and if properly positioned could be successful in [...]
That Roar in the Jungle Is 15,000 Motorbikes
NYTimes.com With more than 15,000 motorbikes and only 47,000 people, Tabatinga – Brazil resembles a small version of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, another chaotic place where cars take a distant back seat as the preferred mode of transportation. “I have never seen a place with so many motorbikes,” said Sabrina D’Assumpção, a resident of [...]
Chakalaka or Churrasco?
Culture – livemint.com What are the main kinds of Brazilian cuisine?We have different cuisines in the north, south and the east, influenced by Portugal, Africa and Holland. One favourite item that cuts across regions and cultures?Feijoada. Earlier, the slaves would get the bad parts of pork which would be left over — ears, nose, tail. [...]
Agenda set for Afro-Andeans
Latinamerican Press Afro-descendants of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru — member countries of the Andean Community, or CAN, bloc — met in late September to agree on steps to increase their political representation and participation in their home countries. Andean organizations that compose the Andean Region Afro Civil Society umbrella group met in Cartagena, Colombia [...]
Hollywood studios to use Indian patented technology
Business Standard Hollywood is all set to use Indian technology for the first time. An erstwhile incubatee at the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), has been approached by prominent Hollywood production houses for his patented technology, which finds its application in the current film technology and [...]
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