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Indiaspopup.com Hosts A NYC Power Summit Honouring 5 South Asian Women For IWD 2023
To celebrate International Women's Day Indiaspopup.com, America's premier ecommerce destination for luxury Indian fashion held a "Power Table" in New York. The luxurious high tea honoured 5 South Asian women who are "leading the change in fashion, entrepreneurship, media, entertainment, and journalism". Bouyed by a solid month-long charity connection with
Oscars 2023: Our Best-Dressed List!
Every year the Academy Awards delivers when it come to the red carpet. Even though this year's carpet was "champagne" that change in colour did not stall any style intentions! The stars all understood the assignment and we couldn't be thrilled to see such an amazing array of incredible fashions! Check out our Oscar's best dressed list here! Not only did
Mindy Kaling Becomes First South Asian To Receive Norman Lear Award
During the thick of award season, The Producers Guild of America held their annual ceremony celebrating the best in film and television. One of the highlights of the Producers Guild Awards was Mindy Kaling being the recipient of the highly coveted Norman Lear Prize for Achievement in Television making her the first South Asian personality to do so! The Norman Lear Prize for Achievement in Television is named after the iconic ground-br
"RRR" Nabs Oscar Nomination For Best Original Song For "Naatu Naatu"
The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced this morning by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams. The show will air at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday March 12th, 2023. And we are thrilled to see such an array of South Asian presence including the incredibly popular (and Golden Globe winner) "RRR"s song "Naatu Naatu" ("Dance Dance
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What Pisses Me Off: Why My Endometriosis Was Ignored For Years
You know what really pisses me off? Endometriosis. You know what pisses me off even more? The fact that going into 2023, people still don’t know what it is. Take a moment and ask yourself, have you ever heard of Diabetes? Breast cancer? How about Schizophrenia? While these conditions certainly ...
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Diljit Dosanjh & Coachella 2023 Makes History With Their First Ever Roster Of South Asian Artists
Coachella the iconic Southern California music festival will be coming back after their pandemic hiatus for two weekends, April 14-16 and April 21-23 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, California. And this time history will be m ...
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'RRR' Beats Taylor Swift And Lady Gaga With Golden Globe Win
The 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held last night and one of the biggest upsets was in the soundtrack category with South Indian film 'RRR' bagging the biggest cinematic score award of the evening for their song "Naatu Naatu" beating out Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga. [cap ...
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The Open Chest Confidence Academy Launches 2.0 To Celebrate Their 2nd Anniversary
It's time to ring in 2 successful years of The Open Chest Confidence Academy and Raj Girn, Founder & CEO shares with us her journey helping businesses and brands capture the magic of messaging. With strategic plans to get businesses and people to master their communication skills with their ...
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Save-The-Date: ANOKHI Turns 20 & You're Invited!
As you have seen, we announced our 20th Anniversary last weekend. We are now getting ready to celebrate with roster of amazing events promising a more engaging and interactive experience for our whole community near and far, including you! Check out all the details on what is going to be one of ...
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It's ANOKHI's 20th Anniversary This Weekend!
It was 20 years ago on November 19, 2002, when Raj Girn realized her dream to create a unique publishing platform dedicated to celebrating our South Asian heritage. And we are here to celebrate it! It's our 20th anniversary weekend and we are launching phase one of #ANOKHI20. This will c ...
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Rishi Sunak Becomes The First South Asian Prime Minister Of Great Britain
After the abrupt exit of then Prime Minister Liz Truss, the Conservative Party reunited once again to elect their new leader. This time Former Treasurer Secretary Rishi Sunak won the noble title as the Prime Minister of The United Kingdom, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This historical mome ...
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Unlike The US, India's Top Court Recognizes Abortion As A Human Right For All Women
India expands their abortion accessibility to all women regardless of marital status. For the first time since it has been legalized in 1971. What may be seen as a signal to the United States, India's Supreme Court has decidedly made their own mark when it comes to their country's abor ...
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Queen Elizabeth II Is Laid To Rest With State Funeral
The longest living Monarch in Commonwealth history has been laid to rest after days-long excursion from Scotland's Balmoral Castle to Buckingham Palace in London. Capping off with a regal state funeral service at Westminster Abbey. Here are all the details of her Majesty's final journey. ...
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Queen Elizabeth II Has Died
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest running Monarch in British history has passed away at the age of 96. Surrounded by her family Prince William, Prince Harry, Prince Charles, Prince Edward, Duchess of Essex and Prince Andrew she passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The Queen's frai ...
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Pakistan Is Drowning In A Climate Catastrophe: Here's How You Can Help
Pakistan has been affected by historical flash floods which has drowned one-third of the country. Millions are homeless, while 1000+ people have been killed since June of this year. The country is in dire need of international monetary support as it is dealing with what is being called a climate ...
