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Saritha Rai

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In India, the death of microfinance?

By Saritha Rai | 01/17/11
BANGALORE, India — Until recently, India’s $7 billion microfinance sector was hailed as the poor man’s answer to banking.
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India's war over reality TV cameo with Pamela Anderson

By Saritha Rai | 12/03/10
BANGALORE, India — Call it a coincidence. In November, American model and actress Pamela Anderson appeared on an Indian reality television show wearing a clingy blouse and a gossamer white sari.
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Reforming rape laws in India

By Saritha Rai | 11/03/10
BANGALORE, India — The finger test really is as bad as it sounds. A doctor inserts two fingers into a rape victim's vagina to determine the presence or absence of the hymen and to assess whether she is accustomed to sexual intercourse. Not only
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More and more Indians want egg donors, but only if they're from the right caste

By Saritha Rai | 09/22/10
BANGALORE, India — The couple was particular: the egg donor had to be under 25, fair, beautiful and educated.
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Commonwealth Games mar New Delhi's image

By Saritha Rai | 08/18/10
BANGALORE, India — What was supposed to be India’s moment of glory is fast turning into the country's hour of shame.
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Bollywood stars let it all hang out on Twitter

By Saritha Rai | 08/12/10
BANGALORE, India — Bollywood sex symbol Mallika Sherawat recently posted a topless picture of herself on Twitter, with tresses of her long hair covering her chest. “Is it too much?” she wrote in a message to accompany the image.
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Indian men use skin-whitening products: racism or fashion?

By Saritha Rai | 08/05/10
BANGALORE, India — Skin-whitening products aren't just for the ladies anymore.
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Modern husbands and wives in India use forensics to get to heart of relationship

By Saritha Rai | 07/20/10
BANGALORE, India — In a country where marriage is widely considered sacred, the traditional is bumping up against the modern. More urban Indian couples are using state-of the art forensics to settle marital tiffs.
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Cities across India are vying for Obama's attention months ahead of a planned state visit

By Saritha Rai | 07/02/10
BANGALORE, India — Will it be chicken tikka in New Delhi, idli-dosa in Bangalore or pav-bhaji in Mumbai for the American president and the first lady?
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India: Popping morning after pills like candy

By Saritha Rai | 06/29/10
BANGALORE, India — At Sundeep Medicals, a busy drugstore at one end of Bangalore's prominent Brigade Road, two teenage girls breeze in and ask for the iPill, and then argue over whether they should buy one or two.