Since I know first-hand the terrible things that young men are capable of when deprived of romantic companionship for too long, I fear for the future of India. The country’s gender ratio is skewing way too male these days, which means that tens of millions of 21-year-old men will one day find themselves coming up […]
Entries Tagged as 'Mizoram'
The Scent of Perfume in Biloxi
April 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Scent of Perfume in Biloxi
Tags:demographics·economics·India·Mississippi·Mizoram·statistics
There She Is, Miss Mizoram
August 24th, 2010 · Comments Off on There She Is, Miss Mizoram
Up to the jawline with work this p.m., so please forgive the video quickie—a look back at the mid-’80s beauty pageant scene in the North-East Indian state of Mizoram. Safe for work, unless your boss objects to one-piece swimsuits. Note the judges’ archaic emphasis on body measurements—perhaps The Feminine Mystique had not yet been published […]
Tags:beauty pageants·India·Mizoram