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Nikhita is Associate Culture Section Manager and a sophomore concentrating in Middle East studies. She was conceived in Sri Lanka and born in London, like Marks & Spencer lingerie. She enjoys political theatre, playing jazz piano and travelling.

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According to former Liberal Democratic Party minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, if Japan’s “baby making machines” stayed at home, they would produce more children and thus more workers. This economic justification for the fact only 60 percent of employ...

Employing Japan’s Women

According to former Liberal Democratic Party minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, if Japan’s “baby making machines” stayed at home, they would produce more children and thus more workers. This economic justification for the fact only 60 percent of employ...

In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, a red button marked “reset” (peregruzka) to commemorate the thawing relations between the United States and Russia.  Unfortunately, according to Lavrov, p...

2014 Sochi Political Games

In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, a red button marked “reset” (peregruzka) to commemorate the thawing relations between the United States and Russia.  Unfortunately, according to Lavrov, p...

Turbulent by Shirin Neshat. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons License. Turbulent is the first short film of a trilogy created by Iranian feminist, Shirin Neshat. In its many exhibitions, the film is projected on opposite walls and aims to convey th...

Turbulent: The Normality of Silence

Turbulent by Shirin Neshat. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons License. Turbulent is the first short film of a trilogy created by Iranian feminist, Shirin Neshat. In its many exhibitions, the film is projected on opposite walls and aims to convey th...

“Homosexuality is incompatible with scripture,” asserted Stanley Ntagali, the archbishop of Uganda, in response to accusations by British Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu condemning the persecution of human beings as “anathema.”  Ov...

Un-African Homosexuality

“Homosexuality is incompatible with scripture,” asserted Stanley Ntagali, the archbishop of Uganda, in response to accusations by British Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu condemning the persecution of human beings as “anathema.”  Ov...