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Too fat for Air India

Too fat for Air India

By Amit | June 6, 2008

A dramatical ruling from an Indian high court has agreed with Air India for ‘controlling’ the weight of their air hostesses. Further to five Air India hostesses filing a case against Air India for not letting them fly due to their weight, the court in Delhi made the ruling that it was acceptable for Air [...]

Categories: Health & Beauty
Tagged: air hostess, Air India, appearance, court, fat, features, health, Health & Beauty, indian, Kingfisher Airlines, law, slim, weight

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Asians Smoking - trendy or filmi?

Asians Smoking – trendy or filmi?

By Amit | March 8, 2008

Smoking and the use of chew tobacco in the South Asian community, is on the rise, especially in the UK. Is it now considered to be more trendy to smoke amongst British Asians? Smoking rates among some parts of the community is significantly higher than the general UK population. For example, 40 per cent of [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, Debate, Health & Beauty
Tagged: bangladeshi, Bollywood, Desi, features, Health & Beauty, hookah, indians, pakistani, risk, sheesha, smoking, society, south asians, UK

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