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Unfortunately, it's the same old, same old - everyone wants to look like everyone else, and India is no exception...

India is home to Bollywood, the world's most prolific movie industry. For those who dream of stardom, landing a leading role may depend on the color of your skin. India's preference for fair skin has given rise to a skin-lightening industry worth nearly $500 million dollars.

VICE's Gianna Toboni heads to Mumbai to find out how this cultural bias is fueling the booming business of fairer skin.

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Giant 8-Month-Old Baby Weighs 38lbs: BORN DIFFERENT

Aaaw. She looks so cute and cuddly. Best of luck to her...

A MORBIDLY obese baby has baffled doctors - by weighing in at a whopping 38lbs. Eight-month-old Chahat Kumar from Punjab, India was born an average weight but started ballooning in size at the age of four months. And now the bouncing baby weighs in at 2.7 stones - the same as an average four-year-old.

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New Delhi Street Food Stall Serves Snacks On Fire

Enquiring minds want to know what kind of wizardry is taking place here...

SOME people like their street food hot, but this paan stall in New Delhi is taking things to to the next level - by setting it on fire. Pradhuman Shukla's family has owned a food stall selling paan in Delhi, India for 20 years and they're changing the paan game. Paan comprises a betel leaf stuffed with areca nut and occasionally tobacco and is chewed as a stimulant and then spat out or swallowed. But Pradhuman, 31, has reinvented the traditional Indian snack and has been attracting hundreds of brave customers by lighting the paan on fire and forcing it into their mouths.

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Badass Female Biker Challenges Gender Stereotypes In India

Breaking gender stereotypes in India - one badass woman at a time...

A YOUNG woman is challenging gender stereotypes in India by riding the streets of New Delhi on a motorbike. Roshni Misbah has been turning heads as she speeds past on her CBR Repsol and Royal Enfield bikes wearing a leather jacket, high heels and a headscarf. Riding a motorbike isn’t the regular mode of transport for women in India, but Roshni has had a passion for motorbikes since a young age - and she wants to encourage a more female riding culture.

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Man With Balls Of Steel To Break Records

Ouch... ouch.. ouch... stop doing that. Ouch... ouch... So much for kickin' him in the nuts if you're pissed...

An Indian stuntman is all set to enter the record books by performing wacky stunts, including one where his head is run over by a car.

Amandeep Singh, 34, from the north India, performed 11 spine tickling stunts to stake his claim for a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Popularly known as India’s steel man, Amandeep, has also lifted two men - weighing more than 150 kilograms - with his teeth.

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Injured baby donkey rescued; watch her mama's reaction

Aaaw. Poor little thing. Animal Aid India to the rescue once again...

A tiny baby donkey had been attacked by a wild animal and suffered more than a dozen bites all over her body. Watch her amazing recovery!

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SMART PARKING SOLUTION from India

A perfect fit! There's your typical way of parking your car in the garage and then there's Vinu's way...

VINU'S INOVATIVE CAR PARKING INVENTED 6 YEARS BACK STILL WORKING

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