She's one of India's biggest Barbie fans. When Vichitra Rajasingh was growing up, family and friends helped her build her collection of Barbie dolls until she had almost 80 of them. She once owned a ...

Seeking Barbie devotees in the booming markets of Asia, Mattel shifted its focus to India and China two years ago to offset dwindling sales in the US. But it now seems that Chinese girls aren’t so ...

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