“Undoubtedly, Hello Kitty—as product, as logo, as design—is artistic expression.” Christine Yano makes that assertion in Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek Across the Pacific, her new ...

The colonial bungalow on Delhi’s Barakhamba Road had been given a red-white-pink makeover: a giant plushie bow adorned one corner of the facade, while pink-red plushie apples and hearts dangled ...