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It was late on a Monday afternoon at the drunk tank in this Moscow suburb, but it could have been any day, at any hour, at any similar facility across this land. People would come. They always do. Such is Russia’s ruinous penchant for the bottle —...
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“It will soon be the end of the jambia,” bemoans Khaled al-Saikal, an antiques dealer in the souk of the Old City in Sanaa whose windows are brimming with...
made popular Nov 18 2009
Celebrating Christmas is really fun. The one aspect that I enjoy the most is spending time with loved ones. Of course, there is excitement filled with the aspect of...
made popular Nov 16 2009
I find this rather disturbing though I would not be quick to make any tangible comment and this to me is the stuff nightmares are made of.
I read this story in one of...
made popular Nov 10 2009
In multi-ethnic populations, issues keep rising over cultural rights, sometimes making interesting news and debate on popular media. One such issue arose recently in...
made popular Nov 3 2009
Being counsellors in an NGO like SIFF, we come across so many different types of men facing harassment in the hands of either their wives, in-laws, police, judiciary or...
made popular Nov 2 2009
The world’s largest cruise liner on Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater, basketball courts and...
made popular Oct 31 2009
Rahul Mahajan, son of the late BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan has a new fan following - women inmates of the Central Jail here - with nine of them wanting to participate in...
made popular Oct 29 2009
This Halloween, prepare to be scared in China.
The country’s first Halloween haunted house attraction is spooking the crowds in Shanghai, with its creators...
made popular Oct 28 2009
I am sorry for going back on my word to not write on sex for some time. But why not? Sex is not a 4 letter word, Sexy is. I am not a psychoanalyst or urologist – no...
made popular Oct 27 2009
The French President said the question implied the journalist had “a very infelicitous experience” of what being married meant.
He criticized some...
made popular Oct 24 2009
Recently while watching a beauty pageant, a colleague of mine in all seriousness remarked, “what a disgrace such contests are on women kind”. My curiosity to probe...
made popular Oct 23 2009
Serious debates are ongoing on the recent reunion of two Kenyan men in the UK over the weekend. Like any other Kenyan who came across the story as hot as it was when...
made popular Oct 20 2009
I am sure baba is going to buy mea one way ticket to the hell if not issuing a fatwa on my life. My good friend will do a mini tandav (dance of death) but as I am...
made popular Oct 19 2009
A baby’s wail echoed across the plaza. His mother’s face was etched with joy as she struggled to subdue her writhing infant. The children who had gathered around...
made popular Oct 15 2009
The bill presented in parliament seeks to prohibit sexual relations between people of same sex. It is also to prevent any competition with a the traditional...
made popular Oct 15 2009
A new controversy has risen in the fashion world after the popular German magazine, Brigitte, said that it’ll remove thin models from its pages in favor of...
made popular Oct 14 2009
Responding to news that a popular German magazine was banning thin models from its pages in favour of “real women”, Largerfeld said that those who...
made popular Oct 13 2009
So do you know which generation you belong to, whether Gen X or Y or are you still in a fix?? This thought passed my mind while watching “Love Aaj Kal”.
I always...
made popular Oct 10 2009
There’s a lot of stuff trapped inside this head of mine, not to mention the subdued feelings in my heart.
And when both of these mingle, out comes a blog.
A...
made popular Oct 10 2009
The Moroccan southern city of Agadir will host the Concert for Tolerance during this month for the third consecutive year.
The Concert for Tolerance is a cultural...
made popular Oct 8 2009
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Last week, driving back from the city, I suddenly felt odd. Out of the blue, I felt inquieto, fidgety; In general, I just felt off.
My head felt a bit light, I...
made popular Sep 12 2009
It’s a cliché because it’s true: Russians love their booze. The word for the national drink, vodka, is in fact a cutesy version of the word for water. The...
made popular Aug 24 2009
Countries with strict social rules and behavioral etiquette such as the United Kingdom may foster drinking cultures characterized by unruly or bad behavior, according...
made popular Oct 4 2008
Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewer gulps, French researchers said on Friday.
Their study, published in the journal Alcoholism:...
made popular Jul 19 2008
One in five 11 to 15-year-olds in England - 640,000 school pupils - had drunk alcohol in the past week, figures published by the NHS Information Centre show.
made popular Jul 17 2008
THE North East is sitting on an alcohol time bomb with younger people now suffering from liver disease amid a soaring drink-related death toll. More than 3,600 people...
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