SLUMDOG—WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW Beyond the film itself and beyond the awards that the film has received, there is a dimension that might have escaped your attention....

The inauguration of President Obama occurred just a few short days ago, but already, some of the memories of that momentous event seem to be fading. What I do recall in...

While working with a company called MOKA in 2007, I was asked to work on a ’small’ project that involved promoting Barack Obama’s Presidential...

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors - Africans have actively...

On the surface, at least, the purpose of a system of justice is to bring justice. In America, however, every defendant has the right to legal counsel. Every once in a...

My thoughts go to the friends and loved ones of all the innocent people who were slaughtered in Bombay yesterday. I would also like to express my solidarity with all...

People have become so dark and complicated, so unhappy and violent. So depressed and lonely...Parts of me wants to abandon it all, live art, hear other people’s...

Given the choice, most Americans would rather forget about the Middle East. With so many pressing problems here at home, it is hard to keep worrying about that...

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This world is not an amusement park! There are a group of people out there selling “hope,” instead of letting us face the reality that this is no bed of...

It’s happening, one hundred million Monarch butterflies have taken flight. As of September 11, 2008 they have been reported in the American States of Nebraska,...

Please be patient, I’ve got so much to tell you, my mind is racing. I’m not even sure where I’m going with this entry, but I’d like to invite...

YEH AANKHEN BOHAT SATATI HAIN Yaadon ke khuwaab dikhati hain Mujhe saari raat jagati hain Kab Dil ke raaz chhupati hain Palkon ke dareeche kholti hain Kuch apni zaban...

!! Lamha lamha ghar ujda hai mushkil se ehsaas hua !! !! Pathar aaye barson pehle seeshe toote barsoon baad !! !! Aaj hamari khaak pe duniya rone dhone baithi hai...

I don’t know what lies beyond the here and now. Surely, neither do you. And since what we don’t know won’t kill us, the realm of the unknown up ahead is what...

This very minute someone’s been shot, drowned, is being born, has been born, is getting married, is fighting with a spouse, in the act of committing a homicide, a...

I am a student of English Literature. Literature is divided into three major genres like poetry, novel and drama. I choose drama for my specialisation because drama...

Hannah Arendt in The Human Condition (1958) says, the common world is ‘what we enter when we are born and what we leave behind when we die’. The key striking note...

Well, the two words may sound to have a very simple and straight meaning but to me they refer to a lot more then that. On a personal level too, the duality in me (: D...