The Iraq war has entered its sixth year with thousands of protesters in US expressing their opposition. However, Iraqis seem to feel little for the anniversary. On the other hand, the world seems to have very little to believe the sentiments running…
The very existence of a “generation” is dependant on its comparison with the one before and after it – which makes difference between generations inevitable and rather necessary for the sake of definition. Arranged in chronological order,…
If you look around the country right now, you are almost tempted to put a flag up on your own home and declare yourself a separate state with the complete majority of your house. The way in which we are setting a disastrous precedent time in and time…
I had my eyes opened to Indian culture by a wonderful novel “Shantaram” written by gifted Australian author Gregory David Roberts (who now lives in Mumbai, I believe). “Shantaram” means “man of peace” in Marathi. It is a real “rip-snorter”…
The political noose is tightening on Serbia as regional neighbours begin to increasingly recognise the independence of Kosovo. Serbia’s hangmen, the United States and the European Union, prepared the rope but it now appears to be Serbia’s fellow Balkan…
The recent feud between Maharashtrians and non-maharashtrians these days seems like a déjà-vu. Every time something or the other has been happening like this in India since its independence. One prominent reason for such divides has been language and…
Although the Philippines is one of the countries in Southeast Asia whose workforce is competitive in terms of the skilled workers and mostly good English speakers, this does not translate to the recent statistics of millions of jobless Filipinos who…
The Bible tells us that when the Israelites left Egypt, they were attacked from behind by Amalek and his people. The Amalekites attacked those who were lagging slowly behind the rest of the people: the elderly, the sick, and the weak. Instead of…
South Asia, with 21 per cent of world population, has barely 1.5 percent of the word’s GNP and 3.3 per cent of the word’s total land area. Obviously it has the largest concentration of the word’s poverty. The seven countries of the region with…
Every child needs and deserves good living conditions. Education is one of the most required entities to survive on. School is like a second home. What if the second home treats you like a stranger? What if it treats you like an unwanted piece of…
