“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The French President said the question implied the journalist had “a very infelicitous experience” of what being married meant. He criticized some...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...