Danish newspapers have republished Prophet Muhammad’s caricatures showing their commitment to freedom of speech after an alleged plot to kill one of the cartoonists, Westergaard, surfaced. The Danish media seems to stand united against fanaticism;..
# Australia has made a historical apology to its aboriginal people for their past suffering as a result of the country’s laws and policies.
# Apology envisions future where gaps among ‘all Australians’ are closed.
# Conservatives fear that…
The dynamics of regionalism and nationalism has altogether taken a different turn in the modern world. Present and past conflicts in India, Balkans, Sri Lanka, Africa, and other countries provide a stark reminder of what happens when regional, ethnic.
Violence and lawlessness, largely sponsored by militants, have been spread across the world at present and Pakistan is not an exception. Children along with civilians across the country are facing the worst face of violence. The concept of militancy is…
While the world continues burning in the feral blaze of hatred, racism and discrimination, Mahatma Gandhi and his philosophy of non-violence, on the commemoration of his 60th death anniversary, is becoming increasingly relevant globally. Applying the…
The present political situation and ethnic cleansing in Kenya resembles the one in Rwanda in 1994. The tribal violence is fast spreading its tentacles with the recurrent violent incidents that broke up after the disputed election. Both political rivals.
The success story of a teenage girl, living in
India’s eastern Bihar, getting educated by her own efforts while rearing
honeybees for a livelihood has found a place in a school textbook in
India.
Anita Kushwaha, the 17 year old who lives in…
Much as I loved the language and reading, I used to dread the English grammar class. Simple, complex and compound sentences confounded me no end. Articles, pronouns, nouns, proper nouns, and the numerous other terminologies bombarded my brain so much…
# The Dutch government is bracing itself for violent protests following the scheduled broadcast of a provocative anti-Muslim film by a radical right-wing politician.# Swedish artist Lars Vilks took a stand in the name of artistic expression by defiantly..
Sometimes I feel helpless thinking the criteria one needs to get permission to reside on so called ‘their territory’. Being a college
student but unfortunately belonging to a farmer’s family in Nepal, I got married early. In Nepal early is very…
