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We are currently enduring a global financial crisis. A crisis, it must be said, borne largely on the wings of corruption, mismanagement, incompetence and greed. The psychological dimensions of such malevolent activity are strikingly obvious. I am..
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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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An internet friend has asked, “I know you have been trained in Yogic psychology and philosophy. And, I find the advice within many of your daily thoughts useful....
made popular Dec 2 2008
The Somme, WW1
Conflict. While I do not think that letting select issues just “fly under the radar” will solve any problems I get a feeling that fighting across...
made popular Nov 25 2008
FANS of heavy metal music are usually portrayed as long-haired students playing air guitar in their grubby rooms. Classical music lovers, by contrast, are stereotyped...
made popular Sep 5 2008
A week ago, I had to go visit a mental asylum, thanks to the great idea of a professor. If you didn’t know, I study Clinical Psychology and you will soon know my...
made popular Aug 24 2008
By Vincent Van Ross
I grew up thinking that you either have a conscience or you don’t. Then, I discovered that you could also have a clear conscience or a guilty...
made popular Aug 18 2008
Sun Tzu, a Chinese General that lived around 2,500 years before Christ, wrote in his superb book “The Art of War” the following advice: “Know thy...
made popular Aug 12 2008
By Vincent Van Ross
Educated people need not necessarily be street smart! Many street smart people are illiterate. They are not churned out by schools, colleges or...
made popular Jul 16 2008
Like adults, babies can remember more things by grouping objects together, a new study found.
The finding shows short term memory in babies works similarly to that in...
made popular Jul 15 2008
Therapy is going smoothly. All of a sudden, your therapist makes a mistake. You’ve been referring to your ex as “Biker Dan” for months; she...
made popular Jul 3 2008
To see the world in a grain of sand
And heaven in a wild flower
To hold infinity in the palm of your hands
And eternity in an hour
- William Blake
These four lines...
made popular May 5 2008
He’s had many an unkind comment about his looks when set against the radiant beauty of girlfriend Sienna Miller.
But Rhys Ifans seems likely to have the last...
made popular Mar 25 2008
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Suzanne Bonner waters potted herbs in back of her Palmetto Bay, Fla., home Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008. Bonner, whose home was ravaged during Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and damaged in Hurricane Wilma in 2005, says she rises at 5 a.m. each day to watch the...
