Dec 17 2007
Haitian underage girls are now paying for taking help from the UN. They have been sexually exploited by Sri Lankan UN peace-keepers for less than $1. Haitian feminists have now woken up to the problem and are demanding inquires by the UN. Olga Benoit...
Dec 14 2007
Is it wrong to proclaim one’s Faith? How is it never wrong to wear a Cross on the neck as a mark of being Christian? How is it that atheists write of their faiths in Nothing and yet never make news? Then why is it that the International Herald...
Dec 14 2007
A Rajdhani Express in Assam was ripped apart by a bomb blast 280 km from Guwahati, near Kating village. The train had to travel 1.5 km to the nearest Chongajan station before stopping. Dead bodies fell off the train before it halted. The attack has...
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Dec 13 2007
Two class VIII students have shot a 14 year old boy at Euro International School Gurgaon. Abhishek Tyagi has been shot three times with the licensed pistol belonging to the father of one of the shooters. This parent is now on the run. The police are...
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Dec 12 2007
Why is it that Hindus hate Hinduism so? Why is it that Hindutva is used as a negatively loaded term? Every religion has some black sheep, like Hindus have Modi in Gujarat; some silly jihadis in hiding somewhere will someday try to give the Muslim...
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Dec 12 2007
Argentina has a new President. And wonder of wonders, the President is a woman. The men are apprehensive whether she might be one of those weaklings who toe the line of her husband, the ex-President Nestor Kirchner. May be the men are also worried...
Dec 11 2007
China should respect Tibetans and their rights. Reuters quotes Anne Holmes, Acting Director of Free Tibet Campaign, as hollering this.She was referring to the case of a nun who was beaten on the chest by Chinese authorities for wearing a photo of the...
Dec 11 2007
The UGC, the central watchdog for framing national Higher Education policies, has decided to control political appointments for the posts of University Vice Chancellorships. Persons with administrative backgrounds will be preferred than academic...
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Dec 10 2007
It is ironical that Nilotpal Basu of the CPI(M) writes of India’s 128th ranking by the UNDP. The Human Development Report by the UNDP had last year ranked India 126th I the development scenario in the world. In spite f the Sensex zooming upwards...
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Dec 10 2007
Though women are cattle for some men, these latter are constantly disturbed and agitated by mere cows. So when I hear of Iraqi terrorists insisting on killing Christian women if they do not cover their faces in Basra University, I wonder about whom to...