Although cricket is NOT the official national game of India, it’s more than that. Indian kids, especially boys, grow up with it, identifying it as a part of their life and associate a lot of emotions with every match they watch. Cricketers like…
DLF-IPL to the succor of husbands? Read More »
She’s a fan of Bono too!
Queen Rania of Jordan (a.k.a Queen YouTube as coined by the ‘Angry Arab’) is a media-obsessed Queen. In the last few years, she has used the Hashemite monarch’s good standing in the West to launch herself as a brand. The…
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Who would have thought shaving was considered blasphemy in some Islamic circles, but apparently it is. At least in Pakistan, where Gillette (a leading global manufacturer of shaving gear) learned the hard way. Gillette Pakistan had organized a…
Pakistani Islamists Shut Down Shaving Competition In Karachi Because It’s Blasphemous Read More »
An unidentified Saudi prince was recently stopped at the Beirut International airport after it was discovered he was carrying cocaine.
The prince is believed to be the son of Prince Nayif, Second Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Interior..
Saudi Prince Caught with Cocaine Read More »
Stephen Batchelor in his recently released book “Confession Of A Buddhist Atheist” described both community involved in violent acts against each other and within their respective community too.He also raised a big question mark about the death of…
Stephen Batchelor’s Book Describes Both Jains and Buddhist involved in “Violence” Read More »
Not the North West Frontier Province – NWFP – but Khyber Pakhtunkhwa now as a consensus has been reached over renaming the province. This is a historical moment for the Pakhtoon population and the leadership struggling for their rights and winning a..
NWFP to Become Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Read More »
A mobile phone service provider has launched a campaign to save the Indian Tiger from extinction. They say there are 1,411 tigers in the wild in India. Do we have that many? God knows!
In any case, this is the figure doled out by National Tiger..
Is the Indian Tiger on the verge of extinction? Read More »
Every now and then we hear about a group of people escaping the torture inflicted in the camps of Tindouf in the south western Algeria to join their Morocco. Last Thursday 33 Sahrawis managed to flee the camps of Tindouf, last Sunday a group of 15…
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Cutting off a woman’s ears and nose seems to be the torture du jour for doing something that displeases a husband or his family. One of the most barbaric, violent and dehumanizing things one could do to a woman, it doesn’t just happen in backwards…
From Turkey To Afghanistan: Chopping Off The Nose And Ears Of Women Read More »
Divorce can be very traumatic, but so can marriage especially if you are a young child. And although divorce is always very painful, in this case it was a welcome act. Sally al-Sabahi was only 10-years-old when her family sold her to an older man for.
12-year-old Yemeni Child Bride Finally Gets A Divorce Read More »
