DrPrem Jagyasi

No eyebrows are raised today at the thought of women going out to work. Plenty of lip service is paid to the idea of equality of men and women. And yet no one would deny that working women or non working women have to face problems just by virtue of..

12-year-old girls are neither physically nor emotionally ready to engage in sexual activity. It’s just not something one thinks about at that age. Nor should it be. And it certainly shouldn’t be something any loving parent would want for his/her…

Given the vulnerabilities which are environing the geopolitics in the Asian region and ever-increasing interference of the US in the internal matters of the sovereign countries on flimsy grounds, it’s not surprising that smaller countries like Iran…

A new joint report by the United Nations Development Programme and the Arab League – issued ahead of the September 2010 international gathering to mark the tenth anniversary of the Millennium [poverty-reduction] Goals – does not reflect well on the…

Sharjah: The Classy and Self-respecting Emirate.

The rulers of the United Arab Emirates – six Emirates – are usually quite awful. The Maktoums of Dubai has squandered billions in tacky and pointless projects and now carry tens of billions in debt….

Fun and frolic is enjoyed by thousands of children in India. However, there are millions of kids in the same country who are unaware and deprived of it. They probably go to bed tired and hungry as usual, not knowing when they will get their next…

Grammy-winning Mexican accordionist Ramon Ayala is being held in a Mexican police headquarters holding cell for up to 40 days along with several other musicians who performed at a drug kingpins Christmas party (narco fiesta) in Tepoztian, south of..

When one talks of female foeticide, the first question that comes to mind is why people choose to kill their little ones before birth. Is it because of their preference for a male child or is it that the life of a girl is not safe and secure at any…