Politics

As in most civilized countries, the legal age a young girl can marry in India is 18. Any younger and the child is just not mature enough. Personally I think there would be far fewer divorces if the age limit were higher, but 18 is common everywhere….

Mr. Larry Cox, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA addressed Mr. Obama on 18 November and urged him not to forget the plight of women, men and children who are facing numerous human rights abuses in India and to make public statements…

I know I will lose some close female friends for writing this piece as also lots of hate mail. But I have to let out the bee in my bonnet called mind. I wonder why men are obsessed with female breasts; their navel, bottoms and legs are distant…

It’s really unfortunate that soldiers are either killing themselves or their colleagues, being unable to ward off bouts of depression. In most of the cases, it’s quite clear that the senior officers are abettors, who don’t provide their…

Is USA responsible for the increase in terrorism? The question is difficult to answer, but if we think deeply, then we will get the answer. Yes, US’s policy to finish terrorism from the world is the main reason for the increase in terrorist…

There is news that the United States may open a military base in Algeria. That would be added to the U.S. naval base in Casablanca and Bahrain, the Air base in Qatar, the Army base in Kuwait. Not to mention the U.S. occupation in Iraq and presence in…

It’s tragic what poverty will force people to do, but what’s happening in South Africa is more than tragic it’s criminal. In eastern Cape province, where poverty is at its worst (with most earning less than $1 per day), girls as young as 13 are…

It’s not often you relate violence to the older generation. And although not in the same numbers as the younger generation, geriatric folk are as capable of murder as others. Take 98 year-old Laura Lundquist who allegedly strangled her 100 year-old…

Is ‘inflation’ the policy to solve the problem like population growth and poverty? You know why I am asking such a silly question; this is because of our governments so called policy for ‘development’. You see, since our independence our…

Rape is common in Liberia, West Africa. 100 cases a month, and age doesn’t seem to be an issue. According to Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), that runs a local clinic there, 80% of all rapes are children, some as young as 18…