Politics

The LTTE issue gained momentum in the past few days with the sudden disappearance of their leader, Prabhakaran. Before going into any further details, let’s consider how LTTE transitioned from a simple rebel union to a properly organized and…

The ‘ exam fever ‘ seldom misses to take its toll on minds gripped in anxieties. Counseling centers, which are by -products of parents’ overweening ambitions, bear testimony to the reign of exam’s terror. The ‘ exam fever ‘ is not only…

Bruce Emery, the businessman who a year ago stabed to death then 15 year old Pihema Cameron after catching him and another teenager he caught spray painting (‘tagging’) his garage in Auckland and chasing them 300 meters down the street with a…

In a country such as ours where citizens face daily struggles with poverty, unemployment, corruption, hunger, sickness, and not to mention a violent drug war adding kidnapping, execution, and extortion to an already twisted mix, Mexico City’s…

Early thursday morning at 3am, Police raided a late night nude show that was taking place in Kamokya. A total of 24 nude girls on stage, and their entire audience of 25 were all taken in police custody.

The girls wearing seductive underwear were…

I will not hide my joy to see the previously-exalted “Dubai model” unravel in Arab eyes as nothing more than a mirage. Many Arabs, seeing the astronomical rise of the city-state, had convinced themselves that the path to the Arab renaissance was…

Yes folks, I wrote that maybe there weren’t as many Jews killed during the Holocaust as is now claimed, and whether this is true or not is really irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

The fact of the matter is that it happened and that’s…

Since when is a rape victim suddenly a criminal? As if the raped woman isn’t subjected to enough humiliation, violence and degradation, in Saudi Arabia she is also often punished- twice- first by the rapist/s and then by the Saudi religious…

I agree with Amartya Sen when he says that “reliance on the private sector for elementary education is very unfortunate”. Yes, the role of state-provided primary education is imperative for the success of literacy mission. However, having said…

Women, role models of Indian society, can be counted on the fingers. Most of them are Muslims such as Razia Sultana and Sania Mirza. Not that women having Hindu beliefs are not there. Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi, Sarojini Naidu and Indira Gandhi are…