By Merilee Kern, ‘The Luxe List’ Executive Editor While the all-inclusive resort industry has long suffered what I’ll call an “image problem,” particularly among the luxury travel set, the concept is not only single-handedly redeemed, but entirely elevated and profoundly redefined, at Grand Velas Riviera Maya. This magnificent, one-of-a-kind oceanfront resort has everything you […]
“Into Darkness”: A Tableau for America’s Moral, Political, and Intellectual Floundering
By Sabin Geyman The movie “Star Trek: Into Darkness” is an exercise in disjointed storytelling, mind-numbing action, and occult symbology. I like a story that is going somewhere—but it doesn’t have to go light-years away, and it doesn’t have to linger in the darkness, to get my attention. The sci-fi genre has always been dubious […]
HISTORY OF IDENTITY CARDS.
The issuance of Identity Cards is exceedingly controlling schemes and their operation signifies a reflective social transformation. But, the public rationalization for this system does not appear to add up. Let us evaluate the political and technological settings of present ID policies. This piece of writing sets out to bargain what we can recover […]
Wastewater treatment companies face a global challenge
The problem of water in the world is known to all, but underestimated, because only its visible side is taken into account : how much water is at hand, and how much of it is drunk by people. Water can be abundant but, if it is contaminated by human, farming or industrial activities, it […]
HARTALS AND THE ‘DAILY WAGERS’ OF KASHMIR
HARTALS AND THE ‘DAILY WAGERS’ OF KASHMIR If the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Abdul Hamid Punjabi is to be believed, then consequent to the execution of Afzal Guru, Kashmir’s economy has suffered an estimated loss of Rs 4,500 crores due to hartals called for by separatists groups as well as curfews […]
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: An agent of Change
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” – Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe was a revolutionary genius with a descriptive warrior pen. He was ebulliently meticulous; a man of great wisdom and humility, with a rancor-free personality. But his literary approach and expression spearheaded […]
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