It happened around afternoon the other day, when some one sent me a panic stricken mail lamenting that his bank had crashed and that his life’s savings had all gone up in smoke and that he was penniless. He further howled in his mail that since he did his business banking from that very same […]
Young People, Sex and Money Politics in Zambia
Young men and women in Zambia are under pressure to engage in multiple sexual relationships due to prevailing attitudes about masculinity and for economic benefits, according to a study recently published in the African Journal of AIDS Research . The report claims that young men are likely to engage in high-risk sexual behaviour because that […]
Avertising and Social Change
For years, we have been used to seeing a certain kind of advertisement- especially advertisements from the financial sector. The advertisements would exhort you to save, so that there was enough in the kitty for your daughter’s wedding and of course enough to fund your son’s education. The financial planner’s marketing buzz was to make […]
The Church in India and Health Care: Staying Relevant
The church and the Christian community in India have always been justly conscious and proud of its involvement in two sectors historically- education and health care. This involvement has been an interesting one and from a time where the church run health care meant charity and charitable institutions, today many church run institutions are involved […]
What Is Schizophrenia?
Although an exact definition of schizophrenia still evades medical researchers, the evidence indicates more and more strongly that schizophrenia is a severe disturbance of the brain’s functioning. In The Broken Brain: The Biological Revolution in Psychiatry, Dr. Nancy Andreasen states "The current evidence concerning the causes of schizophrenia is a mosaic. It is quite clear […]
Nag Panchmi
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Nag panchmi (festival of snakes) is one of the imperative festivals of <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>, celebrated in the Northern and North-Eastern parts of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> with lots of ecstasy and prompt. The festival is committed to God Shiva one of the mightiest and known as a destroyer […]
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