Even as UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi called for fighting terrorism in the Gandhian way, two terrible blasts ripped apart Hyderabad killing at least 40 persons and injuring many more. She said this while delivering a lecture in Cape town University in South Africa, while terrorists, who obviously have no faith in Gandhian […]
Honey & Clover aka Hachikuro Anime: Bittersweet concoction for your tastebuds
Every adolescent that has ever had to take the first difficult step of leaving behind the outgrown world they have become so accustomed to will be able to feel at least a slight pang of nostalgia as they watch this anime. Based off its popular manga (a Japanese comic) counterpart, it is a […]
Effects of Outsourcing IT Positions to Low Cost Countries
BACKGROUND: Off shoring – the transfer of high wage U.S. jobs to lower cost overseas locations especially in Banking Industry is enabled by improved communications technologies and driven by the desire of corporations to establish a business presence in potentially lucrative foreign markets as well as to take advantage of the lower costs of production […]
Educating India’s Parliamentarians
Parliament is in season and as is usual, it is providing its own brand of entertainment. But this time what has caught my eye has are a few incidents, each distressing in its own way. First was Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh claiming that opposition Hindu nationalists prayed for his death, the latest charge in […]
Pollution of Lake Victoria and mismanagement of its fresh water resources puts Kisumu City in a situ
Pollution of Lake Victoria and mismanagement of its fresh water resources puts Kisumu City in a situation where there is a nightmare of water crisis By Fred Obera Kenya The growing inadequacy of water supply and scarcity of fresh and clean water is among the most important serious contemporary concern for many nations of the […]
Bloody September: The Simulated War
Bloody September (The Simulated War) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Patrick Henry said: " We are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth…Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be the number of those, who having eyes, […]