WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT! “When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled” – African Proverb With the Defence Minister AK Antony announcing that the Indian army has been given a free hand to carry-out “punitive fire assaults” and “other strong cross- border counter measures” against any misadventure by the Pakistan army on the […]
French Author Stéphane Hessel Mourned By International Activists
Written by Emmanuelle Leroy Cerqueira · Translated by Alison Writer, human rights advocate, and French resistance fighter Stéphane Hessel [1], whose bestselling manifesto on peaceful uprising inspired the disenchanted of Europe and the United States to organize into protest [2], died on the night of February 26, 2013. He was 95. Hessel came to the worldwide recognition […]
The Elephant in the Room: How the Boy Scouts of America Shaped the Gamification Movement
Recently, I signed up for the Gamification course presented by Coursera and the University of Pennsylvania. Taught by Professor Werbach, it quickly garnered widespread acclaim for having over 80,000 people sign up for a free online course. After taking the course, I learned quite a bit about various techniques of gamification and how various companies […]
KPs said with Bala Sahib’s death the community become orphaned
Jammu, November 18 (Scoop News) – The Kashmiri Pandit organizations and leaders condole the sad demise of Bala Sahib Thackery, the veteran Hindu leader. They said with his death the community has become an orphan. It may mentioned here that the Shiv Sena Supremo Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray died on 17 November 2012 at the age […]
Blue Elephant: A Restaurant to Remember (The Bespoke Black Book, 26th July 2012)
Next to the ever impressive Chelsea Harbour is a new and rather stunning development of restaurants, bars and apartments at Imperial Wharf. The jewel in the culinary crown so far here is the Blue Elephant, which has relocated from Fulham after 25 years as the unrivalled best Thai restaurant roundabouts, possibly in the whole […]
How police rescued women from illegal orphanage homes in Akwa Ibom
How police rescued women from Illegal orphanage home in Akwa Ibom By Emmanuel Udom When I read in the Vanguard newspaper today, how police rescued some ladies from an illegal orphanage home, what comes to my mind is the desperation on the part of some Nigerians to become wealthy at all costs. […]