The intimate portrait of a New Orleans East couple who are in the midst of rebuilding their home and recovering the pieces of a joyful life twenty months after the levees broke. Beatrice Haynes anxiously walked up to the single story home she and her husband Milton, both 48, have owned in New Orleans East […]
Barrymore feeds the world’s hungry children
Only a select few of celebrities get out of their comfort zone to extend help to others, especially the hungry who are desperately in need of food to survive. But not famous actress Drew Barrymore, 32, and one of the world’s recognized film stars. Recently, the World Food Programme has named her as its […]
Travelling With Your Cat – Keeping Your Globe-Trotting Kitty Safe and Comfortable
Having travelled with my pets many times, I only recommend doing it whenever it is totally necessary. Cats are creatures of habit and like being in their own familiar surroundings. Some cats like travel more than others, but in general it takes them out of their comfort zone. Here are some ways to make the […]
Rubber tires as sanctuary for marine species
Seldom does it occur to us that disposed rubber tires believed now piling high in most parts of the world have many uses to protect the environment. One of these is putting them altogether in five or six used tires with nylon ropes or galvanized wires to hold them. And then dump these tires into […]
Curse of partition undone after 50 years, lost brothers unite
RS Pura,Jammu, India, Apr 12—It took fifty years for a family to undo the curse of partition but still the scars of that horrible event can not be erased even now. The joy which went out of the lives of the family of late Chattar Singh living at Simble Camp, near the border town of […]
Harried passenger demand renaming of Poonch-Rawalakote bus service
Poonch, Jammu, April 11—Notwithstanding the hype surrounding the Poonch-Rawlakote bus service, the Indian passengers are harried lot once they cross the Zero point and reach the other side of the border in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The Indian passengers, board the bus from Degree College, Pooch and once they reach Zero point on the line […]