Part 16 in a series of how to be successfully self-employed Here are some more strategies for getting out of debt, in addition to those introduced in Part 14, Dig Yourself Out of Debt, and Part 15, Get Rid of Credit Card Debt. Start paying cash This can be the hardest part of getting out, […]
Blogging for democracy around the world
by Hamid Tehrani Antony Loewenstein is a Sydney-based freelance journalist, author and blogger. He is currently writing a book on “Democracy and Blogging” and recently traveled to Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia and China to meet with bloggers. Q: Would you introduce yourself and your new book project? As a journalist and author in Australia, I […]
Witchcraft Strife Storms Malawi
Cases of witchcraft have stormed Malawi that the Malawi Police Service has confessed that without any backing legislation it is failing to handle such cases, which are coming in hundreds each week. Just last week scores of police officers had to be deployed to a certain district of Mzimba which borders with Zambia, in […]
Consciousness Dilemma
The publishing of Dan Dennett’s Ted Talk “Can We Know Our Own Minds” has reminded me of a problem I had with the study of consciousness: A solution to consciousness cannot be written down or said. Assume someone knows what consciousness/mind/divine spark/what-you-will is. If someone knows something, then it is part of their consciousness. If […]
Basic Instinct: Under the rain Tree
Book Extract: Under The Rain Tree ISBN: 9788122309812 Author: Vatsala Balachandran Warrier Publisher: Cedar books (www.pustakmahal.com) Basic Instinct It was the day of the rally. The vast sands of the Marina Beach in Chennai were packed with a seething mass of humanity. Overhead, the sun blazed in all its fury, baking the sand red-hot. Dust […]
What is Democracy? : Searching for our Mothers and Fathers.
I think 1987 was a great year. I was in love with Teresa Wells. On Jan. 8th the dow closed above 2000 for the first time(the exclamation point that will follow this statement is supposed to be funny and I hope you can see how significant the current market flux really is)! The Twinkies were […]