Written by Nicholas Laughlin Giselle Rampaul [1] is a literary scholar in the Literatures in English (LIE) [2] section at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies [3] in Trinidad. Her research interests include the intersections between British and Caribbean literature, representations of childhood in Caribbean literature, and the work of the Trinidadian writer Samuel Selvon [4]. She is currently working […]
Russia: “Anatomy of a Protest” Film Causes “NTV Lies” Scandal
Written by Veronica Khokhlova On Sunday, March 18, 2012, there were old TV sets [2], a mock coffin [3], and plenty of flowers [4] and cookies [5] outside the Ostankino TV tower [6] in Moscow, where a few hundred protesters gathered for a mock funeral of the “truthful television.” The unsanctioned rally was organized via social networks [7] [ru] in response to “Anatomy of a Protest [8],” a film produced by and […]
The Only Solution to America’s Health Care Debacle
You don’t have to look very far to see the perfect storm developing in our nation’s health care system. With the combination of skyrocketing health insurance premiums, an aging population average, an obesity epidemic, staggering health insurance deductibles, a rapidly climbing incidence of diabetes, a looming doctor shortage, and a record breaking budget deficit – […]
Darfur Women Take on Hard Labour
Gruelling, poorly-paid construction work seen as only way of earning an income. By Blake Evans-Pritchard, Zakia Yousif Across the Darfur region of western Sudan, female workers weighed down by heavy buckets are a common sight on building sites. The work is arduous and the pay pitiful, but many women in Darfur have no other […]
Season’s first snowfall in Kargil Ladakh
Kargil (Ladakh), January 06 (Scoop News) – In Jammu and Kashmir, the first heavy snowfall was observed in Kargil District as the whole district converted into a white town. People were eagerly waiting for the first snowfall which was late than the last year. As reported by an elderly person snow fall in this […]
2012 Political Run For The Roses
Although not a mainstream television watcher since pay television was mandated by Congressional decree throughout America, I have been recently residing with relatives that unfortunately have become rather homebound in their declining years, and on and off been subjected to some of the political entertainment shows carried on pay TV. Unfortunately also, it has affected […]
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