Communalism Does Persist Emran Hashmi and Mahesh Bhatt are both blowing out of proportion a personal issue through persistent media attention to create a huge hue and cry. Every Housing society has a right to say no to any such person or persons, whom the society does not like to accommodate in their premises. It […]
Judge Sotomayor’s Meltdown and Kay Corleone’s Hysteria: The Persistence of Gender Stereotypes
Judge Sotomayor’s “Meltdown” and Kay Corleone’s “Hysteria” The Persistence of Oppressive Gender Stereotypes “Unless you have a complete meltdown, you are going to get confirmed.” Senator Lindsey Graham to Judge Sonia Sotomayor at her confirmation hearings, July 13, 2009. Here we go again. It’s the old gender stereotype of overemotional women and rational […]
Sri Lanka: Abuse, Disbelief And Bitterness Persist
The Sri Lankan government’s civil war for over 25 years against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended a few days ago when the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed. The question remains that “has the dream of many Tamils of having a separate state free from discrimination died with him?” Although Prabhakaran is […]
Stormy weather persists in coastal region Launch with 100 on board sinks: Movement of river transpor
Almost all the places under Chittagong, Barisal, Khulna and Dhaka Divisions experienced light to moderate rainfall throughout the day yesterday due to low formed over the west-central Bay and adjoining northwest Bay. Intermittent shower disrupted all normal activities in the coastal areas of Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna. A passenger launch was capsized in Meghna river […]
Impact of Global Market Turmoil Persists
As of 1 pm in New York, all three big indexes – the Dow Jones industrials average, the NASDAQ compositie and the S and P 500 continue to slump in negative territory. Among the Dow components, 18 of the 20 components are in the red, with no news to push stocks into the red or […]
Scholar Claims To Have Solved One Of Classical Music’s Most Persistent Mysteries
One of classical music’s biggest mysteries – the inspiration source of the UK’s Edward Elgar’s theme for the ‘Enigma’ Variations – has reportedly been solved. The solution will be published in the winter issue of the Musical Times. A University of Leeds academic claims he’s conclusively solved the puzzle that the composer had hidden in […]
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