by Georgia Popplewell It’s known as the universal solvent, Adam’s Ale, government juice, council pop, H2O, dihydrogen monoxide, hydrogen hydroxide, has a ton of different names in Arabic and yesterday (March 22) the world was called upon to pay it special attention. World Water Day 2008 marked the start of the fourth year of the […]
Iraq: Five Long Years … Most of Them in Tears
by Salam Adil For me the whole story of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war can be summed up one post. One post that says nothing about the past five years but implies everything as well. We can talk about the lack of security, the number of deaths, the failure of the occupation, but […]
Getting By Without a Job
This is part 7 of a series in making the leap to self-employment You’ve made the decision to quit your job – or the decision has been made for you – and you’ve decided to try self-employment, or return to school, or do something else that will bring you more fulfillment. Now it’s time to […]
The Jodhaa Akbar controversy distorts the glorious legacy of Rajput-Mughal syncretic culture,
The controversy created by the film Jodhaa Akbar and the opposition mounted mainly by sections of young Rajputs in Rajasthan raises a number of issues related to historical facts, poetical license of a creative and imaginative work of cinema or art, modern Rajput identity and the rising intolerance in the country.It is true that factually […]
The end of currency?
Modern industry is paralyzed by confusion regarding money. This fact causes production costs to increase and therefore purchasing power lowers. People are apt to pass on the costs and the least powerful people lose big. Meanwhile the most powerful people sell short and reap unconscionable benefits as everyone scrambles to make sense of the chaos. […]
Trapping a Cocoa Thief
Superintendent Sam and the twins walked to the cocoa store, which was not far away. As it was saturday afternoon there was no one about and the store was closed. In a few moments Mr. Kade appeared and unlocked the store. The agent said that he could scarcely believe Victoria’s story. ‘ Why!’ he exclaimed, […]
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