The recent foreclosures in today’s economic recession have deeply affected children and families. Through the loss of homes, they have affected children through changing their lives drastically. Through the emotional struggle they go through as they depart with their beloved backyard, room, or specific belongings they couldn’t take with them, the recent foreclosures have torn […]
Pakistani Hajis irked by poor arrangements
By Zar Alam Khan ISLAMABAD: Despite the inspiring slogan of “A Haji served is one Haj earned”, Pakistani authorities and officials got the ire of the pilgrims during Haj 2008 by failing to ensure required facilities and provide guidance to them despite arbitrarily increasing the Haj charges on fictitious grounds. Though Pakistan’s flags fluttered high […]
The Changing Face of My Goan Village
Villages in Indian state of Goa are witnessing rapid modernisation. One such village is Cuncolim. Yesteryears’ joy and ecstasy have gone. The bogey of industrial pollution and contamination of water resources has hit the village hard. Changes are taking place left and right at jet speed. The face of my village, in the Indian state […]
2watts = 33dbi – A curse or boon
Technology is demanding a little more than extra for its services to mankind. It gave us ultra convenience to sit and command or control anything and everything, but in return asked for more than we have and that’s our health. Heard that proverb “Health is Wealth", who cares money can cure anything……….. Right? Yes, […]
Assyrians, the indigenous people of the Middle East, leave home
On a sizzling summer afternoon in 1974, my mother was trailing behind me, running hastily home to escape one of the stone battles that raged between neighbourhoods in Syria’s northeastern city of Qamishli. Once we crossed the sand bridge that separated the Assyrian quarter from the rest of the city, we were out of the […]
A City of Villagers
As I was stepping out of my house the other day, I spotted a man hovering uncertainly outside our gate. As I asked him if he wanted to meet any one, he introduced himself as our newspaper vendor and said that he had come to collect his monthly dues from our neighbor on the 2nd […]