FORT WORTH, Texas— Cecilia Silva’s first assignment in high school was to read Chaucer, not in Spanish but English. Though Silva had just arrived in California from Colombia, where Spanish is the native language, she said she had no problems learning in English. More than 30 years after arriving in the U.S., Silva serves as […]
India or Philippines: Which Country is Asia’s Largest English-speaking Nation?
My work as a logistics and travel consultant brings me to many places, particularly to countries in Asia. A friend once asked me which countries in Asia I’ve been to I find conversing easy. I had three ready answers: Singapore, Philippines, and India, though not necessarily in that order. I remember quite well how some […]
Chain of shops arreared in Jambol
Chain of shops appeared in Jambol. Already Ñмболци matters where does the choice shop. The enormous shops attract a range of visitors. The technician sells except food products. The shop for the white proficiency of the second level on the ridges was seen recently. They sell there Different proficiency tape machines, televisions, computers . There […]
Begum Rokeya Day Today in Bangladesh
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was born in 1880 in the village of Pairaband in the colonial British province of Bengal Presidency, which later became the northern part of Bangladesh. Born into an upper-class landowning Muslim family, Rokeya was not allowed to attend school, or even to learn Bengali or English, to prevent "contamination" from non-Muslim […]
Real Face of Extremists
Critics of General Parvez Musharaf are of the opinion that Lal mosque episode, unrest in Waziristan and Swat are a part of deliberate strategy of his government to delay elections and extend his rule in the country on a plea that for elections peaceful environment is a prerequisite and currently the country is facing […]
Weddings and fears
It’s a wedding season in Kohat district of NWFP Pakistan, when an invitation card was slipped under my closed bedroom door by my five years old nephew Bilal I was astonished to see that invitation was extended to me by a student of Law college where I used to deliver lectures on International Law, US, […]
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