Blisters, big cities and dodging cars. James was in contact with his dad by cell phone and it appeared it’d be awhile before he arrived. James and I got our gear squared away and went to the pool area to sit in the sauna and swim. Donal disappeared somewhere and wasn’t seen again for a […]
Marie Antoinette, Meet Angelo Mozilo
– by Tula Connell This is a cross-post from the Firedoglake blog. Here’s an idea. Instead of retiring when we turn 65, let’s go to work scrubbing tables at the nearest fast-food outlet. Sound good? Not to most of us. But it’s a future that U.S. workers increasingly are facing. America’s workers aren’t just losing their homes in what […]
Crusaders of Live Music
The Stone, one of New York’s newest avant-garde clubs, stands on an unmarked street corner in Alphabet City. Besides a finely printed name by the handle of the outside door, only the sounds of a vibrating bass string and brushes spinning across a drum head give the venue’s existence away to a passerby. No food […]
THE DARJEELING CLUB LTD.(THE PLANTERS)ESTD. 1868 -THE RAJ LEGACY
Cool climate, majestic mountain views, unique floral and faunal diversity, fine heritage buildings, lush green tea gardens and landscape earned Darjeeling the name of ‘the Queen of the hills’. There are many heritage buildings in Darjeeling which tell us the story of development of this hill station. Darjeeling Club is one such building which […]
Celebration of Merry Christmas in Bangladesh, 2007
The Christian community of Bangladesh celebrates Christmas Day in the country today (Tuesday) marking the birth of Jesus Christ. Christians use this auspicious occasion to renew their relationships with God and with their fellow humans. Christmas begins with carols in the evening in public spaces like lobby, restaurants and lounges from this (Monday) evening to […]
AN ADIRONDACK STATE OF MIND
AN ADIRONDACK STATE OF MIND More years ago than I admit to, while on a cross country skiing adventure, I came to the shore of a lake in the Adirondack Mountains. Before me was an unbroken snow-field, untouched, unmarked, bathed in the soft red-gold glow cast by the last rays of […]
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