About 80 thousands Nepali speaking people from southern belt of Bhutan, who fled to Nepal for safe living during early 1990s when the then Bhutanese despotic regime forcefully evicted them, even hadn’t anticipated that they would waste 17 years of horrific lives in eastern division of Nepal as refugees. But, finally it twisted into a […]
Anna Nicole, 24-Hour Cable, and the New Tabloid Journalism
When Anna Nicole Smith died, I remember thinking it was a tragedy. Although she had never found much success in her various film pursuits, she had been a perennial starlet of note on the Hollywood scene and, more importantly, was a young woman with her whole life in front of her, fallen before her time. […]
General Parvez Musharaf is more effective in his uniform
President General Parvez Musharaf without uniform will become an easy pray to the forces of extremism and ignorance currently struggling to gain power through bullet, ballot and Islam, in Pakistan. General Parvez Musharaf as chief of Pakistan armed forces and as President of Pakistan is an effective weapon against forces of extremism and ignorance, the […]
I Crashed Fashion Week
So I seem to have picked up a new hobby during my time here in London. Crashing parties. You’ve seen the work we did at the BAFTA’s, so I’m sure you are expecting grander performances. Well, we might have accomplished such a feat when fashion week made its way through London last month. Now, I’m […]
Can a $100 Laptop Save the World?
It was easy to spot the most popular kid at last week’s “Open Source Meets Business” conference in Nuremberg. Between presentations, in the halls, even at the lavish evening banquets, there he’d be, flitting around in a cherry fedora, showing off the coolest toy in town, if not the world. Jan Wildeboer is a Solution […]
Culmination of Information
The public adoption of the Internet was provoked by the need for quick, efficient information exchange. In the early 90s, the Net was exactly what we needed, and it flourished. As of June 2005, approximately 223 out of 328 million of all North American residents – nearly 70 % – were qualified as being Internet […]