The Supreme Court stay on OBC reservation is among several judgements unsympathetic to ‘lesser’ castes. The judiciary has to be socially accountable K. VEERAMANI On November 25, 1949, Dr BR Ambedkar sounded a grave warning in the Constituent Assembly: "On January 26, 1950, we will have equality in politics and inequality in social and economic […]
Dragons- Creatures Of Antiquity
Metaphorically used in children’s stories, dragons are representations of adult fears and troubles. They are a universal success due to their ability to act as representations of these fears. Taming or killing of the dragon is a symbolism for tackling adult fear; so children stories involving a dragon, include an element of overcoming fear or […]
More bomb explosions in Kohat district of NWFP Pakistan
“Yesterday night at ten o’ clock CD and Video shop of Mr. Ali Marjan, located near Government High School number 2 Kohat is destroyed by a bomb explosion, meanwhile in Tappi area of Kohat one another CD and Video Shop is also destroyed by a bomb explosion today,” Kohat police official has said. He has […]
The Prioress
Leicestershire is situated in the heart of the English Midlands and is very rural, with many small villages set amidst farmland and small woods, especially in the Charnwood Forest area. Here, on the edge of the forest, is the sleepy village of Thringstone, home to a few hundred people and, on the edge of the […]
Internet Radio Endangered by Fees Ruling
On March 2, 2007 the Copyright Royalty Board of the Library of Congress announced the new royalty rates that all Internet broadcasters must pay to SoundExchange through the year 2010 in order to legally play copyright sound recordings. Traditional AM/FM broadcasters are exempt from having to pay such royalties. The Internet ought to be considered as […]
Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda Rocks On
Eddie Ojeda Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda is a guitarist who rose to fame as one of two guitarists in the popular 80s heavy-metal band Twisted Sister. He joined the band in 1975, several years before they broke into commercial success with hits such as "We’re Not Gonna Take It," and "I Wanna Rock." Ojeda, born in Cuba and […]