Vijay teaches in the English department in a small American town in Prasenjit Gupta’s short story “A Brown Man”. He is single. His mother in India wants him to marry an Indian girl; no foreigners were to be trusted. So Vijay found Asha his girl friend for three years until she – more liberal […]
Brian Nichols Murder Trial Begins Today
The jury selection has begun in the case of Brian Nichols, a man charged with murdering three people in a downtown Atlanta courtroom in 2005 and one more later in the same day. Brian Nichols’ attorneys have entered a not guilty plea by way of insanity, claiming that he was unable to tell right from […]
Afghan Bloggers See Trouble Looming
Posted by Joshua Foust to Global Voices Online If there is any one theme to emerge from the Afghan blogosphere lately, it is warning about the future. Sanjar starts things off by noting the slow degradation in Afghan-Western relations: No doubt that there are numerous foreigners who lets say deserve to be in Afghanistan, in […]
EU Remains in Crisis After ‘Flailing, Ineffectual’ Summit
Nearly two weeks have passed since Ireland voted against ratifying the Lisbon Treaty, but EU leaders are still struggling to find a way forward. At a June 19-20 summit intended to address rising food and oil prices, the Irish “No” vote became the central issue. EU leaders put pressure on Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen to […]
Challenges Lay Ahead for American Middle Class, Says Author
AFL-CIO recently spoke to Steve Greenhouse, author of The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker Question: Why did you title your book The Big Squeeze? Greenhouse: I really feel there’s a squeeze on workers. In many ways, corporate America is clamping down on its workers. Wages have been cut over the past few […]
Cops and Robbers in Tajikistan
Showdown with alleged drug gang revives memories of civil war, but does not herald renewed violence. By Lola Olimova in Dushanbe This was no ordinary arrest – the police officers sent in to capture Suhrob Langariev and his group of alleged drug smugglers in southern Tajikistan were armed to the teeth and backed up by […]
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