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Nightmarish scenes in the valley of Swat in northern Pakistan - a major tourist attraction
The world usually hears very little about the labours of the legislature that sits uneasily in Kabul.
We live in a time when the geographical boundaries separating the followers of different religions are fast becoming more imaginary than real. The world is a dense network of borderless connections in which cultures, peoples and religions become ever more intertwined. The pressure this creates tests more than our tolerance: it demands that we promote peaceful coexistence and understanding across boundaries.
In his provocative Unto This Last, John Ruskin (1819-1900), a social critic of the Victorian age, incited and angered many, influenced Gandhi and wrote influentially on the means and ends of life.
The symbolism of Christmas is universal: "Tidings of great joy."
"By now it has been demonstrated that neither governments nor the UN will challenge this blockade, only people of conscience and courage will." - Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University.
The flood inundating Pakistan has been epoch-making in its destructive and tragic power. Millions of people have lost everything-home, land, cattle, even in some situations their dear ones. According to the UN, 20 million people were rendered homeless and hungry.
In the aftermath of Arizona's rampage, the public discourse and news media have been seared by a visceral debate that has blamed violence-inciting vitriol by Republican Party elements, and also a pervasive gun culture, for the shooting spree.
Elections in the recent past have failed to garner much excitement among the general public, particularly the young voters. But there is much at stake at the coming elections. The Harper government's domestic to foreign policies read like the Bush Doctrine.
Misinterpreting ‘from the river to the sea’ as a call for genocide is deceitful because it inaccurately attributes violent intent to a phrase that is often used by Palestinians to express freedom, democracy – their political aspirational call. According to the Washington Post¹ this phrase has been in use since the ‘60s and any depiction deviating from this portrayal is inherently deceptive.
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