“It is my belief that a people who value their own freedom cannot be envious of others’ liberty and I find much evidence of this in what I see of the British society here,” Iqbal wrote to the editor of a nationalist newspaper of Lucknow a few months after his arrival in England. He was commenting on the… Read More »
We estimate that over 900 people left the UK to engage with the conflict in Syria and Iraq. Many have been killed fighting, some remain there, some have returned and others could still come back. Some irresponsibly took young British children with them, and some had children while they were there as part of their mission to expand… Read More »
The floods in Pakistan began in late July 2010, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and, Balochistan regions of Pakistan, which affected the Indus River basin. Approximately one-fifth of Pakistan’s total land area was affected by floods, with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province facing the brunt of the damage and casualties (above 90% of all the deaths occurred in the province).Nationwide, there were 1,985 deaths.According to Pakistani government data, the floods… Read More »
A tawaif was a highly successful entertainer who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era. The tawaifs excelled in and contributed to music, dance (mujra), theatre, and the Urdu literary tradition,[1] and were considered an authority on etiquette. Tawaifs were largely a North Indian institution central to Mughal court culture from the 16th century onwards and became even more prominent with the… Read More »
No one will play with me.” When a child says this, you may not know what to do or say. The best place to start is to simply listen. Play is as important to young kids as things like money and love are to adults. So when kids say “no one will play with me,” it probably feels… Read More »
My Name Is ‘A’ by Anonymous, also known by the alternate release titles of My Name Is ‘A’ and Alyssa: Portrait of a Teen Killer, is a 2012 microbudget thriller film written and directed by Shane Ryan, and executive produced by Billionaire B and Ewan Bourne. The film is loosely based on a 2009 murder by then 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante, who killed her 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten. It… Read More »
Ramesh said, “I mean, we have walked a long distance away from casteism. There were times when my mom had a separate glass for our servant and my grandpa never gave wages for labour in their hand. But my father nor my grandfather doesn’t see this.” Savitha looked at him and gave a sarcastic smile. Ramesh and Vetri… Read More »
development of doctrine should work like an insight, which is a flash that unifies the disparate, makes radiant the previously unintelligible, and floods the body with a pleasure unique to the mind’s eros.[1] With insight achieved, the tension of inquiry finds a release, and the innate drive to know leaps forward to its terminus in a rational judgment that concludes… Read More »
Mr Laal Bahadur Shastri was a very simple and down to earth person, he respected all humans equally. He had one very fine quality that while discussing the important matters with his colleagues he would often ask his servants and even gardener about their opinion on the related matter. People found this behaviour of Shastriji somewhat weird. One… Read More »
Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a condition that’s characterized by episodes of sudden uncontrollable and inappropriate laughing or crying. Pseudobulbar affect typically occurs in people with certain neurological conditions or injuries, which might affect the way the brain controls emotion. If you have pseudobulbar affect you’ll experience emotions normally, but you’ll sometimes express them in an exaggerated or inappropriate… Read More »