The “dodges” to which an individual resolved on a vagrant life will resort are almost past reckoning; and, as a natural consequence, the quality of the imposture in modern practice is superior to that which served to delude our grandfathers. It can be no other. As civilisation advances, and our machinery for the suppression and detection of fraud… Read More »
US tech giant Microsoft said Sunday its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, leaving Oracle as the sole remaining bidder ahead of a looming deadline for the Chinese-owned video app to sell or shut down its US operations. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times reported that Oracle had won the bidding war, citing people familiar with… Read More »
Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of how 31 pyramids, including the world-famous Giza complex, were built in Egypt more than 4,000 years ago. A research team from the University of North Carolina Wilmington has discovered that the pyramids are likely to have been built along a long-lost, ancient branch of the River Nile – which… Read More »
There has been much talk about the alleged benefits of having millions more able-bodied people drop out of the labor force, following Congressional Budget Office analysis of Obamacare’s perverse incentives not to work. Of course, if people bear the cost of their idleness, it really isn’t anybody else’s business what they do peacefully. But the issue becomes more… Read More »
A man slaughtered a calf and cooked it on the fire and told his brother to invite our friends and neighbors to eat it with us.His brother went out and called out.Oh people!!Help us, my brother’s house is on fire.In no time a crowd of people came out and the rest continued to work as if they had… Read More »
There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by distilling exciting human experiences into a compact form that is easy to digest and just as engaging for the busy reader. Here are 25 of… Read More »
Babra Sharif (Urdu: بابرہ شرِیف; born 10 December 1954) is a Pakistani film actress, best known for her acting roles from the mid-1970s to the 1990s. She started her career in television commercials in 1973.She has worked with many famous names of her time, including Shahid, Nadeem, Asif Khan, Waheed Murad, Ghulam Mohyedin, Faisal Rehman, Muhammad Ali and even Sultan Rahi. She had great success in Urdu films in Pakistan. She was… Read More »
J. was laid out in 2002 with a remarkable way of thinking to resuscitate the country’s social legacy and make Shalwar Kameez; the well known wear, and before long became one of the most renowned and conspicuous dress brands in South East Asia. It extended its store organization to 100+ outlets cross country. J. has additionally extended worldwide… Read More »
If you have a dream daughter-in-law, you could be forgiven for feeling in the minority, given some of the stories we read on the Gransnet forums. One thing’s for sure, if you’re lucky enough to have a lovely DIL, do all you can to keep it that way! Daughter-in-law issues may be in abundance, but they are by no… Read More »
I have often battled with myself to figure out exactly how I want to remember Wasim Akram. He is the best left-arm pacer to have played the game but there were the dark days of match fixing too. Last week marked the anniversary of when he reached 400 ODI wickets. And for the occasion, I am going to… Read More »