IRSHAD SALIM — There’s a new normal everyone realizes but may have found it difficult or finding it hard to tell what it looks like and what a new order could be. South of the Tropic of Cancer where all the goodies and actions have been taking place over decades until now, a paper, inContinue reading “INSIGHT: Frontloading National Security With Economics the Way Forward”
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Dubai Job Seeker Left Aghast at Prospective Employer’s Email: ‘Why Need a Job, Go to Delhi in Shaheen Bagh For Protests’
DESPARDES — An Indian-Muslim from Kerala was left aghast — and is still upset — after his prospective employer in Dubai wrote back chiding him for looking for work and suggested he should make a living by joining protestors in Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi, reports Gulf News. The Shaheen Bagh has been the epicenterContinue reading “Dubai Job Seeker Left Aghast at Prospective Employer’s Email: ‘Why Need a Job, Go to Delhi in Shaheen Bagh For Protests’”
INDIA SITUATION: ‘Cannot Stand By and Let Another Gujarat Happen’
DESPARDES REPORT — On Tuesday, Dawn reported that “Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and others “cannot stand by and let another Gujarat happen” in India — referring to the 2002 massacre — and asked the body to stop the attack on Muslims under the Narendra Modi-led BJPContinue reading “INDIA SITUATION: ‘Cannot Stand By and Let Another Gujarat Happen’”
The Celestine Prophecy: And Here It Is 2020
ARUN DEAN — This novel discusses a Mayan sacred manuscript that was written around 600 B.C., and the search for it in the Peruvian rain forest. Author James Redfield says: “For half a century now, a new consciousness that has been entering the human world, can only be called transcendent, spiritual. If you find yourselfContinue reading “The Celestine Prophecy: And Here It Is 2020”
Views of a Psychiatrist From Pakistan on Covid 19 Crisis
DR. MOWADAT RANA — Pandemic means (Pan: all, demos: people) we all will meet Covid-19 in the next one and a half season no matter what we end up doing… it is a disease that has no cure. The only real cure is the Human Immune System. The more robust is our immune system theContinue reading “Views of a Psychiatrist From Pakistan on Covid 19 Crisis”
A Woman of Pakistan Origin Sets an Example in New York
IRSHAD SALIM — A note (below) being shared about a family in Brooklyn, New York I’ve been up, close and personal with for decades. It’s a model family I’m proud to have been associated with. “I want to share a great news about Sheikh’s older daughter F****a.She is working at a Hospital in New YorkContinue reading “A Woman of Pakistan Origin Sets an Example in New York”
Indian Classical Singer’s Tribute to ‘Ghazal Queen’ Begum Akhtar: ‘Aye Mohabbat Tere Anjam Pe Rona Aaya’
DESPARDES — Renowned classical singer Shruti Sadolikar Katkar offered her tributes to subcontinent’s greatest classical singer Begum Akhtar sahiba at her tomb — rendering one of her classics that say “O Love, I cry on your outcome”. Katkar is the Vice Chancellor of Bhatkhande University in Lucknow. The video is undated, however, it transcends boundariesContinue reading “Indian Classical Singer’s Tribute to ‘Ghazal Queen’ Begum Akhtar: ‘Aye Mohabbat Tere Anjam Pe Rona Aaya’”
Saudi Binladin Hires Investment Advisor, CEO as It Plans $15 Bln Debt Restructuring
SoDATA — Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) has hired an investment bank to advise on its $15 billion debt rescheduling plan. Bloomberg reported, citing a statement from Binladin International Holding Group, that Houlihan Lokey Inc., a Los Angeles based multinational independent investment bank and financial services company, will assist in a comprehensive review and financial restructuringContinue reading “Saudi Binladin Hires Investment Advisor, CEO as It Plans $15 Bln Debt Restructuring”
Indian Woman Gang-Raped After Being Quarantined Alone
Woman forcibly quarantined inside school in Jaipur gang-raped by 3 youths An Indian woman was allegedly gang-raped in a school in the desert state of Rajasthan where she had been quarantined for a night by the police amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, a police official said on Sunday. The incident occurred last week when theContinue reading “Indian Woman Gang-Raped After Being Quarantined Alone”