News of Interest Jul. 2022
Invasion of Ukraine Widens Spiritual Rifts Among Christians…August to offer wide array of astronomy events… PUTIN: USA MAIN THREAT TO RUSSIA…Pelosi begins Asia tour, no mention of Taiwan…WILL SHE? USA
Watch ‘Trying The Most Unique Nepali Street Food! (Video)
Emirati Khalid Al Ameri‘s trip to Kathmandu -the capital of Nepal, includes a vlog on his try with some of the incredible food dishes and incredible delights of the country
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Afghanistan: From ‘The Girl Next Door’ to ‘Person of Interest’ (Videos)
IRSHAD SALIM: MY four video comments on Afghanistan as I saw it (Sep. 2021 thru Jun 2022) -after the US-led hurried exit -from an ‘endless war’, in the summer of
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Kazi Nazrul Islam’s ‘Bidrohi’ (The Rebel) English Translation
The Rebel: English translation of revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s famous poem ‘Bidrohi’ by Kabir Chowdhury: Say, Valiant,Say: High is my head! Looking at my headIs cast down the great
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Famous Turkish Proverbs and Sayings Worth Listening to (Video)
TROPIC OF CANCER Series: Proverbs and sayings are an important part of any culture. So are these Turkish one’s and translated into English. These, and many more inspirational and motivational
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How to Defend Democracy from Itself: On Steve Erickson’s “American Stutter, 2019–2021”
Charles Taylor in the Los Angeles Review of Books: American Stutter, 2019–2021, novelist Steve Erickson’s journal of our ongoing plague year — the everything-at-once-all-the-time mash-up of election, pandemic, and still-unresolved
Nuclear Strategy and Ending the War in Ukraine
Oscar Arias and Jonathan Granoff in The Hill: The world is as close to the nuclear abyss today as it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In fact, contemporary nuclear
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Politics Doesn’t Put Food on the Table (Video Shares)
Sense and sensibilities, plus real intelligence as icing on the cake matter. Politics and voting and activism, etc. don’t put food on the table –this I learnt and experienced in
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At Wipro, Rishad Premji Introduces Five Habits in His Quest For a High-Performing Culture
IMAGINEERING: Cultural change is a prominent agenda item for most CEOs, as it is one of the most challenging aspects of an organizational transformation to execute—and sustain. Rishad Premji, the
The Subcontinent’s Anti-Colonial Movement Never Ended. It’s Where We Actually Are in History.
By Priya Satia, the Raymond A. Spruance professor of international history at Stanford University: Every historian worth their salt knows that historical and local specificities ultimately render all analogies inaccurate.
From Auto-Rickshaw Puller to CM Maharashtra
Eknath Shinde suffered from depression for several months as two of his sons drowned when a boat they were traveling in capsized in 2000. He received emotional support, and was
Happiness, Pleasure, Wellbeing: Select Videos, Quotes, Pics
Curated from WhatsApp shares, Twitter, etc.: Irshad Salim, Karachi (July 26, 2022)