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 faces new era of political violence. Threats rise…Congress on ‘high alert’…Trained, Armed and Ready. To Teach Kindergarten…More teachers carrying guns… How Pandemic Changed Americans’ HealthContinue reading “News of Interest Jul. 2022”
Monthly Archives: July 2022
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 on its streets. These include Panipuri with a Nepalese twist, and the Niwari, the local cuisine only found in the landlocked country -Nepal is smackContinue reading “Watch ‘Trying The Most Unique Nepali Street Food! (Video)”
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 2021: PS: UK’s Foreign Office admits multiple errors over its handling of Britain’s exit from Afghanistan. According to conservative estimates, the US-led war in AfghanistanContinue reading “Afghanistan: From ‘The Girl Next Door’ to ‘Person of Interest’ (Videos)”
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 Himalayan peak!Say, Valiant,Say: Ripping apart the wide sky of the universe,Leaving behind the moon, the sun, the planetsand the starsPiercing the earth and the heavens,PushingContinue reading “Kazi Nazrul Islam’s ‘Bidrohi’ (The Rebel) English Translation”
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 one’s have been passed down from one generation to another, and serve to teach us life lessons while showing us different points of views. Here’sContinue reading “Famous Turkish Proverbs and Sayings Worth Listening to (Video)”
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 attempted coup — springs from a clarifying rage that not only scorns right-wing perfidy but also looks askance at liberal good intentions (and their too-oftenContinue reading “How to Defend Democracy from Itself: On Steve Erickson’s “American Stutter, 2019–2021””
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 risks may actually be worse. Whereas Cuban Missile Crisis lasted just 13 days, the fighting in Ukraine will likely continue and tempt fate for many monthsContinue reading “Nuclear Strategy and Ending the War in Ukraine”
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 Anglosphere over my 3 decades of stay there. Journalist Najam Sethi’s latest narratives reinforce what’s on the table in order to move forward not backward:Continue reading “Politics Doesn’t Put Food on the Table (Video Shares)”
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 executive chairman of global technology services company Wipro –it has more than 220,000 employees across six continents, wants to promote cultural change at the 77-year-oldContinue reading “At Wipro, Rishad Premji Introduces Five Habits in His Quest For a High-Performing Culture”