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India is hosting the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennnai, with top ranking players from Spain, France, England, Armenia, Israel, USA and several others participating in it. Also participating in
Continue readingWATCH: The Inauguration of Chess Olympiad 2022 in Chennai
The Medical Encyclopedia says, “Blindness is a lack of vision. It may also refer to a loss of vision that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. Partial blindness
CNBC reports several Taiwan media outlets say that U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan on Tuesday, citing unidentified sources, amid reports that Taiwan is readying for
Continue readingUS House Speaker Pelosi Set to Defy China and Visit Taiwan: Analysis
A recent BBC take in Hindi (2nd video below) on renowned subcontinental playback singer Mohammad Rafi who sang the song ‘O Duniya Ke Rakhwale’ -famous music director Naushad (in the
IRSHAD SALIM – Last week, I watched three different videos shared at three different WhatsApp forums I’m privileged to be a member of. Together they characterize –in my view, the
Continue readingWATCH: A Dump in Karachi, The Zero Waste Colony of New Delhi, and…
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
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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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
Continue readingAfghanistan: From ‘The Girl Next Door’ to ‘Person of Interest’ (Videos)
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
Continue readingKazi Nazrul Islam’s ‘Bidrohi’ (The Rebel) English Translation
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
Continue readingFamous Turkish Proverbs and Sayings Worth Listening to (Video)
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
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
Continue readingNuclear Strategy and Ending the War in Ukraine