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Japan’s ruling coalition scored a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections on Sunday as the nation was still reeling two days after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Results
Thousands of protesters entered the capital, Colombo, and swarmed into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s fortified residence. Video images showed jubilant crowds splashing in the garden pool, lying on beds and using
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TROPIC OF CANCER SERIES Report: Here are some of the oldest places to buy books in Cairo. Whether it’s vintage maps, film posters or photographs, a tour of the Egyptian
TROPIC OF CANCER SERIES REPORT: The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls’ School in north-western India’s Rajasthan desert is made of yellow sandstone and there are no Air Conditioners. Here, students can study
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Muhammad Ahsan Kureshi in The Nation: I’m reading ‘The homoerotics of Orientalism’ by Joseph Boone these days and its cover photo has quite a story to tell once googled and
Continue readingRudolf Lehnert’s ‘Bahira’: One Picture, Two Stories
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was his country’s longest-serving PM. As one of the country’s most influential politicians Abe shaped Japan and leaves behind a complex legacy. He was
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A new Egyptian movement called Fetrah is emerging to combat the homosexual-lesbian movement. Young people in Egypt have launched the campaign called “Fetrah” to oppose influence of the LGBTQ, reports
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TWO respected authors who have written extensively on regional affairs share their comment on Nobel Laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen saying that, “The biggest crisis that India is facing
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The story of a potter’s love for a girl explores myth, memory and the act of transformation…it’s an incisive and moving novel about the struggle for creative achievement in a
Continue readingThe Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy – love, loss and longing
Omar El Akkado in Orion: I grew up in Qatar, a tiny peninsula off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia. Less than a century ago, before the boom, it was
The richest 1pct collectively owns 9pct of Pakistan’s income.The feudal lords, the 1pct of the population owns 22pct of all arable farmland. The richest 20pct command 50pct of the national
Continue readingDecoding Income Inequality, Disparity. Taxing the Super Rich (Video)
By Irfan Ulhaq: RAHIM YAR KHAN, Punjab, Pakistan, (IPS) – Farmer Abdul Waheed, 32, has been using his cell phone for everything but work for the past seven years. But
Continue readingDigital Training in 1000 Pakistani Villages Yields Bumper Participation