by Mark Antony Rossi Songs claim love can repair the chasm between distant strangers. Churches say our imperfect nature, damaged since creation, is a millstone around the neck of humanity. In politics, they promise you the moon but at the steepest price of the stars. Continued drink drives the demons […]
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Celebrating the Colors of the Wind
by Sherryll P. Calingasan Let us not waste our precious time and energy upon hating and condemning other people just because they are not loving the same way we do. Instead, we should be fostering positivity and kindness. For it pays nothing to be kind yet it makes us earn […]
India & Seven Wonders at Tokyo
by Deepanshu Srivastava The whole of India is in a celebration mood. The reason is India’s best-ever performance with a medal tally at seven, including gold in Tokyo Olympics 2020. India’s earlier best was at a medal tally of six in the London Olympics 2012, but without any gold medal. […]
Textile Designer From Kolhapur Targets Textile Up-cycling by an Online Venture!
by Sheetal Akhade Despite all the hardships, a NID pass-out textile designer has launched an online textile venture in the village of Ambewadi, Kolhapur. Tejal Deshpande uses an innovative way in her venture to upcycle old clothing into brand new products which are sustainable to the environment and empower rural […]
Turkey Wildfires, Several Dead and Many Injured
by Muhammad Aslam Muhittin Bocek, the Mayor of Antalya; Said in an interview ” Our Lungs are burning, our future is burning”. Amidst summers, scorching heat, A wildfire that broke out Wednesday near the Mediterranean town of Nanavgat and later swept through the district of Akseri, (Provinces of Antalya) evacuated […]
Cats Can Teach Us Humility
by Mark Antony Rossi I love cats. So much that if I were in the Pharaoh’s court during the glory of ancient Egypt I would have hidden the cats to protect them from the priests who were required to kill and mummify them for the journey into the afterlife. If […]
Mahatma Gandhi and His Personal Physician Dr. Ram Bhosle
by Dr. Kiran Thakur Dr. Ram Bhosle, a personal physician to Pandit Nehru, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and scores of VVIPS in India had a rare honour to serve the Mahatma at the crucial three-hour period on August 8, 1942, he gave him a three-hour massage on that day. That was […]
Pandharpur in Atlanta
by Prajakta Padgaonkar Settling in the United States or any other foreign land is a deeply visceral process, emotionally. There is always so much baggage you must leave behind, in terms of memories, cultural experiences, and collective celebrations. As we settle into the new land, we slowly collate our kind […]
Revathi Veeramani: From Running Barefoot to Competing at Tokyo Olympics
by Deepanshu Srivastava Revathi Veeramani lost both her parents when she was only five. She spent her childhood in extreme poverty and ran barefoot in school meets. Despite all these trials and tribulations, Revathi didn’t stop chasing her dream of making it big in the sporting arena. The 23-year-old recently […]
Progress is Not Progressive and Both Fail to Measure Humanity
by Mark Antony Rossi Why does progress take so long? Progress on any front is often held up by a part of the world keen on playing it safe, a part of the world afraid of change, and a part of the world that simply does not care. Which group […]