Posts under ‘International’

Batman is possibly one of the most fascinating characters in fiction. His origin is universal - he could be anyone anywhere who witnessed his parents being murdered and swore that if it possible no one else will suffer his losses- he could be in any time period and still work. And, there is no deux [...]

.. the most powerful leaders of the most powerful nations, met to discuss the Global Food Crisis. and they of course had cheese — it was part of the 6th course — of 8 courses..
You would think that in the modern world, it would be possible for 8 leaders of 8 nations (even 16 [...]

I have been watching images on various news channels showing the devastation left behind by Katrina.
I have been following Maitri’s blog on the more personalised aspect of surviving Katrina.
And one thing struck me - however developed you may be, how ever well trained your response teams may be, when it comes to dealing with Nature’s [...]

via Zest Alternative, a story from the New Scientist on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki . Based on new research by two historians - Peter Kuznick & Mark Selden - the article is a chilling read.
New studies of the US, Japanese and Soviet diplomatic archives suggest that Truman’s main motive was to limit [...]

… says the Chief of the British Police, on his men shooting dead an unarmed Brazilian, in London.
I was talking to Bonti on mail in the UK, and basically asking her on how she and her family were after the bombings. She was fine, having missed the bombings by about 10 minutes, but she wrote [...]

The last week has seen the relative calm that the world saw after 9-11 get shattered. Terrorism has reared its ugly head bringing death and destruction to innocents.
So long as the terrorism is in far away Kashmir or the North East (where is that) - or even in Iraq, it is an event happening outside [...]

A story whose black humour shocks you. And it is true. A bunch of women laughing in Niger about one woman’s dream of eating meat.
It’s hard enough for us to find millet,” said Habiba Abdulsalam, 30, waiting like the other women for help for her hungry, diarrhoea-stricken baby. “We can only dream of eating meat,” [...]

Last week i had posted my reaction at Dick Cheney being offended by the use of the word Gulag. I observed that it would have been so much more humane if he had been offended by torture perse.
Bernardo, Yazad and I have been having an interesting exchange of ideas on Semantics. Essentially the use of [...]

Dick Cheney is offendend by Amnesty’s description of Guantanamo Bay as the “American Gulag”. It would have been so much more humane to have been offended by the torture.
Stuffing his foot further down his mouth he said:
“I think the fact of the matter is, the United States has done more to advance the cause of [...]

Last week poor Newsweek got jhapoed by the Pentagon for publishing a report on the desecration of the Koran in Guantanamo Bay . The Pentagon put on its most angelic face and swore that nothing of that sort had happened.
Newsweek was blamed for the riots that ensued in Afghanistan leading to loss of life. I [...]