The Iron Lady of Kuwait: Axe on expats
Last Thursday I called Kitty, the house maid whom I get her help in cleaning my residence in Kuwait, asking her to come on Friday. To my surprise, she told me that although she needs money to survive but she will not able to go out of her place, as the police men are collecting […]
Nepali women challenge traditional menstrual practice forced to them
Kathmandu – Women in Dailekh district, in western Nepal, are slowly giving up the Chhaupadi tradition, a system in which the women are forced to stay in the cow sheds or natural caves during their menstruation cycle. Sad yet true, many women in the remote parts of western Nepal are forced to follow the ill […]
Can India’s government empower its people?
Commercial forestry: A legacy of British rule The Indian politician and the bureaucrat have struggled for the past 65 years to shed the legacy and the mechanisms of British rule and empower the people but have failed…why? As is well known across the world, the regimes of the newly born independent countries, breaking out of […]
IPAF Surprise: Younger and less popular novelists stand out
The shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic fiction (IPAF) has been announced in Tunisia. It came as a surprise as many famous novelists who were included in the long list didn’t make it to the shortlist. The unexpected shortlist included these six novels: “Ave Maria” by the Iraqi novelist and translator Sinan Antoon, “I, […]
Nepal’s former minister is now rearing pigs
Kathmandu – Former Minister Shiva Raj Joshi who spent almost 15 years at the Singh Durbar, the central secretariat of the Nepal government, as a parliamentarian and a minister, is now spending his day at a piggery in a village of south-west Nepal. Accustomed to putting signatures on the piles of files at the ministries, Joshi […]
Knowledge collaboration: Indonesian students in Korea to hold conference
Indonesian Students Association in Korea (PERPIKA) this year presents Conference of Indonesian Students in Korea (Cisak) the 6th. Cisak 2013 will be held in Daejon, South Korea on July 7. Students, academics and practitioners from around the world are invited to attend the conference which is also a Research Paper Competition with various clusters of […]
The memory of ‘boat people’ lingers
Editor’s note: On April 30th, 1975, Saigon fell to North Vietnamese Communist forces which marked the end of the Vietnam War. Before the 38th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, commemorations are taking place to honor the past, discuss the present state, and hope for the future of Vietnam. In the following article from Asia […]
Barrakgate: The country of chaos?
No one to believe the news coming from the peaceful country of Kuwait; as the first democracy in the Gulf is facing problems, and they are too big to be missed, neglected or solved soon. Ms. Badrya Darwish, Editor of Kuwait Times is describing the scene very well when she is talking about the activist […]
Realm of status quo heading towards change in Pakistan
Contemplating facts behind low socio-political and economic growth reveals shadows of bad governance anywhere in the world. The same can be considered valid for prevailing conditions in Pakistan as governance has been a pertinent issue behind ever soaring problems faced by the country. A nation with a colossal population of 180 million has a long […]
The great monk Cho Oh-hyun’s poems published in Arabic
When his poems become our world A good line of verse could bring you amusement for a day. An inspiring poem would then tune your mood for a month. An excellent volume of poetry might set you in heaven for a year. And if you meet a man who lives as a good line in […]
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