'Another Face', Caroline Jaine's Cambridge-Karachi project

Caroline Jaine, a UK based artist, writer, film-maker, with a background in diplomacy and media strategy, had paid a short visit to Karachi a few months ago for her very interesting Cambridge-Karachi project. As...

Soon, I will be a minority

Being a minority doesn't mean I need privileges That’s OK. I won’t need much to take care of me. My neighborhood has changed where there are more Latinos and Asian people at the shopping mall, for...

Celebrating diversity in Indonesia

Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census) One of President Obama’s homelands, Indonesia is a country of diversity and tolerance as he says. The...

The Karachi mix

"Go to any bazaar in Karachi, particularly in one of its older areas, like Saddar, and soon the metropolitan character of the city will start to unfold in front of your eyes… A child with hair as golden as the...

Afghanistan Desecrated American Flag: Will Jones Burn Quran Now?

The people of Afghanistan who are depending on the American soldiers to help them defend themselves against radical Talban have displayed actions against the US which should cause President Obama to rethink his...

Is Ethnic Diversity in a Nation Really Beauty?

There are people including government leaders and officials propagating in favour of social diversity for even more than the existing diversity. They claim that ethnic diversity is beauty. But is ethnic or social diversity of a society really beauty? Diversities may be beauty...

Dublin's Gay Pride Condemns NY City's Saint Patrick's Day Parade

Dublin Gay Pride has Harsh Criticism for Saint Patrick's Day Parade in NYC:  "Anti-Gay Exclusion and Discrimination" Because it refuses to allow gay groups to participate ,  New York City's Saint...

Real Lessons from Darwin

In "Darwin's Deadly Legacy," the author argues that evolution was the reason for the genocides and demicides of 20th century. Nothing can be further from the truth.Anyone who has actual understanding of evolution knows that evolution is based on mutation, and that differences...

Challenging Popular Myths About Autism

i could say a lot about the popular myths about autism, but i happily don't need to: someone already wrote an absolutely fantastic article. RACHEL COHEN-ROTTENBERG wrote such an accessible, accurate, direct and personally touching article on the topic, i thought it...

Has the afrosphere Been Infiltrated by CIA Agents and/or Assets?

Cross-posted at The Truth About Kos (DailyKos), the Francis L. Holland Blog and Pam'sHouseBlend.This post is in response to a post I read over at Jack and Jill Politics, entitled, "Jill [Contee] is Headed to Blogging While Brown on Friday."I'd be really interested to know...

Susan Boyle Admitted to Mental Health Clinic

Britain's got Talent singing sensation Susan Boyle has been admitted to a mental health clinic, apparently suffering from exhaustion.   She finished second to dance troupe Diversity in the Britain's Got Talent...

List of Britain's Got Talent Finalists 2009: Susan Boyle to win?

The final of Britain's Got Talent 2009 has aired tonight in Britain, and there were 10 finalists competiting. Did Susan Boyle win or did someone else's star shine? The winner of Britains Got Talent 2009 has been announced. Perhaps it will be Shaheen Jafargholi or Hollie...

Chengdu quickens pace of post-quake housing reconstruction

Nearly 1 year after the deadly Sichuan Wenchuan earthquake, Chengdu, the provincial capital city that functions as the headquarters of the massive reconstruction operations, which was also affected by the...

This man wants to reinvent Canadian multiculturalism

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is fast becoming a rising star in Harper's Cabinet, common sense seems to be his forte, versus Liberal Trudeauittes who like stands of wheat in the field bend...

'Non' to French in the Post, 'No' to Israeli Apartheid Week!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed This story is so wrong on many issues, first of all the French language is part of Canadian Culture, to bar it from having a French Section in the National Post, smacks of anti Canadian Culture...

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