To Prime Minister Gilani: Your New Talking Points On Mumbai

" The only way to restore standing is to charge with full speed ahead. Shed the initial weakness and question the loopholes in the Indian story. The firing of Mr. Durrani provides a great opportunity to revise Pakistan’s talking points on Mumbai. Please don’t let this...

Babar is Alive and Well in New York, at the Morgan Library and Museum that is!

In our turbulent times, the slow going elephant is a reassuring presence. Babar is in New York, not for one of his family outings with Celeste and their children but as the star of Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors an exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum. ...

Index It, '50-something and laid off? Stop shaving now', Jessica Says

Truth or dare: Jessica Hagy, the Indexed girl suggests that if you are 50-something and laid off? Stop shaving now...No Femmes a Barbes please! Could be one of the slides for our Just Over 50 and Not Dead Yet panel.

Scooby Doo where are you? Japanese Ghost Stories

This might be more appropriate if it was written around Halloween, anyway Ghost Stories have a long history in Japan as`PingMag reminds us with their Ukiyo-e Series #2: Ghostly Worlds piece.  Tim Screech of Mangajin Magazine explores the roots of Japanese Ghosts in detail.

Death Needs A Mop

"In his top-of-the-heap book, Markus Zusak gives all you would expect in a novel about wartime Germany. But his trick is to make Death his narrator, writes Marianne Brace HOW do you write a fresh story about the Holocaust? Australian novelist Markus Zusak has cracked it with...

A Portrait without the Pose...Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

Build your own gallery, keep it digital or print it, art for art's sake. You can also ask Cali Rezo to illustrate your book, album cover or any other project that could be enhanced by some visuals.

Seeing is believing

"Seeing is believing : Illustrations were essential in spreading new scientific and medical ideas and it was often the case that new developments in the sciences were accompanied by corresponding developments in illustrative techniques."