“Societies who used to send women to the gallows for possessing other powers are today’s champions of women’s rights partly because attitudes have changed but mostly because laws
What was dismissed as street fascism in the higher spheres of power barely two years ago has spectacularly elbowed its way up the political front stage in a
If we are convinced that English should be reinforced in its official status and in the educational system, we should encourage a broader use of the language in
If Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul were to visit us today, he would certainly observe that wife-beating, which he described as a national pastime after football, has degenerated into
Barring a few exceptions, in most post-colonial societies one common point people used to share, and unfortunately, still share is the feeling of shame and betrayal about the
More and more people are looking for various methods including herbal medicine, massages, meditation and Ayurvedic science to ensure good health and ward off physical disorders and diseases.
Many early cultures had ceremonies and rituals for the first menstruation of young women. The Tamil rite in this regard, which marks the end of girlhood, is most
Vu que la compagnie nationale partage le ciel aérien avec Air France, les ressortissants de ce pays et les habitants de l’île voisine, devenus Français par procuration, s’autorisent
Familiarity breeds contempt, dit-on, pour expliquer cette fâcheuse manie de scruter de nos rivages insulaires, d’autres horizons lointains supposés plus aptes à apporter une réponse à nos multiples
A talented playwright may soon open up a new trend in the field of literary genre locally, the ‘theâtre de l’absurde’. This is not to expose philosophical existentialist
Pacifists worldwide sigh with relief at the Russian Foreign Minister’s proposal to put the Syrian government’s arsenal of chemical weapons under international scrutiny, a solution initially but mildly
Judging from complaints aired by pre-primary schoolteachers, governmental institutions seem to have overlooked local cultural factors in the choice of songs and poems. Indeed, the predominance of the
Well, this is not going to be about Mary Shelley’s novel ‘Frankeinstein or the Modern Prometheus’ written in the early years of the 19th century when the author
