“If you are not willing to undress, don’t enter in to the stream of truth”. Rumi This article was provoked by Gov. Rick Perry’s recent

Dissent and freedom of expression are source of democracy, a nation that denies both denies democracy. Iran can be rightly termed as the cradle of

Daring to tread a radically different path: Located on the outskirts of Quetta, is the barren valley of Mariabad where the Hazara lead slow-paced lives.

‘Predestination’ has been the bane of the Islamic societies since inception! The fall of Baghdad to Mongols invaders led by Hulagu Khan! Hulagu Khan (ca.

I was asked in a lecture in Paris recently if US $ faces the same dilemma as Zimbabwe,Hungary or Germany? Zimbabwe – 100 Trillion Dollar,

‘Real life happens in private, alone, before an empty house, without the gaze of an audience to ennoble or redeem it ‘ Reading ‘The Pale

All phases of the Moon for next six thousand year period are well known and scientifically plotted, it is possible to know exact position and

We have becomes billions of hypochondriacs bunched together!!At TED Global in Oxford, I was blown away by this graph, shown by David McCandless. It shows

Tens of millions of people from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the strongest earthquake to strike the East Coast since World War II.

Moral equivalence and justification of criminal acts in the name of ‘lack of opportunity’ is lame and pathetic tool. The world is out there to

The children of revolution who procreated this Islamic revolution with their blood, tears and sweat are the ones this revolution wants to devours at Gods

Socrates said ‘I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.’ Nothing needs to be taught!

S.&P. Downgrades Debt Rating of U.S. is an overkill and kind of a face-saver with no real bite other then initial sell off of 7.5%-10%.

As Egypt tryst with its destiny enters new phase with an election looming over the horizon, I cannot overlook to underplay the tragedy of sorts

Another gender war is brewing and, fascinatingly, firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad emerges as the voice of liberal dissent! President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said plans to

PARIS — When Tocqueville discovered the apocalyptic spectacle of the working-class neighborhoods of Manchester on a visit to England, he was immediately struck by the

PARIS — It is argued that “Presidential obsession” with 'mahdaviat' leads Mr. Ahmadinejad to “a conviction that leaves little room for compromise. He thinks that

PARIS — Oil and natural gas production capacity should surge by 25% to 110 million barrels per day by the year 2015 – the result

PARIS — Hezbollah conscience and Hamas's political pragmatism should take lessons from 1948, 1967 and 1973. All wars have only helped in making Israel a

PARIS — Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have shut the door on pomp and pageantry of billionaires. Yachts, private planes and big acreage houses in

PARIS — Top security analyst Rear Admiral Chris Parry compares present threat to Western border breach that preceded collapse of Roman Empire. Rear Admiral Chris

Ideological legislation restricts the freedom to access sites considered as bad for the faithul in countries like Iran, Saudi and Pakistan. This legislation of 'human

Asma Jilani Jahangir, born 1952, Lahore, is a Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary and Summary Executions. The name

The unholy alliance between tradition (son-complex) and technology (ultrasound) is playing havoc within Eastern hemisphere. From Arab world, Iran, Pakistan, India and China 'Sons are

When in London sometime I pass nearby St Mary's Hospital I look at the blue plaque quietly commemorating Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin. This article