When the emergency workers at the explosion site close to Kizilay Square were picking up the severed body parts and pieces of machines, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was talking about “bringing down terror to its heel.” Forgive me for the cliche, but the job is easier said than done. While the rest of […]
Month: March 2016
Donald Trump’s Chicago Rally: Protests and Undercurrent of Racism
When media came to know that Donald Trump was outraged because his freedom of speech was violated on Saturday night when his rally in Chicago had to be called off due to protests, they responded by saying that his “fondness for free expression is highly selective.” That was perhaps the drift of the event that […]
Isla Coiba: Former Island Prison in Panama
At the first look Isla Coiba at Panama is like any other desert island. The water is as clear as gin and the sand is white and powdery. There is a dense rainforest waiting to be explored, and a whole line of palm trees before the same. This island paradise has a rather chequered past […]
Facts about Ted Cruz you should know
Ted Cruz is fast emerging as the man to watch out for in the 2016 US presidential elections. He already has seven wins in his pocket and has begun to give a steady competition to front-runner Donald trump. The Texas Senator, who has his eyes firmly set on the Florida primaries, is currently busy rallying […]
George Martin: The Fifth Beatle
George Martin can be credited as one of the world’s biggest names in the music industry who propelled four young men to stardom. Yet, he chose to remain away from the limelight. George Martin played a pivotal role in the rise of the Beatles, one of the biggest rock bands of the 60s and a […]
10 Most Amazing Aquariums in the World
#1 Chimelong (Hengqin) Ocean Kingdom Location: Hengqin (Zhuhai), People’s Republic of China According to the Guinness World Records, Hengqin Ocean Kingdom, in the Guangdong Province of China, is the world’s largest aquarium. The 12.87 million US gallons ocean theme park opened in 2014 and now attracts millions of visitors. The seven displays, including a “Whale […]
Sharapova and Doping Cases in Tennis
Sponsors are severing ties with Maria Sharapova. This new development comes close on the heels of the tennis star’s announcement that she had failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. The press conferences on March 7 was one of the very few ones when the 28-year-old Russian seemed at unease. The entire world watched […]
Women Rights Activists the World Must Remember
“I am not going to die, I am going home like a shooting star.” These were the words of a notable African American lady who became the first black woman to win a lawsuit against a white man to save her son from slavery. When she passed away in 1883, she had already built the […]
Can Ted Cruz Stop Donald Trump’s Run?
It was only last week when Donald Trump thundered during one of the press conferences, “”I would love to take on Ted Cruz one on one.” This might sound like a man confident of his prospects, but deep within Trump knows that even before he can go into a battle with Hillary Clinton for the […]
The Grim Tale of El Salvador
There are several countries which are plagued with violence and killings, but El Salvador with approximately 6.38 million population, is a lone country where deadly gang war has turned it into the most violent corner of the world. According to the Institute of Legal Medicine in El Salvador, the country reported 6,656 killings last year. […]