Reflections from the Village Bard
Shipping containers stacked in massive ports for export We have come to accept the age of international trade as a fact of life and expect to find in the market a wide range of goods imported from somewhere. The volume of trade grows…
Hakims are traditional Moslem doctors found in India and other countries The escalating cost of healthcare in many countries is hurting the poor people the most because they do not have the medical…
Woman suffers from excessive shyness Excessive shyness is a human frailty that inhibits the development of the personality so this discusses how to beat timidity and shed the shyness in order to achieve the full potential of a person. I often think that excessive shyness in some people is due to some inferiority complex that…
Often the true worth of a person is not realized when he is still living and some even after death. Human history is full of people who were not given their due accolades for their contribution to humanity. The dead do not seek recognition, and noble people are called noble because they do not…
India and Cambodia have ancient historical ties. I visited the country a few years ago with my wife. We were very impressed after visiting the World famous Angkor Wat temple and many other temples in Siem Reap. Today I want to write something about Cambodia that has suffered immense damage due to its long war…
A time comes when all tyrants and looters fall and start to fade away when people get the courage to say no to them. This is what is happening now in Africa. It is a start to a brighter future for all Africans that will uplift the poor and downtrodden who have long aspired to…
Steam engines pulling railway coaches If you think of metaphors, there is no better way to describe your journey through life than a train journey where you get to meet all kinds of people and learn from them life’s valuable lessons. Our life is also a journey. It can be a long or a short…
Remains of King Ramses II in Egypt Life is never meant to be eternal so we are born, we live for a while happily or miserably and one day lie down to sleep forever. Our footprint on the wet sand is soon erased by the ocean waves but it does not mean that…
Fidel Castro I think it was in 1972 when Fidel Castro came to Mostaganem, Algeria where I was working at that time. The whole town had shown up to welcome him and the Algerian president Boumedienne. There were barricades and policemen controlling the crowd. The town had been scrubbed clean before they arrived in…
Sudanese protesters in Khartoum People everywhere want freedom. They want freedom to practice their faith, to choose their government through free and fair elections and to live the way they want. Most of all they want a stake in the development of their country into a free and a fair society where all people…