Crime and punishment
Crime and punishment The news media are full of crimes committed everyday somewhere so people become inured to such news but crimes are a social phenomenon that have their origin…
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An evil nexus
An evil person gleefully rubs his hands enjoying evil deeds Is it really worth living a life of crime? The criminals think so until the day comes when they can’t think anymore when it is too late to make amends. The post looks…
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Unnecessary incarceration
An overcrowded jail in Asia We often see simple ordinary people thrown in jail for minor infractions in many countries so they suffer needlessly and come out with trauma that bedevils them the rest of their life. The punishment given to anyone should be proportional to the offense so a reform in the penal…
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How trade has changed
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…
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My heroes: Fidel Castro
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…
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Women today
The text says that our generation is becoming so busy trying to prove that women can do what men can do that women are losing their uniqueness. Women were created to do everything a man can’t do. I know that women all over the world are fighting for their basic rights and gender equality and…
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Shelter for the homeless
A mother helps her daughter with school uniform in a culvert as her shelter There are people who are homeless who sleep on the sidewalks of major cities in the world. They shiver in the cold and get wet whenever it rains so they do not have any protection from the elements. People in cars…
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Democracy is a beautifulword
Happy voters show their ink stain after voting India is holding the election to choose its national government to govern the worlds largest democracy where over 900 million voters will decide who will govern them. The scale…