Left to Beg or Steal on the Streets of America!?

Left to Beg or Steal on the Streets of America!?   By Hwaa irfan One of the elements of the Indian economy that hs helped to keep it bouyant in the midst of a severe global economic crisis has been domestic spending. This has helped to prevent total dependency on external trade. This factor seems [...]

Bolivia: Life Exists Beyond the Washington Concensus

Bolivia: Life Exists Beyond the Washington Concensus   By Hwaa Irfan When one has been entrained to think a certain way for a long time, one loses the tools, the imagination and the free will to operate outside out of that entrainment. This factor, more than anything else is probably the sole issue that underlies [...]

A Meeting of Minds

A Meeting of Minds   By Roger Darlington Martin was returning to work in his London office after spending two weeks with his brother over in New York. He was coming back with a heavy heart. It was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday; it was not just that he [...]

Is it true 1% of Americans Control a Third of the Wealth?

From How Stuff Works! According to an analysis of Federal Reserve data by the Economic Policy Institute, the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans control 35.6 percent of the total wealth of the country — more than a third. Even more incredible is that the richest 10 percent of Americans control 75 percent of the wealth, [...]

The Purpose of Work, Death and Sickness

Work, Death and Sickness By: Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) From: Twenty-Three Tales (1881) Rights: Public Domain   God, say they, at first made men so that they had no need to work: they needed neither houses, nor clothes, nor food, and they all lived til  they were a hundred, and did not know what illness [...]

Meals Ready!

Meals Ready! From Alexandra Bruce This heart-touching short film from India may inspire gratitude for what one already has 2011, Anooj, award-winning, short film from Nithuna Nevil Dinesh. Related Topics: Tears for Somalia Life or Death: Humanity Runs Awry in Somalia Saudi Arabia Donates $50mn to Somali Children Letter to the Self #5: Gratitude An Appreciative Heart is [...]

Egypt: Paper Made from Rice Straw!

Egypt: Paper Made from Rice Straw!   By Hwaa Irfan It  was some years ago under Mubarak rule, that one recalls watching with intrigue how a local inventor had found a solution to a problem that plagued Egypt during the summer months, that of burned rice straw. For every summer during the harvest, the air [...]

The American Dream…

The American Dream   An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish. “How long did it take you to catch [...]