Jaipur Rugs Foundation - Working for Women Empowerment, Eradicating Social Injustices (Wed Apr 16th, 2008, by Yogesh Chaudhary)
Simply creating carpets & rugs & making India a global champ in the home furnishing sector are not the only priorities that define the Jaipur Rugs role. Jaipur Rugs is one large family which considers its artisans, weavers & workers an integral part ...
You Bet Your Life (Fri Mar 28th, 2008, by Bob Miller)
Graduating from high school is a pivotal moment in life, and what you do next will set your life on course. Unfortunately, many graduates fall into the trap set up by the armed forces. With high hopes of serving their country and a better life after ...
I'm Very Sad (Thu Mar 20th, 2008, by Bob Miller)
LONDON - Paul Scofield , the towering British stage actor who won international fame and an Academy Award for the film "A Man for All Seasons," has died. He was 86.
The passing of great men like Scofied leaves such a void. These are men who pu...
No Longer the Standard (Tue Mar 4th, 2008, by Bob Miller)
VIENNA, Austria - OPEC has virtually ruled out pumping more oil to ease record-high prices, key oil ministers signaled Tuesday on the eve of a cartel meeting.
Next will come the news that OPEC is going to the Money Basket. The US dollar will no ...
The Band-Aid (Wed Feb 27th, 2008, by Bob Miller)
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has warned Congress that the country is in for a period of sluggish economic growth given the housing bust and credit crunch. (Yahoo 02/27/08)
I will not try to hide my delight. I will not go to...
Justice Cometh (Tue Feb 26th, 2008, by Bob Miller)
New York - No good news today on the economic front. Consumer confidence plunged, the wholesale inflation rate soared, the number of homes being foreclosed jumped, home prices fell sharply and a report predicts big increases in health care costs.
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A Deep, Deadly River of Hypocrisy (Tue Feb 26th, 2008, by Bob Miller)
Americans delight in reading and talking about how our ragtag army drove the bloody imperialistic British out of the Colonies. It is funny how we seldom mention the help the French gave us unless of course we feel it would needlessly dilute our glo...
The origin of human rights (Tue Jan 29th, 2008, by Amit Varma)
This is the 42nd installment of Thinking it Through, and over the last 41 weeks, I have often bored my readers with talk of “rights” and “freedoms” and so on. Such talk is everywhere—politicians love to speak of rights to display their comp...
What are you going to gifts your wife on Christmas (Fri Nov 23rd, 2007, by steve jacob)
Over the years, we have seen that people experiment when it comes to cakes and food items but they stick to the old tried and tested things when it comes to gifts. Its Christmas time again! Or should we shout the time for Cakes, candles and lots of...
Aging Wisely: 10 Tips for Caring for Aging Parents (Wed Aug 29th, 2007, by Shannon Martin)
More than 50 million people provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during any given year. Individuals caring for their aging parents face challenges on a multitude of fronts: financial, emotional, medical and l...