While I was growing up, I almost drowned many times. But it was the very first time this happened, when I was two years old, that I would have drowned for a good reason.
“We were tired of hearing extremes dominate the debate,” said her friend and fellow law student, Matthew Matera. “People are really hungry for an opportunity to say they are looking for common ground and respectful dialogue. They want to find productive ways to talk to each other.”
He changed his mind, he said, because the leader of a planned Islamic centre near the so-called Ground Zero site in New York had agreed to move its location. In a televised news conference on Thursday, he called on others not to burn copies of the Quran.
These leaders hope the Florida pastor changes his mind, adding, his method will only refuel the tension on a day of remembrance in America. As of Wednesday night, the pastor has no intentions of canceling, despite death threats and warnings.
Most of us in Delhi feel perversely vindicated when we come across a collapsed road or hear of a leaking stadium or pass labourers racing against the clock to pave the pavements. Dilliwallahs at the best of times feel no sense of belonging,...
Highly placed sources say 10 Janpath has asked for a full transcript of the media interaction, where Dr Singh spoke with a great deal of confidence and assertiveness on a number of issues, including his handling of the Cabinet. His views on China were said to be off the record,...
At the center is the traditional Obon ceremony for the dead,.. the Floating Lantern Ceremony. Rice paper lanterns are inscribed with the names of the dead, lit with candles, and floated out to sea. United Sikhs will provide food as part of its spiritual practice.