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Articles with tag: aid

Home, a state of mind?

Sidra Omer   Dec 6, 2007   interacts: 2

Home is not necessarily a four-walled structure that has traces of one’s childhood days and it certainly does not represent the country or city one lives.

An Insight Into Pakistan Army and Musharraf

ijaz gul   Nov 29, 2007   interacts: 193

A combination of threat perception and indispensability strengthened his quest for legitimacy till it consumed his reformist self.

Why Me?

Awais Memon   Nov 30, 2007   interacts: 1

He created the Arthur Ashe Foundation for the Defeat of AIDS, received the first Annual AIDS Leadership Award, and addressed the United Nations on World AIDS Day.

The Cyclone and the Saudi Prince

Naeem Randhawa   Nov 26, 2007   interacts: 2

Patargata - never heard of it, it sounds like a Thai dish. Do I need to worry about it? I've got enough on my mind.

Suicide Note of a HIV Patient

Ali Kamran   Sep 17, 2007   interacts: 27

This was the first time I ever saw a HIV infected person. Before that I was ignorant to the extent that I thought of AIDS as an African Disease.

An Alternative Approach to International Development

Thorsteinn Gestsson   Sep 24, 2007   interacts: 13

Although many nations have promised 0.7% of GNI to relieve suffering and secure the enjoyment of basic human rights, no one is able to hold them accountable.

Why Not Hate All Types of Terrorism?

Ali Rizvi   Dec 17, 2006   interacts: 18

People seem to pick and choose which terrorist groups to denounce. Why not denounce all of them?

Global Aid: A Double Edged Weapon

Subhash Agrawal   Jun 22, 2005   interacts: 3

Many NGOs in India, and indeed around the world, think they can do no wrong and that their word ought to be final. Perhaps it is an occupational hazard or maybe past experience, but there is a certain unspoken distrust towards authority and a sense of onl

EMACE

Zehra Rizvi   Feb 19, 2005   interacts: 6

It has been two days since I arrived in Sri Lanka as a volunteer for the post-tsunami rebuilding efforts.

In Condom Country

Farzana Versey   Sep 1, 2004   interacts: 39

Shall I wear a condom tonight? Just want to play it safe. It looks good, feels snug and makes me shine. And it leaves no room for experimentation and dithering. Just go forth and conquer.

Worldwide India-Pakistan peace movement begins?

Ras Siddiqui   Jul 15, 2002   interacts: 285

It is time for Indians and Pakistanis worldwide to re-humanize their enemies

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