[The 53-year-old Detroiter is one of nine new Democrats in the 112th Congress. He defeated Republican businessman John Hauler in November and seven-term incumbent Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick in August's Democratic primary. Clarke is a lawyer and has served as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. John Conyers. He was elected to Michigan's state House in
READ MOREViolence and conflict are widespread today all over the world. Is a non-violent approach to conflict resolution and peace building as put forward by Gandhi possible today? The questioning of Gandhi’s relevance is neither novel nor striking. It was raised many times during his life time from the day he launched the first satyagraha in
READ MORE[This is a modified version of the original, “The Yunus Affair: A Post-Mortem” by the author published in www.bangladeshchronicle.net on March 25, 2011 ] The inevitable has happened. May 12, 2011 will be remembered by some as a day of great victory, but by many others, perhaps millions, as a moment of national disgrace. On
READ MOREAhead of Obama’s India visit, a psi-war stoking China-India divide manifested early November, 2010 in the Indian print media. Former US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill, currently the Henry Kissinger Senior Fellow for US foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, was quoted as saying “I think it's fair to say now that China-India
READ MOREHealthcare facilities and healthcare providers in emerging economies like Bangladesh operate with impunity. Besides some minimal licensing requirements, these facilities and providers operate largely unregulated. There are no benchmarks, no peer review and simply no accountability. The government licensing bureaus in most emerging countries do not have the resources or even the minimum education to
READ MORE[Combined and slightly abridged from two separate papers presented in the Regional Seminar on Energy Security for South Asia organized by the Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA) on the eve of 12th Convention of Nepal Engineers Association held on 12th April, 2011 in Kathmandu, Nepal.] The South Asia Regional Economy
READ MORERivers in any country are vital for the transportation, agriculture, recreation and livelihood of the people. They provide the riparian lifeline for plants, birds, fish, and animals living in the area, and for those stopping along their migration paths. Each of these elements is significant to the economy of the eco-systems through which a river
READ MORE[From “Facts and Documents” a publication of International Farakka Committee, New York on the sustainable management of Himalayan Rivers edited by Dr. Jasimuddin Ahmad and Mostafa Kamal Majumder] Continental South Asia (India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan) is the most populated region in the world with about one sixth of the global population. The population is
READ MORE[From “Facts and Documents” a publication of International Farakka Committee, New York on sustainable management of Himalayan Rivers edited by Dr. Jasimuddin Ahmad and Mostafa Kamal Majumder] River Conservation is not just a question of rescuing a river from pollution and contamination, but much more. There were some references to rivers dying, but in fact
READ MORE[At a roundtable in the Rivers of Hope initiative at the Stimson Center, Washington, DC on April 15, 2011 Geoffrey Pyatt, Principal Deputy Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs commented at length as follows about the role of the Himalayan watersheds in U.S. approach to South and Central Asia.] Why are Himalayan Glaciers
READ MOREWe are living in a time of unparalleled prosperity, fuelled in part by revolutions in knowledge, science, and technology, particularly information technology. This prosperity has changed the lives of many, yet billions of people still suffer from poverty, hunger, and disease. And now, several major crises have combined forces to bring even greater misery and
READ MOREThe region that now forms the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation is a consensual compact of eight independent states. The variations in their socio-cultural imprints are derived from enduring extrinsic and intrinsic attributes that coalesce and convulse in a matrix, insulated geographically by deep waters on three sides and on the fourth side “by
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