Congressman keeps dream alive with book, jelly bean reminder
US Congressman John Lewis keeps a jar of jelly beans in his office on Capitol Hill to remind him of how far the country has come. On August 28, 1963…
Race remains divisive issue in US decades after King speech
Whether it's a black unarmed teenager killed in Florida, the erosion of the hard-fought 1965 Voting Rights Act, or high unemployment among African Americans: Evidence of America's unresolved racist past…
Despair as Somalia eyes future without medical charity
Maryan Muse sits with her four children in front of the closed doors of the Jaziira medical facility in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, tearful and discouraged. "Who will now help my…
Growth vs development
Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati, professor of economics at Columbia University in New York, isn’t known for modesty or patience towards his critics. In 2004, he got a chair in Indian political…
Which planet does Pakistan inhabit?
Massacre in Cairo, blood in the streets, hundreds dead. But you would suspect nothing of this from TV channels here. Rains, yes, and coverage of that necessary. But endless talk-shows…
A lifelong affair with Arabia
The study of Islamic history and the rise and fall of Muslims had been a lifelong passion of Iqbal. The poet philosopher fervently believed in the Islamic renaissance and argued…
Wanted: a real people’s party
It would be hard to find citizens in Pakistan or India who believe their governments really care for the people. The Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen, has repeatedly termed India a…
Tips to contain militancy
RISING militancy accompanies the spreading turmoil in the Islamic world. The coup in Cairo to oust the Muslim Brotherhood`s president Mohamed Morsi is symptomatic of the tumult and conflict that…
From kitchen to courts: US race issues still simmer
America may have a black man in the White House, but questions of race and the legacy of centuries of slavery and discrimination continue to smoulder in US society. From…
Tunisia continues the revolution – in aerospace
When European plane-maker Airbus receives a juicy contract, such as this year's 234-plane deal from Indonesia's Lion Air, cries of joy ring out in Toulouse. But they're also punching the…
