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Feb.22.2012 May die of hunger An individual may die of hunger If tied and kept at home in hanger If he is set free and allowed to venture He will have enough of fortune and golden future It is well knit argument and said with motives Its result is heartening and very much subjective A person gains knowledge if...	Feb.18.2012 उनकी याद आ रही है.. Why I miss him उनकी याद आ रही है आज पता नहीं हमें उनकी याद आ रही है दिल को तडपा रही है और बैचेन कर रही है उनका तो पता नहीं हमें पर हमारा दिल नहीं लग रहा आलम तो यह है की किसी से बात करनेको भी जी नहीं कर रहा I don't know why I miss him and feel sorry Heart at unrest mind riddled with...
Dec.22.2011 Forgetting the Iraq War Forgetting the Iraq War American Wars used to end decisively. When Americans came back from defeating the Germans after World War II, there were ticker-tape parades. When the last U.S. helicopter lifted off from Saigon, Vietnam on April 30, 1975, the image seared deep into the American...	Jan.22.2011 Monarchy and Mendacity Dale Estey, in a post about his outing to the cinema a couple of weeks back, described a slow-moving crocodile of eager film-buffs braving sub-zero temperatures to see The King's Speech. (Ah, the inexhaustible talent of Mr Colin Firth...but no dripping shirts in this one, I guess!) Whatever one...
Aug.23.2010 Franz Schurmann: A Curious, Restless American Soul New America Media, Op-ed, Andrew Lam, Posted: Aug 23, 2010 When I think of Franz Schurmann, which is surprisingly often, I see him poring over his big book of maps, searching, mumbling names of foreign places. The atlas was frayed and faded with age, and over its pages...	Sep.10.2009 Flaming East The fresh perspective of an outsider-on-the-inside releases energy from all directions. What strikes us about a place — and may entice our fellow country-people – often does not resonate to the same degree with the average native. I was pleased to meet an expat woman entrepreneur on LinkedIn last...
Apr.20.2009 Megas Alexandros and the Royal "We" Megas Alexandros and the Royal "We" (Meros A) How does an empire treat the citizens of conquest during the battle for occupation, the occupation and after the fall of the empire? Isn't it possible to gauge the degree of civilization held by the empire by answering these questions? From...