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If useful, my successor could be female: Dalai Lama

Posted On, Jun 14, 2013

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has said if it is useful his successor could be a female.

Britain’s Sex Worker of The Year is looking for psychologist

Posted On, Jun 14, 2013

Charlotte Rose recently won a British Erotic Award as Sex Worker of the Year.

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FBI to track hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus

Posted On, Jun 6, 2013

Ten months after six worshippers died in the gurdwara shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will begin formally tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus and Arabs.

Obviousitis: an epidemic that has invaded conversations (The Funny Side)

Posted On, May 31, 2013

The sign on the store window said: 'Ears Pierced. While You Wait.' No doubt staff put up this notice (sent to me by a Hong Kong reader) to differentiate their salon from those at which customers have to leave their ears and collect them a few days later.

One Hour with Adam Duritz: Counting Crows “Echoes of the Outlaw Roadshow”

Posted On, May 16, 2013

"Well I Inline image 1dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow. Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there, counting crows. One for sorrow, two for joy. Three for girls and four for boys. Five for silver, six for gold. Seven for a secret never to be told." - "A Murder of One" from "August and Everything After"

Is the comedy business more important to the UK than the financial industry?

Posted On, May 14, 2013

Last week, the Daily Telegraph reported that the UK’s creative industries generate £36 billion per year for the economy and employ 1.5 million people. The Chancellor, George Osborne, called them “massively important”. So why does no-one take comedy seriously?

Great slums of the world

Posted On, May 7, 2013

Kibera is reportedly Africa’s largest urban slum. A census in 2009 found it housed 170,070 people. A railway line runs through the slum, which has its own railway station.

He is fulfilling his dream of building houses for poor

Posted On, May 6, 2013

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) He is the brain behind several world-class and award-winning buildings that include airports and hotels in the US. Several milestones and achievements later, the dream of doing something meaningful for his home country has brought Indian American architect Harshad Patel to his roots, determined to provide low-cost houses to the country's poor.

Kerala physicians who keep alive traditional ayurveda (Feature)

Posted On, May 5, 2013

Thrissur (Kerala), May 5 (IANS) At age 74, ayurvedic physician Alathiyoor Narayanan Nambi still sees several patients daily, carrying forward a tradition his family has pursued for hundreds of years.

Want to keep stress at bay? Join a laughter club (May 5 is World Laughter Day)

Posted On, May 5, 2013

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) As dawn breaks, a group of men and women standing in a circle in a neighbouring park twirl their arms in the air, waddle like penguins and start laughing. They are part of an increasing number of people who are choosing laughter therapy to cure distress.

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