Monika’s Pensieve

This is an article about Afghanistan’s continuing problems. It’s generally sad, but I was particularly shocked to read this paragraph:
On the road into Kabul from Jalalabad - on the dangerous route from Pakistan and the Khyber Pass - I sat on a woven plastic mat drinking green tea from glass cups with a group of [...]

This is a debate with young, middle class people living in Mumbai. It was recorded before 26/11. They touch upon a lot of things - religion, politics, economy and generally India’s future.

The women in Naples have vowed not to have sex with their husbands or boyfriends if they don’t stay away from dangerous illegal fireworks. It’s the first time I’ve heard of such a strike, but hey - if it works then great :)

This is a very nice audio report about the work of the British medical personnel in Afghanistan.

I’m not sure why I didn’t write about this when it first happened ;) But anyway, here are some hilarious photos from all round the world relating to the incident - apparently when it comes to throwing shoes at Bush, we can all stand united ;)

You give Afghan warlords Viagra in exchange for information *grin*

I’m rather unexcited about the Frost/Nixon film (I hate the trailer and all the clips from the film that I’ve seen), but I found the discussion below very interesting:

I’m too young to remember the Watergate scandal and too historically ignorant to know much about it. I’ve seen David Frost interviewing people (he now works for [...]

A fun interview with American-Iranian actor and stand-up comedian Maz Jobrani:

If you’d like to check out a bit more of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour then see here :)

So here’s a list of the top 50 most powerful people in the world according to Newsweek that I’ve just spent loads of time browsing and it’s actually quite interesting ;) Many names from all round the world that I didn’t know are on it and some are very curious. My personal “WTF? OMG!” one [...]