Albania’s “Sworn Virgins”
Some countries’ folklore is strange ;)
Do the people waging wars know any history or geography?
When I read things like this I get very aggravated:
The tragedy happened early on in Britain’s deployment to Helmand province, at a time when 3 Para and others faced chronic shortages of everything from ammunition, helicopters and even - in some cases - food.
Few had realised the front-line would present quite such savage terrain.
Afghanistan [...]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, the diversity of India and how the Shiv Sena fit in
One of the things that I find most mind-boggling about India (or what I think I know about it anyway) is that every opinion or stance you could possibly conceive of seems to be somehow represented if you look for it hard enough. Things that seemingly contradict will mysteriously manage to function side by side.
Mumbai, [...]
John Abraham interviewed about Dostana
You may remember I “spotted” a Bollywood film called Dostana. The promotion is in full throb and I just came across a spicy interview with one of the lead actors, John Abraham *grin* They talk about nudity, homosexuality and yellow trunks - obviously all very popular topics on my blog ;)
A shipwreck that has changed the perception of ancient Asian cultures
The Arab dhow, the first of its kind ever found, proves something equally startling - that mariners from the Persian Gulf were trading on a scale, and over distances, unmatched by human beings until Vasco da Gama set sail for India at the end of the 15th Century.
See the article here.
NATO agrees to fight drug trade in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is the biggest opium producer in the world. It is estimated that in 2007 93% of the drugs made from opium and its derivatives on the world market came from Afghanistan. Apparently there is more land in Afghanistan used for opium production than there is land used for cocaine production in Latin America…
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