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Articles with tag: murder

Seven Reasons to Kill

Khalid Sohail   Jun 5, 2009   interacts: 45

It is ironic that in the contemporary world, leaders of religious, spiritual and secular traditions claim that their ideologies and philosophies promote peace, but we see their followers continue to kill each other.

Chicken Biryani

Raiya Hashmi   Dec 11, 2007   interacts: 9

Almost halfway to his house, the bus came to a halt. A lot of buses stood there, vacant, the passengers forced to stand outside. There was some trouble up ahead...

Taking a Gandhian Approach to Avenging the Horrors of Singur and Nandigram

mehul kamdar   Nov 18, 2007   interacts: 8

In Singur and Nandigram, poor farmers have easily been displaced from their lands, beaten, killed and driven out by a combined force of Communist cadres and the local police.

Opportunity Knocks But Once

sheela jaywant   Oct 15, 2007   interacts: 1

The story goes into the mind/psyche of a surgeon. A competitive, aggressive, brilliant, trained professional mind.

Crime and Human Rights in the Developed World

mehul kamdar   Dec 5, 2006   interacts: 2

After the NYPD shot a groom leaving his stag party two days ago, there has been a huge uproar in the American press over what was clearly a crime committed by the men in uniform in the world’s wealthiest city.

Serial Killers...The Dark Side of Humanity

Khalid Sohail   Sep 12, 2006   interacts: 63

I discovered the sad reality that the incidence of serial killers and mass murderers has been gradually increasing worldwide in the last few decades. I was further intrigued to find out that America has the highest rate of serial killers per capita.

My Summer of ’69

ahmad hayat   Jun 20, 2006   interacts: 82

It all happened three years ago, not quite a long period, but to me it seems like it happened, perhaps, an hour ago. I seem to be stuck in a moment I can’t get out of...

Celebrity Courts and Kangaroo Justice

Farzana Versey   Apr 18, 2006   interacts: 116

I protest against this abuse of a cause by people like Aamir Khan, for it is gimmicky and counter-productive. News channels are behaving like nautch girls and social butterflies as the nawabs of vigilance. Page 3 justice is the latest fad

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