Power of Photography

In 1993, a little known South African photographer visited a famine stricken Sudan to cover the civil war there. The disturbing scenes of despair could be seen all around. People were madly scurrying for eatables brought by UN agencies. The race to the feeding camps was so intense that men and women, leaving there fledgling kids on ground, ran, lest they be left behind.

The photographer, in the mean time was moving around looking for and capturing the miseries of mankind. Nearly a kilometer away from the camp, he saw a starving girl child crawling towards the feeding center. As he set himself up to photograph her, a Vulture descended in the background anticipating the dying child to be a prey. Careful not to disturb the bird, the photographer positioned himself for the best possible shot. He waited for 20 minutes hoping that the predator may spread its wings for a more dramatic imagery. The Vulture, at the same time, was waiting for the child to die.

The Inconvenient Truth

It seems Julian Paul Assange from Australia is in race with none other than Osama bin Laden as the biggest threat to the United States authority. This 39 year old Aussie has become a terrorist of sorts for America without exploding a single bomb or WMDs. US embassies known for its gunboat diplomacy throughout the world are feeling the tremors, if they are to be believed.

Still wondering as to what am i talking about? Then you might not be following the series of  leaks of confidential cache of US cables and may be you are better off not following.

Julian Assange is the founder of WikiLeaks, the whistle-blower website with a slogan -"We Open Governments." Let us first delve into the quantitative dimension of this inconvenient truth.

Games of our Common Wealth!

Ahha! Finally the games are over with good memories for some and good riddance for others. The games medal tally, though soothing to eyes, is not something I am very ecstatic about. Rather I am far more delighted for the fact that some of our non-cricketing sportspeople are hogging the limelight. Gratifying to see new faces who fought all odds to rise against the tide, being interviewed on national television.

However it is to be seen if this newfound attention towards sports other than cricket continues and for how long. And if this new love and spotlight is only on account of the gold haul but no genuine concern for sports then I have a better idea. The idea is that we can vouch for a Commonwealth of Asian games where only the Asian Commonwealth members would

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