With the Occupy protests continuing, and with hundreds of arrests at the various protests across the country, some people that oppose the protests have resorted to attacking the character of the protesters instead of the message. Some of the accusations are:   They didn’t get a permit, the “TEA Party” did. They’re getting arrested, that never happened...

It took hundreds of thousands of protesters (even through pounding rain and the sweltering heat) and a single man who fasted for approximately 288 hours (12 days) to finally force lawmakers in India’s Parliament to agree on the demands put forth by anti-corruption campaigners. Celebrations rocked sites of the protests where police had launched tear gas and other repellents...

Why is the Tunisian revolution, the source of inspiration for the Arab World Revolution and a symbol for the entire world, called the Jasmine Revolution? The Jasmine Revolution is the term used to refer to the demonstrations in Tunisia. The cause of the demonstrations is still being analyzed. Some media report they were triggered by decades of oppression, unemployment,...

I have posted parts of this article in the past and it seems every time I mention Martin Luther King, someone always points out his “faults” (eg. his name wasn’t really Martin, he plagiarized speeches, he supported big government, etc). People get so caught up in attacking the person, they lose sight of the meaning of the words he said. In 1968 a man stood on...

On Gandhi Jayanti our tribute to the greatest inspirational leader who became the change he wanted to see. Some of his words from TOI collection:           No power on earth can subjugate you when you are armed with ahimsa. It ennobles both the vic- tor and the vanquished. * A principle is the expres- sion of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise...

With its modern history of the split (Partition of India) between the Muslim faction of Pakistan and the Hindu faction of India followed by numerous, large-scaled violent riots culminating in the death of Mahatma Gandhi, India has an excuse to be very nervous over the American talks with Pakistan. This Wednesday, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Pakistan’s army chief, and the foreign...