International Year for People of African Descent in Cuban culture Reina Magdariaga CUBA welcomed the International Year for People of African Descent, declared by the United Nations, with an intense program throughout 2011. According to UN Resolution 64/169, the year …
Havana. January 13, 2012 Reflections of FidelWorld peace hanging by a thread(Taken from CubaDebate) Translated by Granma International
Beating the Drums of War: Provoking Iran into "Firing the First Shot"? by Michel Chossudovsky
The Globalization of War: The "Military Roadmap" to World War III by Michel Chossudovsky and Finian Cunningham
Fuelling World Hunger: How The Global Biofuel Industry Is Creating Massive Destruction
by Anne-christine d'Adesky | June 14, 2011 Rwanda’s Women Remake a Nation
Mechanism Against Poverty and Passivity By Shaheen Sultan Dhanji Civilisations are like mechanical engines. When everything is working smoothly, communities move forward.
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South Asian Personalities & Their Voices Passage from a poem, ‘Why Should We Sell Our Dreams?’ by Ahmad Faraz: Our dreams are the dreams of the pure heart, dreams of word and music, dreams of doors that wait to be opened, dreams of voices that are …
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The beautiful Delhi instant.
Short Documentaries on Social Change / Global Issues Following documentaries are worth viewing as they address social change, global issues, indigenous culture, globalization, environment, history, rape, earth, war, genocide and humanity. Click on link to view:
The Re-Colonialization of Africa – Documentary A documentary about the struggles of women workers in informal employment. This is part of the experiences of the Dhobi women in Mathare, a slum in the city of Nairobi.
I am halting the tasks which have been totally occupying my time recently to dedicate some words to the singular opportunity presented to political science by the 60th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The annual event demands a singular effort on the part of those …
We all know what violence looks like. International Peace Initiatives (IPI) in Kenya presents an inspiring vision of what peace could look like: a legion of healthy, economically independent, educated, and empowered individuals and communities.
Amrita Pritam is a prolific writer and a versatile genius. Her essays, short stories and novels written in Hindi and Punjabi have been translated into more than thirty regional and foreign languages. Among the contemporary Indian writers she occupies a unique position.
Less than three years ago, Dick Cheney was presiding over policies that left hundreds of thousands of innocent people dead from a war of aggression, constructed a worldwide torture regime, and spied on thousands of Americans without the warrants required by law, all of which resu …
Food is one of those funny things it's hard to live without. We all tend to take it for granted that our local supermarket will continue to offer whatever we wish, in abundance, at affordable prices or nearly so.
The film is based on Socialist / Nationalist President of Democratique du Congo, Mr.Patrice Lumumba.
This article is a revised version of a presentation at the Delhi University symposium on “Globalization, Justice and Democracy,” November 11, 2010.A common response of the left to the financial crisis that broke out in the USA in 2007-08 was often a kind of Michael Mo …
Following are brilliant articles and videos to understand how certain governments manipulate mass population by instilling fears....Shocking (not so-shocking) discoveries have been made after the 10 year anniversary of Sept-11-2001.
Peter Joseph third movie in Zeitgeist. The official Zeitgeist Moving Forward takes on the human behaviour, the economic system and finally the solution with everything, the Venus project.Realeased on 27-28th of January 2011.
WE" is a completely free documentary, created (and released) anonymously on the internet. "WE" is a fast-paced 64 minute documentary that covers the world politics of power, war, corporations, deception and exploitation. "WE" visualizes the words of Arundhati Roy, specifically he …
Video - What is Globalisation? Interview: Noam Chomsky
Across the world, food riots are taking place. Scientist and activist Vandana Shiva explores whether the future will be one of food wars or food peace.
WATCH VIDEO: #! Scramble for Africa: Revolutions and Interventions by grtv
#! NATO massacre in Zlitan, August the 8th/9th 2011.A large number of casualties occurred in the city of Zliten, in the district of Misurata.
Dawn Carr, thank you for your kind words. I look forward to learning (more) about the "Dialogue" album.
Best wishes,
SSD
Hello Shaheen your work is beautiful and wonderful! You may want to check out www.ShawnRae.com who is on a 9 country, 12 city media interview tour regarding the first Muslim Christmas album per the "Dialogue" of the King of Saudi Arabia and the Pope.
You would probably be a good interview subject in the future.
Take care and keep up the great work.
Dawn Carr
Hey Shaheen, I'm enjoying your articles and posts. Ardent fan of yours, also saw your art work on other sites. Where do you live?
Neha
To Shaheen Sultan Dhanji,
I enjoyed your article very much. If my memory is clear, Gauhar Jan was in the early 1900's? My father has her record collection.
Regards,
Preet
Inspired by listening to Gauhar Jan's Thumri.