The Nobel Prize committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the European Eunion: “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”. This is akin to pat on its own back, and surely a controversial announcement considering European economy in tatters, and …
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The Nobel Prize committee has announced that Mo Yan of China has been chosen as the winner of 2012 Nobel prize in literature. He is a school drop-out, who quit schooling during the days of ‘cultural revolution’ and joined people’s liberation army at the age of 20. The prize is worth about $1.2 million. His …
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Pakistani Taliban, in an assassination bid, have lethally wounded Malala Yousafzai – a 14-year-old rights activist who gained international recognition for her stand against Taliban ban on girls’ education in the Swat Valley, in NW Pakistan. She campaigned through both Pakistani and Western media for allowing girls in the valley to continue education. When she …
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The use of phrase ‘civil society’ became quite popular during Anna Hazare led movement against corruption. Until then this phrase was non existent in public discourse. Mainstream media then started assessing the nature of civil society institutions that were involved in this popular agitation. Many branded this movement as middle-class phenomena; urban centric; driven by …
