Independent Journalism

India and Coups in South Asia

Independent Journalism (Praveen Kumar Kalsan) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:15:04 +0000

India and Coups in South Asia Maldives’s first democratically elected president Mohammad Nasheed stepped down after police and military forces – in what appears to be a bloodless coup – refused to break antigovernment demonstrations against Mr. Nasheed instead forcing him to resign. The 44 year old activist and journalist turned president, who was jailed [...]

CAN ASIA SAVE IRAN ?

Independent Journalism (Praveen Kumar Kalsan) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:08:55 +0000

Majority believe that US financial sanctions and recent European Union oil embargo will deprive Iran of funds required for running its nuclear program but that may not be the case. On new year eve, US passed a law which restricts all foreign institutions doing business with Iran’s central bank to invest in US. This [...]

EUROPE’S DEBT CRISIS

Independent Journalism (Praveen Kumar Kalsan) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:58:12 +0000

There is a crisis in Europe and the further downgrading done by a credit rating agency hasn’t helped the least in building confidence within the member countries. Standard & Poor’s, the credit ratings agency, increased the worries of European leaders by downgrading Europe’s main bailout fund European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to AA+ from treasured [...]

snake charming – a lost profession

Independent Journalism (Praveen Kumar Kalsan) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:50:50 +0000

“Sahib… do something… otherwise the identity of snake charmers will vanish soon”, says Hawa Singh Nath, a snake charmer who had to give up his art of snake charming after he was put behind bars for owning a snake. Many snake charmers have a new vocation now and have started playing the ‘been’ or the [...]

Census reveals – 378 females per 1,000 males in a Haryana village

Independent Journalism (Praveen Kumar Kalsan) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:19:52 +0000

Census reveals – 378 females per 1,000 males in a Haryana village