citizen.africa

An interesting story out of Africa this week made me to come to this concievable hypothesis about traffic sense and normalcy. Liberia, a country afflicted by two civil wars that have displaced hundreds of thousands of its citizens and destroyed the Liberian economy, is finally getting stop lights. The BBC news story, “Liberia gets first [...]

Due to an overaggressive cough, I could barely sleep last night, and so I decided to aimlessly spend time channel surfing. In my idle adventure, I came across an interesting show on CNN called Travelogue. This late night episode was about Europeans who have traded their comfy European homes, for the colorful but sometimes challenging [...]

The African Art Scene has always had a vibrant and poetic vibe associated with it. Today I came across some interesting sculptures from Zimbabwe (Southern Africa) on this BBC link. The exhibition, entitled Desires of Ages, is about “a man’s search at any time, within any belief system, for truth about the after-life”. Disco lights [...]

Last night, a nation held it’s breath as the India’s finest batsmen stepped up to the wicket. Virender Sehwag — fondly known as the Nawab of Najafgarh, for his dominance at the crease, and Rahul Dravid, India’s captain, walked onto the field with the Nation’s expectations weighing down on their capable shoulders. They were 10 [...]

“Kiefer Sutherland, the superhero of Fox’s “24″, is back as Jack Bauer, a controversial US federal agent who, over the last four years – one day at a time – has saved humanity from terrorists, beaten confessions out of close friends, battled heroin addiction, discovered his murdered wife’s body, and, last year, even faked his [...]

As India and Pakistan walk onto Lahore’s historical Gaddafi Stadium Jan 13, 2006 for their first test, tens of thousands of Indian supporters will be glued to their tv sets hoping for a re-run of the past years performance. Then, India won both the Test and one-day series. The three-Test series beginning in Lahore on [...]

Since I caught the flu this weekend I thought I would do some research…. The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent this illness is by getting a flu vaccination each fall. Every [...]

The legendary Shehnai mestro, Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib, is perhaps single handedly responsible for making the shehnai, a famous classical instrument. The shehnai is thought to bring good luck, and as a result, is widely used in North India for marriages and processions. In 2001, Ustad Khan became only the 3rd classical musician to recieve [...]