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children of the indian slums

       Have you ever looked into the face of a child born of poverty…looked right into his eyes, held the gaze and wondered what he was thinking? Or did u flinch, momentarily confused, and walk away...

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Child Labour - Causes and Effects

Childhood is the most innocent stage in a human life. It is that phase of life where a child is free from all the tensions, fun-loving, play and learns new things, and is the sweetheart of all the family...

24 comments    life family children
Greenhouse Farming - The Way Out Of Poverty For The Next Century Of Diminishing Resources Has To Be Greenhouse Farming. Image Credit: Wikipedia87

Greenhouse and Shadehouse Farming for poverty Reduction

The population of the planet earth is continuously increasing day by day and we are now headed to a situation where the resources of the earth will have to be managed more intelligently if we have to avoid...

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10 Things That Make Me Proud To Be Indian, 10 That Make Me Sad

India, my wise friend wrote the other day, is a land of contrasts and contradictions. It is a land of peace and war, of love and hate and many other emotions. You can spend a lifetime and be none the wiser in...

44 comments    education india economy
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On the Horns of a Dilemma

This is a rather weird question to start with but let me ask it anyway. Where would you rather be–on the horns of a bull or the horns of a dilemma? I guess both can be equally painful in different ways and...

23 comments    india environment poverty
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The Poor Among Nations

On January 8, 1964, in his State of the Union address, President L. B. Johnson, declared "War On Poverty." As a result of being born two years later (1966), legally and honestly, I like millions of other...

1 comment    life politics war
Kerri, brave enough to bungy jump, brave enough to run the half marathon on the Great Wall of China to raise money to build a kindergarten classroom. http://www.backabuddy.co.za/china86

Tribute to my Mom

My Mom is one of those, that can turn bad situations around and make them into a success. Through the years, I have seen her work herself to almost breaking point to get her Dancing Schools become a household...

64 comments    family money children
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Extermination of the Bushmen

The Bushmen, or San, were forever immortalised in the Jamie Uys movie and it's sequel, the 'God's must be Crazy'. People all over the world fell in love with the little man wearing only a loincloth who...

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The morality of economic sanctions

When you pick up a copy of The Times or watch BBC news and you read, or indeed, see, the latest atrocities committed  by the regime in Burma. What do you think about? Do you like most, shake your head and...

0 comments    politics poverty united nations
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Unemployment Insurance Update October 2009 - A Third Federal Extension?

Are you almost ready to run out of unemployment insurance benefits or worse yet, you have run out already? No matter how hard you searched for employment, there are no jobs. Do you lay awake in bed at night...

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