Liu Xiaobo, is an eminent Chinese literary critic, political commentator, professor, writer and human rights activist. In 2010, he became the first Chinese citizen to be awarded a Nobel Prize while residing inChina. Liu called for democratic political reforms and the end of communist one-party rule in People’s Republic of China and is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for “subverting state power”.
Liu Xiaob..
August 22nd, 2011
Honour killing- this is what our society calls it when young couples are forced to pay a terrible price at the hands of their family members for falling in love or marrying a person within the same gotra or outside one’s caste.
The Indian society which comes across as intolerant and bigoted refuses to accept any deviation from its age old traditions especially when it comes to marriage. These killings which claim to prote..
May 7th, 2011
The 21st century world understands the importance of green. As buildings account for a large amount of land use, energy and water consumption, and air and atmosphere alteration, the concept of 'green' was also introduced to the architecture of buildings. Building designs are made in such a manner that they require minimum resources for their functioning. Green areas are created to keep the temperature of the bu..
November 22nd, 2010
FIFA World Cup 2010 for Change The FIFA world cup is the largest sporting event in the world today. FIFA have always used its events for the international awareness for the well practiced social problems. FIFA being the largest sporting event around the world help drawing attention towards these social problems. This makes a path for people to follow and support such causes. FIFA helps to create an incredible amount of aware..
June 24th, 2010
Earth Day was formed to make people aware about the changes we are introducing in the Earth’s environment. It was initiated to bring about a movement in our society so that everybody gets empowered to make this planet live a longer life.
The idea for this day was first introduced by a peace activist, John McConnell in 1969. The first Earth Day was celebrated in San Francisco after the proclamation of Mayor Joseph Alioto...
April 21st, 2010
Everybody loves fast food! Whether burgers, French fries or pizzas. Sure, it has a positive thing to it- its taste, but one absolute negative to it is the unnecessary fat. This and some other factors have made obesity the most common type of problem known to the human race. Obesity is that state of being overweight which becomes a threat to an individual’s health. This state is generally assesed by the body mass index (BMI),..
April 15th, 2010
Countries whether developed or developing, are coming together for a single reason of climate change. Many new types of environmentally sustainable businesses and laws are being formed to make our environment better. Last year a summit named Copenhagen Climate Summit took place where all the countries came to reach a new climate agreement but it was a setback for the world that it failed. Though it was a failure, the world cam..
March 12th, 2010
Paris Hilton is a renowned name in the fashion industry but she is also famous for one more thing and that is appealing for quitting non-vegetarian diet. Today more than 70% of the world’s population is non-vegetarian. Also we have a bad habit of pronouncing a thing right if most of the people are for it. But just because the majority is performing a task doesn’t make the task right! Non-vegetarian diet is becoming a part ..
February 24th, 2010
Go green, a slogan and the whole world seems to be revolving around these two words. The importance of this motto is increasing second by second and the world can no longer bear the cost of ignoring it. What is this motto? And what does it tell us? Well, this motto is to inspire people to do chores like washing, traveling etc. in an eco-friendly manner. Most of us have this notion that it is difficult to do so but we ..
January 29th, 2010
Life is a circle of events and every life form in this circle depends on some other form to grow and live in prosperity. And this harmony between life forms is important for survival. Harmony here means dependence of one life form on the other form of life. For instance plants are important to grow fruits, which we eat to survive. Life is beautiful and such are butterflies. These small creatures hold a special a speci..
January 20th, 2010
