The Recalcitrant Hippy Debaltsevo, is a quiet little town of 30,000 souls, very clean; with lovely architecture dating back to its founding in 1878 when a Railway station was opened there. Good jobs, schools, hospitals; a great place to raise the kids. More than half of all Americans, live in a town... just like it. Unfortunately, Debaltsevo is on the front line in Donbass; … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
We Didn’t Get Here By Accident
The Recalcitrant Hippy The Ukraine crisis started on Nov. 21, 2013; today we have a cease fire agreement. President Viktor Yanukovych had refused to sign a free-trade agreement with the European Union which included the same austerity measures that have nearly destroyed Greece. It was not in Ukraine's best interest and Moscow was proposing a deal that was. Given the … [Read more...]
Indo-US Nexus -The Name of the Game
General Mirza Aslam Beg The factors determining the geo-political dynamics of our region have a name. It is Modi’s concept of ‘Act Asia’ and Obama’s idea of ‘Pivot to Asia’. In fact both the concepts eminate from their failed post 9/11 Afghanistan policies: The 2005 Indo-US Strategic Partnership was aimed at establishing Indian hegemony over the territories from Afghanistan to … [Read more...]
بروقت شادی کی تاکید کی حکمت
نور العین شا دی سنت نبیﷺ ہے،اور اسلا م میں لڑکی کے بالغ ہوتے ھی حکم شادی ھے۔ لیکن آج کل کی صورت حال اور بد لتے ہوے معاشرے اور سوچ نے بہت کچھ تبد یل کر دیا ہے ۔ لڑ کیوں کے لیے اب اعلیٰ تعلیم ضروری قرار دی جاتی ہے کیو نکہ آگے چل کر ایک مکمل معاشرے کی تشکیل ان نا زک کاندھوں ہی پر تو ہوتی ھے۔ اور اسی طرح معاشرے کے مرد پر زمہ داریوں کا بوجھ اٹھانے اور مہنگائ سے مقابلہ کرنے کے لیے … [Read more...]
Gaia Weeps for Donbass
The Recalcitrant Hippy The putsch regime in Kiev is using the military to pursue the oligarchs financial ambitions of global hegemony. The German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, warned this week that: “US arms supplies to Ukraine would be a declaration of war against Moscow.” A Russian military expert, Yevgeny Buchinsky, was quoted as saying that if Kiev launched an … [Read more...]
UNICEF and David Beckham launch ‘7’
UNICEF and David Beckham launch ‘7’ – a new fund for children in danger across globe Global icon marks 10 years as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador with new drive to put children first LONDON, 9 February 2015 – David Beckham and UNICEF are today launching a groundbreaking initiative, 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund, to protect millions of children around the world from … [Read more...]
Central Asia Goes Solar
Central Asia goes solar. IBCentre totalized the plans and goals of solar energy development in the countries of Central Asia and South Caucasus More than 2, 200 MW of PV plants’ installed capacity will be built in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan together, according to the plans for the development of the energy sector of the, write … [Read more...]
CISOLAR-2015 Announcement
CISOLAR 2015 to be held on April 16-17 in Baku and gather all interested in development of solar energy industry of South Caucasus, Central Asia and Eastern Europe 9 February 2015 On 16-17th of April 2015 Baku (Azerbaijan) will be hosting one of the key events in the field of solar energy - CISOLAR-2015 4th International Conference and Exhibition “The development of the … [Read more...]