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The Bride’s Dowry!

The Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act, 1976 lies on the back burner, gathering dust, forgotten and ignored. It rightly deserves to be forgotten and ignored. Yasmeen Aftab Ali Every society needs laws. Laws regulate the lives between people and people, between people and society and between people and the government. The objective of any legal system will be providing answers to everyday problems that arise. In the absence of laws, anarchy and chaos will reign supreme. Laws to be effective, must work well on two levels. First, they must be clear, lucidly comprehensive, addressing issues intelligently. Second, they must be implemented in spirit. Some of the best laws fail because the implementation is lacking. Laws nee...

October 3, 2013 at 8:32 pm | News Desk

Colors of Brazil in Pakistan

Colors of Brazil in Pakistan Jointly organised by Embassy of Brazil and Verve Events, the fashion show titled 'Colours of Brazil' was true to its nomenclature where the collection of Kamiar Rokni were presented to audience. Ambassador of Brazil Alfredo Leoni and Arsalan A Khan were the moving force behind the event. Arsalan said that his trip to Brazil was a life changing experience, and that promoting the Brazilian culture is now a lifetime desire. The event was the result of a project initiated in 2011 by the Brazilian Embassy with the invitation to four young and talented Pakistanis to visit Brazil and experience the best of the Brazilian cultural life. They included Arsalan A Khan, Creative Director of Verve Events, and Kami...

September 12, 2013 at 7:51 pm | News Desk

Brazil’s Beautiful Necklace

    Tammy Swofford If a nation is likened unto a mother watching over her children, then Brazil is the mother who wears a beautiful necklace. This multi-colored strand contains 200 beautiful gemstones.  They are unique and distinct.  Each gem represents one of the many indigenous tribes who call this nation their home.  Within this demographic are approximately 188 different languages and (an estimated) sixty-seven uncontacted tribal groups that are blissfully unaware of the world as it exists beyond the confines of their habitat.  Brazil’s indigenous population presents as an ethnographer’s paradise.   Culture and social mores, natural habitat and survival skills, and sociolinguistics and human behavior ...

September 11, 2013 at 7:57 pm | News Desk

The Ultimate Flying Machine

Honda Readies 'Flying Acura' To Challenge Cessna MichimasaFujino began working on Honda Motor Co. (7267)’s aviation project 27 years ago at a hangar in Mississippi. Next year, Fujino, now president of the aircraft unit, says the project may finally get off the ground. If so, Tokyo-based Honda would become the first newcomer to get U.S. approval in the $21 billion business-jet market since 2006. That would pit the carmaker against market leaders Textron Inc’s Cessna and Brazil’s Embraer SA (EMBR3), who have fended off threats from companies such as Bill Gates-backed Eclipse Aviation, which sought bankruptcy protection five years ago. Though delivery of the HondaJet hasn’t started, Fujino said he has clinched two to three years of ...

August 30, 2013 at 11:48 am | News Desk

The National Energy Policy 2013-18: A Critical Review

by Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan In the wake of continued power breaks, protests and processions, the new government at the center has succeeded to formulate the much awaited and debated national energy policy 2013-18. The same has already been approved by the Council of Common Interest (CCI). The policy accentuates the diversified but integrated efforts of the government to overcome the energy deficit in the country. It pinpoints the existing socio-economic ills closely associated with the ongoing saga of power crisis throughout the country. A widening supply-demand gap where the demand for electricity far outstrips the current generation capacity (up to 4500-5000mw), highly expensive generation of electricity (Rs12/unit) due to an increased de...

August 30, 2013 at 10:39 am | News Desk

How to protect yourself from sexual predators at workplace

By Devdutt Pattanaik I am a senior HR professional and I am in a fix. My super boss has been making sexual overtures at me and I am very uncomfortable. He is a smooth operator, always says and does things that I have no proof against. But he knows it and I know what he wants. But this has started affecting my career as he takes all the critical decisions and always makes sure he has a reason of making me suffer. I love my job and also I need the money. I can't even complain to higher ups since he is a proven performer and no one will take my side. What do I do? You have not clarified your gender. And I will not assume it. Anyone can be sexually harassed. So read this column as gender neutral. We inhabit three worlds at all times: Sanskr...

August 26, 2013 at 12:19 am | News Desk

Ever wondered what we talk?

Dr. Irfan Zafar (Because the person suffers from feelings of inferiority he compensates it by hanging on to worldly materialistic possessions to impress others without realizing the fact that in the process he or she is degrading his/her identity and exposing the inner hollowness.) It is generally believed that what we talk is a reflection of what we as human beings are. That in turn depends on our family background, values and how we are raised by our parents. What we see around us are individuals filled with hollowness and extreme complexes which are depicted in a very excruciating way when they open their mouths and spell out their inner self. Surely silence is a virtue for it hides such shabbiness and bizarre display of monetary super...

August 25, 2013 at 10:49 pm | News Desk