The worst and deadliest earthquake to hit Nepal in the past 80 years, has killed over 2600. The dead included 18 climbers who were killed when the earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest, including Google executive Daniel Fredinburg in Nepal as part of the Jagged Globe Everest expedition. The toll in the massive earthquake that…
Escaping the Devil’s Bedroom Dawn Herzog Jewell Monarch Books ISBN 978 1 85424 817 6 The writer of this informative account of investigating, interviewing and saving victims of the sex trade, has an MA in Missions and Intercultural Studies and she has made this book eminently readable. At the end of each chapter she alludes…
A key feature of the unusual yet very unmissable film “Samsara” is the mandala made by Buddhist monks in India and the fact they treat their art in a transitory way which is delectable and sad at the same time. Beautiful and stunning ladies dressed in traditional Beiijing costume adds to the rich tapestry of…
A Little town of Dumri-Isri in the state of Jharkhand, India, where a baby boy who has not yet been named, was born with four legs and four arms – thought to be the result of a birth defect from an underdeveloped conjoined twin. The village has turned into a pilgrimage hotspot as the locals…
IN MANCHURIA: A village called Wasteland and the transformation of rural China. By Michael Meyer , Bloomsbury £20 Michael Meyer’s In Manchuria explains the modernisation of Chinese community and cites a case of a rural farming village metamorphosing into agronomy business company town. He describes places and people including a man who claims to be…
China is cracking down on strippers who perform at funerals. According to a statement from the Ministry of Culture on Thursday, the government plans to work closely with the police to eliminate “obscene” performances, which are held with the goal of drawing more mourners. Pictures of a funeral in the city of Handan in…
The 6500 feet high Calbuco volcano in southern Chile, 600 miles from Capital Santiago, has erupted twice in the space of a few hours this week after lying dormant for 43 years. A huge column of lava and ash being sent several kilometres into the air. The authorities have declared a red alert and evacuated…
800 people are reported to have died and several thousands trapped in the rubble, in a powerful earthquake measured 7.9 in the Richter scale, struck between Nepal capital Kathmandu and city of Pokhara at 06:11:25:80 UTC on 25 April 2015. Termors were felt across the region as far afield as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Delhi,NCR, Bihar, Jaipur,…
In the past few years pink has been in and out of the fashion agenda, and this encompasses being a colour sometimes though not always, adopted by people who want to portray their sexuality through sporting the colour on clothing apparel or simply wanting to wear it to show controversial attitudes but now – at…
England tour of West Indies, 2nd Test: West Indies v England at National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada, Apr 21-25, 2015 West Indies 299 all out 104.4 0vers, MN Samuels 103 off 228, 14 fours, M Ramadin 31 off 80, 5 fours. SCJ broad 61-4, JM Anderson 47-2 England 253 for 3, AN cook 76 off…