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The Arts Vitality: Adding $763 billion to the U.S. economy per year
Image: Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak, 1863 via Wikipedia America’s lively art scene is not just a source of aesthetic enjoyment but it is contributing to the national economy in a massive way– more than agriculture,...Mar 27, 2018 1202 0 -
Pakistan’s cultural heritage and diversity should inspire tolerance and coexistence
Photo: A dance of Swati guests with traditional music at Baltit Fort (2014) Credit: Dildarswat/Wikimedia Commons Pakistan has a lot of diversity among its people and has a rich cultural heritage dating back to some of the...Mar 20, 2018 1700 0 -
Culture Conversation: The true spirit of anthropology
Author Akbar Ahmed with Princess Diana and Prof. Jonahtan Benthall For far too long, Western anthropology has been seen by its critics as a tool of Western imperialists, a means of understanding how to best exploit...Jan 14, 2018 1164 0 -
New Yorkers brave bone-chilling cold to greet 2018
Photo: Screenshot/Times Square Video New Yorkers reveled into the New Year 2018 with a splash of lights, music, fireworks and ball drop at the Times Square – braving off bone-chilling cold. Mayor Bill de Blasio joined...Jan 1, 2018 1130 0 -
How to eat healthy and stay fit during winter break
Getting smarter and wiser is part of the evolution and as a species, and as human beings we have done OK in areas from education and health to science and technology. But, when it comes to...Dec 6, 2017 1833 0 -
Pakistan origin innovators on Forbes ’30 Under 30′ list
A collage of four Pakistani origin entrepreneurs Photos: Courtesy Forbes magazine Forbes magazine has listed four Pakistani origin young entrepreneurs in its ’30 Under 30′ picks for the 2018 edition, recognizing individuals advancing work in fields...Nov 15, 2017 1508 0 -
‘Best Film Award for Saawan to spark more creative work in Pakistan’
By the time film “Saawan” was ready to screen, Director Farhan Alam knew that the production had the makings of a good successful movie – a powerful script based on a real life story, absorbing performances by...Nov 14, 2017 2733 0 -
An American Swami’s call for peaceful coexistence
Srimati Kamala Photo: Gandhi Memorial Center Facebook After 9/11, when American Muslims were still very much living isolated in the shadows of a growing Islamophobia in the land, it was none other than a prominent American...Oct 21, 2017 1880 0 -
Las Vegas shooter massacres 59; Possessed 42 guns; Motive not known yet
Photo shows Las Vegas strip shooting site Credit: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz)/Wikimedia Commons The gun attack against unsuspecting crowd at a country music festival in Las Vegas shattered 59 lives, wounded more than 500 people and...Oct 2, 2017 1286 0 -
Globalized yet divided, the world needs interface of cultures
The chaos of our times is marked by so many factors – terrorism, gun violence, unprecedented onslaught of information, economic disparity, conflicting narratives, propagandist portrayals of the other and heart-rending images of human suffering – that...Sep 13, 2017 2593 0