John Brinkley, Diabetes and Quacks

John Brinkley was an American doctor who claimed to have found cure for impotency. John didn’t have any medical degree and he was a quack. His came up with innovative idea of using testicles of goat to cure impotency in humans. In 1918 he started a 16 room clinic to treat his patients. Since these …

Domestic Violence, Adapted Child and Learned Helplessness

“I remember the first time I left  home was in 1973. I had made a half boiled egg for him and he was in a hurry to go to work. I brought the breakfast and gave it to him. To my ill luck, in the first spoonful he took, there was a bit of shell. …

Varlık Vergisi, Yılmaz Karakoyunlu,Tomris Giritlioğlu

Two events had significant impact on minorities in Turkey – one was introduction of Wealth Tax ( as called Varlik Vergisi) in 1942 and second was Istanbul Pogrom of 1955. Turkish novelist Yılmaz Karakoyunlu has covered these events in his novels Salkım Hanımın Taneleri ( which won Yunus Nadi Novel Prize) and Güz Sancısi which …

Kuldeep Nayar and Indian Media in 1948, 1984 and 2002

Three events had deep impact on history of India- assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 and riots in Gujarat in 2002. It is interesting to see how Indian press reacted to violation of human rights and how things have  changed over a period of time. I feel Kuldeep Nayar …

Uyghur, Radil Abla, Rebiya Kadeer

Uyghurs are Turkic people found in countries of Central Asia, but majority of them live in Xinjiang Province of China. Bring a Turkic ethic group, they consider themselves different from Han Chinese. Many are now demanding independence from China. China is not ready to give independence, it wants Uyghurs to think and behave like Chinese. …

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Jinnah , Abul Ala Maududi and Asia Bibi

Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan- land of pure- for Muslims, but he was not clear on what it would look like, infact it was deliberately kept ambiguous, so that they could get support from different sections of society. They got support of communist by projecting Pakistan as land where oppressed ( Muslims) will get freedom …