Humanity Archives - Page 8 of 9

June 3, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Advocacy, Opinion

The Choice to Eat: Restrict it to Your Platter, no Blood Splatter Please!

In the wake of the Kerala Beef Fest row in early May, Mahima, an animal lover, urges us to restrict the food on our platter and avoid blood splatter,...

May 19, 2017
Different Truths Poets
Poem

Four Peace Poems: Syria Deserves a Sky

Here are four poems on Syria, which, we regret, could not be included in The Anthology on Peace, as these were received after the closure of deadline of submissions....

May 15, 2017
Different Truths Poets
Advocacy, Conflict & Resolution, Poem

The Peace Anthology – People against Genocide: Stop Chemical War in Syria. Save Humanity!

Different Truths presents The Peace Anthology – People against Genocide: Stop Chemical War. Save Humanity! It features 56 poets, with as many poems, from various parts of the world....

March 21, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Fairs & Festivals

Jamshedi Navroz: Celebrated along the Silk Route, it Dates Back to Sixth Century BC

Jamshedi Navroz is recognised as a public holiday in many countries along the Silk Route – Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iraq (by the Kurdish people), Kazakstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Bayan...

March 11, 2017
Luz Maria Lopez
Poem

Child-bride

Here’s a poem by Luz María. She dedicates it to the child-brides for their suffering is a shame to humanity. the full morning was sunless, like a premonition at...

February 21, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Relationship & Lifestyle, Short Story

A Day of Revelations!

She began by writing emails to those online friends she had not thought of, forget written to, in almost two years. As she hit ‘send’ each time, it seemed like...

February 7, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Relationship & Lifestyle

To Forgive or Not!

Shernaz talks about forgiveness, what it is and what is does. Here she tells us what forgiveness is not. We are introducing a new column, Shernaz Scribbles, beginning this week. Our...

January 17, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Poem

Annual Moksha on Sand Banks

Mamta beautifully depicts the supermarket of religion that springs up, in Allahabad, every year, where religion is commerce. Here Moksha (salvation) is an annual dose. The imagery and metaphors are picturesque...

December 24, 2016
Shruti Nagvanshi
Advocacy, Subaltern & Dalits

Speech of Lenin at the Recent Rev. M.A. Thomas National Human Rights Award-2016

Lenin Raghuvanshi’s passionate acceptance speech at the recent Rev. M.A. Thomas National Human Rights Award-2016 ceremony, once again shows the deep commitment and dedication of his life’s avowed mission. A firebrand...

August 18, 2016
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Advocacy

One Humanity: The Theme for the World Humanitarian Day 2016

The first World Humanitarian Summit, held on May 23 and 24, 2016, in Istanbul, convened 9,000 participants from 173 member-states, including 55 Heads of the states and governments, hundreds of private...