Welcome Aboard! Ibn Sina, the Arabic speaking humanoid robot, recently thrilled other passengers as Emirates Airlines flight EK817 was transporting one of the world's most advanced robots from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, Emirates News Agency reported. A first for the airline, Ibn Sina, named after an 11th century philosopher, travelled as a first class passenger on the flight. Able to verbally interact with people, Ibn Sina stunned fellow passengers as he was checked in at Emirates' dedicated first ... Read More

In democratic and secular India a muslim does not even have the freedom to express his opinion in mere words! Even a man like Shahrukh Khan who has a muslim name only and  has married a hindu lady and his way of life does not have a slight resemblance to a muslim. He has brought so much fame, wealth and goodwill to his country, India. He has been a true ambassador and a role model for Indians but ....when and ... Read More

A mobile phone for a giant or a mini laptop! Ipad is not out yet but the comments are pouring from all sides. The device is half an inch thick, with 9.6 inch in display and weighs 1.5 lbs. I would just love to have 10 hours of battery life to  continuously watch on my device. Mr Jobs said:It's so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone. But who would want to replace it with ... Read More

Another concrete wonder has emerged on the earth's surface which will be inaugurated today on 4th of jan. 2010. This 160 storey structure which is around 800 metres tall will officially  be opened by the Ruler of Dubai with fireworks display and light show in a celebration that also marks four years since his ascension to power. When I visited Dubai as a child decades ago, it was a sleepy fishing village with a very few 4-5 storey buildings. Looking at ... Read More

I read a very interesting interview in Guardian of a Guantanamo Guard who converted to Islam after only six months of this interaction with muslim detaniees. Now called Mustafa Abdullah, he writes " While the guards indulged in alcohol, porn and sports, Holdbrooks says he needed to learn how the detainees could endure abuse and still smile, while he was utterly miserable." He was looking of peace of mind and discipline in life which he hoped to get  after entering Islam. Read below ... Read More

The nation has heard plenty of debate over racial profiling. But there's a form of religious profiling that some young Muslim women in America say they endure whenever they voluntarily wear the hijab. The hijab, also known as the veil, is the headscarf worn by Muslim women around the globe. It's a simple piece of cloth, but it can place young Muslim women in Western countries in difficult situations. She doesn't want your frosty public stares; the whispers behind her back; ... Read More

Schools are opening in Pakistan tomorrow after summer vacations. All the countries in the region and in the world are taking measures to protect and safegaurd the youth by at least informing them about the precautions against swine flu. Pakistanis, it seems are living in isloation and ignorance. Parents please take protective measures. (The News) Sunday, August 30, 2009 PARIS: Swine flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 per cent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the ... Read More

The Iraqi journalist jailed after hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush, will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for good behaviour. Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s act during Bush’s last visit to Iraq as President turned the 30-year-old reporter into a folk hero across the Arab world, amid growing anger at the 2003 invasion. He did not use a weapon nor did he try to kill Mr Bush still he was sent to prison. He should get a ... Read More

Jaswant Singh writes in his book 'For, along with several other there is one central difficult that India, Pakistan, Bangladesh face: our 'past' has, in reality never gone into the 'past', it continues to reinvent itself, constantly becoming our 'present', thus preventing us from escaping the imprisonment of memories. To this we have to find an answer, who else can or will?' In this so-called largest democracy in the world people are not free to speak their mind. By expelling Jaswant ... Read More

Amazing... Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh has called Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah "a great Indian", saying he was "demonised". In an interview to CNN-IBN channel, the former external affairs minister blamed India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the partition. "Nehru believed in a highly centralised polity. That's what he wanted India to be. Jinnah wanted a federal polity. That even Gandhi accepted. Nehru didn't. Consistently, he stood in the way of a federal India until 1947 when it became ... Read More