In Kolkata, Durga Puja is much more carnival than religious festival.Each pandal or wooden structure has it’s unique creativity.Though the famous Autumn Festival of Kolkata will start from October 4, the city is already transformed into a carnival.Pandal hoppers throng into pandals from the morning.Here is an unique pandas in South Kolkata dedicated to Bengalis films.
From the Massive 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami,Survivors and Advocates Reflect on Lessons
More than 230 thousand people were killed in 15 countries by the December 26, 2004, magnitude 9 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Aceh (pronounced AH-chay) in Indonesia was particularly hard hit.
Ukraine Reveals Handwritten Letter of a Fallen North Korean Soldier in Kursk
Ukraine revealed a handwritten note it said was found on the body of a North Korean soldier killed in Russia’s Kursk region, as part of its latest evidence highlighting the increasing presence and casualties of North Korean troops in Russia.
Syrians Are Not So Sure for Going Home
More than a million people have sought asylum in European countries over the past decade as they have fled the civil war in Syria.Now, with the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, some are controversially putting the brakes on new asylum requests.Also,Syrians in Europe are both jubilant and fearful about the future as a result of the rapid political changes.
Golan Heights Druze Welcome New Syrian Rulers
Israel says its forces will not leave the Golan Heights border area until it is certain that the people living there will be safe. Israel has taken control of a buffer zone between Israel and Syria. The Druze, who make up half of these population, are concerned about what will happen to them and their families on the Syrian side of the border after Bashar al-Assad’s government’s fall.syria.
Tibetans Demand Apology from the British Museum for Use of ‘Xizang’
The British Museum’s use of the term “Xizang” to label Tibetan artifacts in its Silk Roads exhibition has prompted criticism from Tibetans and rights groups who have demanded that the museum remove the Beijing-promoted term and issue a formal apology.
Escaping from Scam Center on Cambodia’s Bokor Mountain
Young people being deceived into forced labor by criminal gangs, primarily involving illegal work in Chinese-controlled special zones in Cambodia, has become a pressing issue not only in Vietnam but across Southeast Asia.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss Children and Armed Conflict
Vanessa Frazier, Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations, introduces a resolution at the Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict.
10 Shocking Revelations from Bangladesh Commission’s Report About Ex-PM Hasina-Linked Forced Disappearances
Macabre killings, casual torture, misdirection and snooping were part of “the anatomy of enforced disappearances” linked to deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, an inquiry commission said in its first report.
