Let me tell you a story. Mind you, it’s a story with absolutely no application at all. We are all adults, and need no moral lectures. It is a story of two kings, but I’m only going to tell you about the first one. He was a famous king, the son of a former famous […]
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Jerai PKR chief quits
By Shanon ShahSUNGAI PETANI, 30 Mar 2009: Jerai Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chief B Kalaivanar announced today he was quitting the party and that he has applied to dissolve the entire Jerai division. He said he had consulted the division and there was an overwhelming loss of confidence in what PKR stood for. “At one time the […]
Eight-year-old girl marries frog
CHENNAI, 21 Jan 2009: It was not a a fairy tale yanked out of a children’s story book but a real life ritual, where a minor girl was married off to a frog in a remote village in southern India. Hoping that the century-year-old ritual would ward off evil and bring good omen to Pallu […]