Tag Archives : freedom

Iran has once again shocked the world by its decision to imprison and ban renowned film director Jafar Panahi for making films which project political, religious realities and gender divides existing in Iran. Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment and has been banned for 20 years from working on any projects and making movies. [...]

Aung San Suu Kyi is a living legend not only because she is fighting against oppressed regime which had put her under house arrest for 15 years but also because she kept her personal life on hold for almost a decade. She made a tough brave decision not to be with her family when it needed her the most as she felt call of her country was more important.  [...]

The reputation held by the Berlin Wall before it was ‘torn down’ twenty years ago was largely a product of propaganda machines. Clearly, it was just another Cold War myth. It played neatly into a Cold War cliché about The Free World vs. Communist Tyranny. ‘In 1961, the East Berlin communists built a wall to keep their oppressed citizens from [...]

This question seems totally meaningless. Aung San Suu Kyi has spent most of her life between prison and house-arrest. The verdict at the end of this week will again be one of the two. Freedom and justice will again be denied to world’s most popular brave Burmese opposition leader and to the people of Burma. The trial of Burmese opposition leader Aung [...]

The term Third World should not be based on any political or economic criteria. Whose arbitrary criteria are those, anyway? But there may be common characteristics today, post-Cold War, among so-called ‘Third World’ countries. The aggregate term ‘Third World’ has come to mean: 1. The demand and receipt of foreign aid (more aptly called Western [...]

When William Wallace, portrayed by Mel Gibson in the film ‘Braveheart,’ screamed “Freedom!” moments before he was decapitated, one can’t help but notice that the cause which the national hero of Scotland fought for is no different from the freedom causes that others likewise died fighting for, and still some are fighting for to this day. Wallace [...]

In this day and age when education is seen as ticket to a wealthier future, the true purpose of education is missed. In a time when education has come to simply mean a good passage to a higher-paying job, the lofty goals of education are put on the sidelines. There is a dire need for people to advance as a community of individuals – a community [...]

There are indicators of socioeconomic well-being, and all these are materially measured. They may all contribute positively to a person’s comfort, convenience, mobility, freedom, and further opportunity in life. On the other hand, these material manifestations are not distributed equally in society. That is why if these provide advantage to one person [...]