Author: Daniela

  • Kumasi – AMAZING GRACE

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  • Where Jewels Come From

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    The New York Times has an interesting article on how gems tell us “important things about the planet.” Every gem fixed to every ring or necklace was forged deep inside our planet, according to its own recipe of elements, temperature and pressure. In the journal Geology, Dr. Harlow — writing with Robert J. Stern of…

  • India to Criminalize Opposition to GMO’s

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    The campaign to promote and, in this case, force  GM products into the Indian market is depressing.  These companies have far too much power and they will only gain more as they continue to expand their hold on food production globally. India’s environmental and food security activists who have so far succeeded in stalling attempts…

  • The Case for No GMO Patents

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    Friday, 14 June 2013 11:49By Tony Pereira, Truthout | Op-Ed (Photo: CT Senate Democrats / Flickr)The June 13, 2013 Supreme Court decision that human genes are not patentable should logically be the first step in reversing three decades of decisions that flouted the previously general understanding that Section 101 of Title 35 U.S.C. prohibited patenting of living organisms. In…

  • GM Foods Cont.’d

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    I’d like to know why Americans aren’t more skeptical of these GM crops. Why we are so quick to accept studies, put out by the industry, that assure us they’re safe to eat? In the industrialized world our population is the fatest and sickest. Our life expectancy, in some demographics, is decreasing. Allergies are going…

  • UK Government Wants to Change Rules on GM Crops

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    To answer the author’s question, “who should we believe?” – people are right to be skeptical.  The industry itself has been the main source of information on the efficacy of  GMO products.  First they claimed it would provide higher yields.  That was proven to be untrue.  Now they’re selling it as an answer to global…

  • Sunday Prayer

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    SOUL AND THE OLD WOMAN What is the soul? Consciousness.  The more awareness, the deeper the soul, and when such essence overflows, you feel a sacredness around.  It’s so simple to tell one who puts on a robe and pretends to be a dervish from the real thing.  We know the taste of pure water.…

  • Face Of The Day

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    Originally posted on The Dish: An Iranian woman holds her purple scarf, the campaign color of moderate presidential candidate Hassan Rowhani, as she celebrates along Valiasr street after he was elected as president on June 15, 2013, in the capital Tehran. Rowhani, the cleric who won Iran’s presidential election, has pledged to engage more with…

  • Superhero essay competition: tell us your favorite superpower

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    For the many talented poets and writers that visit my blog, the Oxford University Press is holding an essay competition: Sharpen your claws… er, pencils… It’s the summer of the superhero here at Oxford University Press. We’re publishing two essay collections on the real powers superheroes hold — on our imagination and our understanding of…

  • Khawaja Mere Khawaja – A.R. Rahman

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    Allah-Rakha Rahman, born A. S. Dileep Kumar,  is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist. His works are notable for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music sounds,world music genres and traditional orchestral arrangements. He has won two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South in addition to numerous other awards and nominations. His extensive body…