The 19-year-old son of the tragic Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Sadanha has spoken of his great pride after being named ‘Student of the Year’ at his sixth form college in Bristol and earning a place at Northumbria University. Junal Barboza, topped his class and will study architecture at Northumbria. The news …
Read More »#PRIDE: Marching for Gay Rights – No more shame for LGBTQ persons. Or their parents.
Parts of London came to a standstill late last month as the annual PRIDE parade returned to the British capital. Thousands flocked to the streets either participate or to watch those marching and fighting on for the human right to safely be one’s self. The PRIDE march symbolises that there …
Read More »Bangladesh refused foreign rescue help to avoid “damaging national pride”
Bangladesh has rejected assistance from foreign countries following the country’s worst industrial accident because officials were worried about “damaging national pride”. According to the Daily Telegraph, the UK and several other nations had offered to send experienced disaster rescue teams to the capital Dhaka following the collapse of a garment …
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