| A global icon | | South Africa’s unique love affair with resistance hero, Nelson Mandela, will face it’s toughest moments as news filters in about a recurrence of the lung infection that has seen him in and out of hospital — this time at it’s severest — and away from public life since 2010! | | Good times | | I was overwhelmed to read K.M. Divakaran’s appreciation of my letter (KT June 10) , especially more so as my husband and I are at the end-point of our years in Abu Dhabi and the time has come to move on. | | Lavish election
campaigns | | The opinion article ‘The negative side of positive’ published on June 11 peeps into the unseen world of politics in India. Even though political parties are created for the public, they mostly ignore their concern. | | Rutted road | | This is to humbly bring to the notice of the authorities concerned about the bad condition of the Double Cola Road in Sharjah Industrial Area No. 5.
| | Turkey’s troubles | | Contrasted with the changes seen in Turkish political life under Recip Erdogan, as well as rapid economic growth, the latest unrest in Istanbul shows a nation weary of his firm grip, where once, he was hailed as a Ataturk incarnate, trying to bring Turkey onto the world’s stage! | | Nadal reigns supreme | | Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal’s scintillating victory at French Open on Sunday shows that he is the undisputed ‘King of Clay’. | | Bieber in space | | This is with reference to the article “Bieber books space voyage” in City Times dated 9th June. | | Stunning Sonakshi | | Actress Sonakshi Sinha says that she is far from perfect. But her self-deprecating mannerism cannot hide the fact that she is close to perfect. She is not shy and is, in fact, emotionally immature. | | Syria’s deadly war | | According to reliable intelligence reports, and media revelations, it seems that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against its population. It has crossed the red line. | | A bright future | | The people Pakistan need to be complimented for showing their faith in democracy. Even though people of Pakistan have suffered in numerous ways for a long time but now there seems to be a glimmer of hope. | |
