The recent vicious rape and assault of a 23 year old physiotherapy student in New Delhi has caused rioting and outrage in India. A policeman injured in the rioting has died and most Indian politicians seem to be distancing themselves from … Continue reading
It is estimated that there are 27 million people in slavery worldwide. More slaves than at any other time in human history. Even though nowadays – unlike other times in human history – slavery is illegal in most countries in … Continue reading
We live in a materialistic world and one feature of materialism is that we have come to believe that we can control everything. That we are – Top of the pile. Smart as a whip. The boss of the world. … Continue reading
(N.B. – this is a repost so if you were reading creatingreciprocity in May 2011 you may have read it before – if so – sorry to repeat myself but I still feel the same as I did then about … Continue reading
Some revolutions are more obvious than others. Some involve violence and harassment. Other involve justice and real, everyday freedom. Freedom such as the right to walk down the street and not be called names or subjected to cat-calls or sexual … Continue reading
If there is one thing that convinces me that we are all, basically, the same, it’s listening to children from different places. These Tanzanian children seem to be much the same as every child I’ve ever known – including myself … Continue reading
The title of this post is misleading. I have had many, many nosebleeds in my life. Some big. Some small. Some medium. And a lot more than once. I am extremely prone to nosebleeds and can spontaneously begin to bleed … Continue reading
When I first saw this I didn’t think I’d post it as I have posted so much – so many links, so many articles, so many videos – on the importance of the education of girls and the development of … Continue reading
I’ve talked about this before (ages ago) but it strikes me as worth talking about again as it is such a good example of how it is always worth doing what you believe to be right, even when everyone is … Continue reading
So the little prince, in spite of all the good will that was inseparable from his love, had soon come to doubt her. He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy. “I ought not … Continue reading