Education/training
Event – Who was Imhotep? How much does modern science owe to him?
Did ancient African knowledge influence Hippocrates and the evolution of medicine? Discover how ancient African knowledge is part of modern science, medicine and technology in this celebration of Black History Month. This event will be held at the Dana Centre. Click here for more info.
Children
Lack of male teachers in primary schools. Is it really important?
Suraj forwarded this article to me and the first thing I thought was “tell me something I don’t know!” Why? I didn’t think it was a big deal until I saw the magic that male teachers seem to have with primary school aged children. Perhaps it’s because there are less Read more…
Diet
How to Win an Argument with a Meat-Eater
12 Reasons for being vegetarian While their numbers are rapidly growing, vegetarians are still a minority, and it is not unusual to be confronted with a meat-eater who not only protects his own right to eat flesh, but argues aggressively that vegetarians should join him in his carnivorous diet. Carnivores Read more…
Education/training
Go for it! Have sex whenever you want to
Over the years there has been a lot of research carried out, statistics have been constructed, debates have been held and policies have been changed or formed, all addressing sex and what can and does happen after people engage in it, be it carelessly or carefully. It has been brought Read more…
Education/training
Sexual health – cervical screening
Please keep reading and if possible don’t hold back talking about such things with your children or your children’s partners/wives. It is so important and often wrongly, associated with sexually transmitted infections. We only need cervical screening if we’re promiscuous or being impure right? This is NOT the case. For Read more…
Animals
Palitana Donkey Relief Project
This article was given to me by Ila Shah. It explains why so many Jains visit Palitana, how hard it is to reach the temples there and the cruelty that the donkeys suffer in the process. This is quite ironic because Jainism focuses a lot on non violence and compassion Read more…
