Word: demandingness
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That was the genesis of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a nonprofit group that focuses on low-tech, high-impact projects in the developing world, implemented almost entirely by student engineers. If you think this sounds a bit warm and fuzzy for the right-angle world of engineering, think again. Since...
Always, always, the pain and hurt of the city can break through and curdle the best intentions. Izhiman describes what it was like to cope with the aftermath of a suicide bombing. "We're trying to help the injured, and people are pointing at us, yelling, 'You're Arab! You...
Still, India has been careful to avoid condemning Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule, and has refrained from demanding the restoration of democracy. New Delhi is reluctant to denounce the man it has come to reluctantly regard as its best chance for peace with its neighbor, whether fleeting or long...
"We know Pakistan's battle against terrorism has implications for us in India," says political commentator Manoj Joshi. "The dialogue with Musharraf has been, perhaps, the most sustained and productive ever. So I think there is a feeling that we should do nothing to simply blow it away." More importantly...
But the political equation is becoming increasingly complex. Musharraf is currently visiting Saudi Arabia, which has long-standing close ties with Islamabad - and is also the exile home of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom Musharraf overthrew in 1999. While Benazir Bhutto has returned to demanding that Musharraf resign following...