The Wordsmith

The world is watching the on-going ‘Rohingya Crisis’ in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, the epicenter of the tension. As of now, more than 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims have been affected and thousand stranded and forced to leave their homeland. About 73,000 thousand Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since 9th October after an insurgent group attacked Burmese border police posts, charging a crackdown in which troops have been accused of murder and rapes. The Rohingyas were also accused of gangrape and murder of Buddhist woman in Rakhine province. Myanmar Military has said that more than 400 Rohingyas have died in the violence in Rakhine region. Buddhist-majority Burma calls it ‘ethnic cleansing’, while Rohingya human rights activists countered that as many as 1,000 civilians have been massacred by the government soldiers. Over 2,625 houses have been burnt down. The Telegraph UK reported that new satellite imagery depicts the collateral destruction of a Muslim village,...

Kerala has been suffering from the most devastating floods in the last 100 years of its history. With more than 220 people dead, a million people have been displaced, stranded and sent to a thousand of relief camps across various districts in Kerala. There is widespread call for help throughout the country. Volunteers are coming forward in large number to help the flood victims. Airways are offering free flight tickets to doctors, skilled professional and accredited volunteers willing to participate in the relief works in Kerala. Many foreign countries are offering monetary aid for the disaster relief and rehabilitation efforts. But the recent aid offered by the United Arab Emirates has created furore in India. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday announced that the UAE has offered to help rebuild the flood-ravaged state with an aid of 700 crores According to the CM, the offer of financial aid was conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Sh...