Asia Essays

Corazon Aquino was the 11th president and first female president of the Philippines. She restored democracy after the long dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. She was known as the “Mother of Democracy” of the Philippines for she led the revolution, the culmination of a battle for freedom that was her husband’s …

Here is a wonderful poem by Ram Avtar Tyagi. I see in it a plea for preservation of our culture and the frustration of the poet on the sad fact that it has become necessary to make such a plea – Rajiv Krishna Saxena Keywords: I shall be the source …

Founded by the late José Ramos along with his wife Socorro Cáncio-Ramos, the company has evolved from a small stall in Escolta that sold supplies, GI novels or US Armed Services Editions books, and school textbooks. When the Second World War broke out, strict book censorship enforced by the Japanese …

When PIA came into being in 14th August, 1947 there was only one airline in operation called Orient Airline. After some time two more airlines Pakistan Air Limited and Cresent Airways started commercial operation. None of these small air service companies could succeed to cover the requirements of the Air …

Bhagat Singh, a Sandhu Jat, was born on 28 September 1907 to Kishan Singh and Vidyavati at Chak No. 105, GB, Banga village, Jaranwala Tehsil in the Lyallpur district of the Punjab Province of British India. His birth coincided with the release from jail of his father and two uncles, …

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) was founded on November 28, 1928. It is the leading telecommunications service provider in the Philippines. Through its principal business groups – fixed line, wireless and others –PLDT offers a wide range of telecommunications services across the Philippine’s most extensive fiber optic backbone and …

Pakistan’s Energy Crisis EconomySouth AsiaPakistan August 31, 2013 By Shabbir H. Kazmi Energy shortages are hobbling the economy and contributing to unrest. But the country has options. Pakistan is in the midst of one of the worst energy crises in its history. This is both slowing the pace of economic …

MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno S. Aquino III just delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, which lasted for about one and a half hours. Here are the highlight’s of his second-to-the-last SONA speech: 1. “Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan, hindi makararating sa paroroonan.” Before, the …

Cricket! Cricket! Cricket! Cricket has become the religion of India and the national anthem of the country, so much so that the word “sports” has become synonymous with cricket. Cricket runs as the life flowing blood through the veins of the multitude. The madness with which it has gripped the …

First of all, I want to separate the eternal environment to three parts, one is eBay’s American external environment, one is European and Australian external environment and another one is eBay’s international external environment. In my opinion, eBay’s was good at dealing effectively with American and European and Australian external …