Featured image: Ishtar Gate Relief, Pergamon Museum, Berlin Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 8 December 2015 My what is history series somewhat naively perhaps looks at history from the broad perspective of what processes an intelligent naked ape might go through to develop civilisation. From that perspective the study of human history should also consider the external forces, including geography, …
Paris Terror November 2015
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 19 November 2015 Ross Gittins and the Paris Terror Attacks Preamble After setting up BreadtagSagas in April and migrating it to a hosted site in May, this is post number 38. Learning WordPress and blogging was a huge learning curve and beginning writing posts also a major task, but I have to say …
Large dams 3: Oustees India
Feature photo: On the Godavari River, 2009 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 10 October 2015 Oustees across India : The tragedy of displaced people Introduction This is the last of three articles on large dams the others are Large Dams 1: An Introduction and Large Dams 2: Aswan High Dam. The Murray-Darling Basin Catastrophe describes a similar issue in Australia. …
Large dams 2: Aswan High Dam
Featured photo: Satellite image: Insightdigital & Google, Aswan High Dam 2009 Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 21 September 2015 Case study: The Aswan High Dam and the Nile in Egypt Introduction This is the second of three articles on large dams the others are Large Dams 1: An Introduction and Large Dams 3: Oustees India. The Murray-Darling Basin Catastrophe describes …
Large Dams 1: An introduction
Featured photo: Palmyra Sculpture Centre, boats Aral Sea Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 15 September 2015 Preface This is the first of three articles on large dams the others are Large Dams 2: Aswan High Dam and Large Dams 3: Oustees India. The Murray-Darling Basin Catastrophe describes a similar issue in Australia. Another related article is Rukmini Rao Woman …
The Last Days of Osama bin Laden 3: The killing
Featured Photo: Pete Souza, Official White House Photographer, 4.06 pm EST, 1 May 2011, Situation room for bin Laden raid Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 8 September 2015 The two preliminary articles which preceded this article were: 1 Abbottabad, 28 July 2015 and 2 9/11, 9 August 2015. The first sets the stage and tries to answer the question …
The last days of Osama bin Laden 2: 9/11
Featured photo: Tony 1995, Afghan, money exchange market, Peshawar Bazaar Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 9 August 2015 I want to begin by stating I have no expertise on these matters and am relying on the accounts and expertise of others. However, I do have an interest in the events and hopefully many others in the world do …
Rukmini Rao Woman of the Year 2014
Breadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony 22 June 2015 Rukmini Rao has been my friend for a very long time. I have been travelling to India on and off for many years. Since 2004 I have worked with Rukmini and Gramya for up to two months each year as a volunteer.