Reflections

Cross-border smiles

Mehru Jaffer

Nothing works better than a big smile and a tight hug when it comes to making friends.

Rossellini’s Orient arrives at Viennalle

Mehru Jaffer

Among hundreds of feature films, documentaries and short films from around the world, I spied India, Matri Bhumi, a jewel of a film in four episodes.

Caucasian, and not so Caucasian

Mehru Jaffer

It is difficult to believe some of the changes taking place around me here in the heart of Europe. In all my 30 years of living in Vienna I have seen many a face wear a frown.

Money can’t buy me love

Mehru Jaffer

Recent events likethe tragic gunning down of innocent people inOsloand the riots in London must surely forceEuropeto self-reflect. This is perhaps long over due.

 

When the Belfast Child sings again…

Mehru Jaffer
The thought that there seems no solution to terrorist attacks is sad.

Women Without Borders

Mehru Jaffer
It is no secret that poverty is on the rise, population is exploding and literacy figures are sinking worldwide.

Naked Celebrity Realism

Mehru Jaffer

After Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), I wondered how much worse the life of the 62-year-old would be today if he had refused to al

Student, Male, Minister, 24, with a beautiful blonde hairdo

Mehru Jaffer

In a major shake-up within Austria's Conservative Party, Sebastian Kurz, a 24-year-old law student with a beautiful blond hairdo, has been appointed junior minister in the coalitio

Flowers of love and the Goan spring

Mehru Jaffer

The weather has not exactly cleared, but the two-week Festival of India that opened in Vienna recently is a colourful reminder that spring can't really be far behind.

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