Nat Yogachandra

With the news of recent terror attacks around the world and the messy and bizarre Presidential campaigns in this country, we have forgotten the world’s displaced population of nearly 60 million people, of whom 20 million are stranded outside of their own countries. The latest drownings of terrified migrants plunged into the Mediterranean sea, put the death toll, so far for this year, to more than 2,000 innocent people looking for a better life. Last year, more than 3,700 migrants died in the Mediterranean, and according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) a figure that could be surpassed this year. People are currently fleeing war-infested areas in large numbers, paying huge sums of money to travel on unseaworthy boats to rich countries. This is because Europe’s land borders are closed. The fleeing of innocent refugees, that resulted in a migrant crisis in Europe is a worldwide problem. The scale of the refugees fleeing is enormous and is o...

Politics in the United States and around the world remains a major divide between humanity. This country is bitterly divided - racism still exists - as it has b een for well over a decade. The two major parties and their representatives in this great country are more divided along ideological lines, and the resulting political animosity towards each other is deeper and more extensive, than at any time in recent U.S. history. Look at the world. The news and happenings around the world over the past year has been sad and heartbreaking. As former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said a few years ago or put it mildly - the world is a mess. Every fresh atrocity in the United States or around the globe manages to find some new ways of shocking to me. Iraq and Syria are falling into chaos with millions of refugees fleeing violence, British disagreements with the European Union, coup attempts in Turkey, and myriads of conflicts in Asia are few concerns facing us. It se...