In a play about Galileo, Bertold Brecht has one of his characters comment bitterly after Galileo's recantation that "unhappy is a land that breeds no heroes." The reply by Galileo is "unhappy is a land that needs heroes." This exchange was brought to mind by David Hartmann's comments [1] on Ralph Nader's call for whistle blowinc engineers. Hartmann points out the risks incurred by any engineer ...

the iranian new wave filmmakers pay attention and focus on the social changes in years before the islamic revolution in 1357 (1979).in these years due to the economical and social changes and the government’s attempt for modernizing the traditional social system and social uplifting has spread and this caused criticism by the iranian new wave filmmaker of that era. social approach and mobility ...

Violence against medical professionals and destruction of hospital property by frustrated patients their relatives occur frequently in India (1) other countries (2, 3). However, harassment healthcare workers the police has, so far, not been an issue Indian system. Now, cases have emerged during Covid-19 pandemic. Ironically, both doctors personnel considered frontline heroes pandemic India. We ...