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By training, I am a technical and regulatory writer. By profession, I am a financial and legal proofreader. In between, I used to do ghostwriting assignments in the financial field. These projects included preparing financial and business glossaries and e-books.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Growing up: 7 of 65
The Shah and I Why bother to remember the name of a guy who is long dead and gone? A name even his own people don't want to remember! In fact, I never had any connection with Iran or Persia. But then in my wayward, younger days, this was a name that used to crop up in the not so regal circumstances of our home. Whenever I as... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Cars: 11 of 64
TRAVAILS OF AN AMERICAN CAR OWNER As a born American car consumer, I was fated to make these customary "pilgrimages" to the car dealer once every three years and to the car mechanic's more often, may be once in three weeks, if you take into account the countless representations I made for my family folks. And in our Big Appl... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Does history repeat itself: 7 of 40
AN AMERICAN CRUCIFIXION THE THIRD TIME! This is deja vu for me. History repeats itself. It had happened twice before. And now it is happening a third time, because we did not learn from the mistakes of our past. That it repeated within the same decade doesn't mean that it isn't history. Nor the fact that it happened in recen... More..
Autos > Car Reviews Car reviews: Aston Martin DBS: 1 of 5
Aston Martin DBS is a luxury sports with superb performance, beauty and comfort. It offers dynamic and aesthetic style, an exquisite interior and unique driving experience. Its hand-built V12, 510-bhp engine packs real power. With Innovative design and race-derived components, Aston Martin delivers us a luxury with few compe... More..
Travel > Caribbean & Atlantic Travel destinations: Vieques, Puerto Rico: 2 of 8
As a travel bug, I had gone to many places. Most of them were too touristy for me to make a second visit. Then, there are a few others that still beckon me to do it again. Out of that only one spot has been pristine enough to split my mind into two: one side cried out to proudly tell everybody about the place; the other side... More..
Jobs & Careers > Career Path & Goals Why you should consider working abroad: 1 of 4
When you look up recent job advertisements you may be perplexed to see some seemingly "fad" terms inserted into them with astounding regularity: ... must be... a "self-starter" ... "team-player" ... "bi/multi-lingual" ... "able to work with a diverse group of.." ... " able to adapt to a multi-ethnic/multi-cultural environmen... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Murder of Benazir Bhutto: Another tragic victim of terrorism: 6 of 21
How to trick and get rid of your political opponent under the cover of terrorism? Benazir Bhutto was living in exile in Britain. Her compatriot Nawaz Sheriff was living quietly in Saudi Arabia. Then, out of the blue "somebody" decided that time was ripe to establish democracy. God alone knows who met and enticed both these p... More..
Autos > Classic Cars Classic car reviews: 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 XL: 2 of 6
Early 1960's saw Ford cars showing great performance in the NASCAR races. Hence the addition of 500 name to the full size Galaxie series. Ford Galaxie 500XL was the first of the big performance Fords, with bucket seats, console, posh interior trim and a sculpted exterior. Introduced in mid-1962, the Galaxie 500XL was a delux... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Bible Study Bible study: Reflections on Psalm 23: 8 of 20
REMEMBERING E.STANLEY JONES' S INTERPRETATION OF PSALM 23 E. Stanley Jones was an American Methodist missionary well known for his work in the Orient, especially in India and Japan. One of the thrusts of his work was 'indigenization' of Christian faith in the East, which bolstered Christianity there against the decadence of ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > North American Culture Is there such a thing as a "true" American?: 13 of 32
Yes, there is a being called TRUE AMERICAN. But that species is almost endangered like the Siberian Tiger or is rare like the Himalayan Yeti. Or it can still be in the evolving stage in its genealogy. Whatever be or wherever be its existence, the reason for its non-visibility are manifold. Its true attributes as envisaged by... More..