It's an axiom among those of us who fly: You never know whom you'll be sitting next to.



Could be a fascinating character from some terrific movie, your next love or, more likely, someone you really, badly want to get away from.



New Media…

What would you guess most determines how we choose a hotel? Price? Location? Recommendation by a friend or someone else?



In a connected social media world, it's surprising to discover that what our friends, and friends of friends recommend, say on Facebook or other sharing platforms, counts for only 6.8 % in determining…

Radio Netherlands:  "There are more than 40 million widows in India - 10 percent of the country's female population. And for the majority of these women, life is what some have described as a "living sati", a reference to the now outlawed practice of widow…