Society

One time someone from the KVN said a joke: “Did you know that the Tatar language does not have the word “back”?” -So, how do you go back? -We do not go back, we only move forward. Then we turn back and then go forward again. We Armenians leave the impression that we do not …

Vahe Karapetyan is a large American benefactor and industrialist. The Karabagh highway has been nicely constructed through his efforts and investments. Mr. Karapetyan and his wife Veronik Monica also support the Artsakh music school and the students are currently in Yerevan getting ready for concerts. We met with Mr. and Mrs Karapetyan while they were …

Seroj is one of the very few people in Akhalkalak who has two homes: one in this life-on Rustavel street- and the other at the Akhalkalak cemetery. As he likes to say: “I live in this world and the other world.” He takes each guest to the cemetery. He has built two graves for himself …

Nowadays, only painful memories remain from the Nor Nork and Zeytun student hostels. Almost everyone owns the once student hostels, besides the students. Out of the former 14 student hostels listed by the Ministry of Education and Sciences, as of today only one building and a half serve students. Those buildings are the 6th building …

The Arabkir district has approximately a one million square meter area. Every day, three brigades consisting of 46 custodians clean up the streets. Each custodian cleans 3500 square meters daily. This number is the equivalent of one salary. One salary is 15,000 drams. Many of the custodians do other work and get about 50,000 drams …

I understood. No, better yet, I had understood but now I understood better. I felt relaxed. The thing is that setting yourself free from being afraid is hard to do. As the Armenian saying goes, “One gets afraid from the look of it.” But no, one doesn’t get afraid just by looking. What about feelings? …

At the present, there are over 3000 religious sects in Armenia sponsored by the U.S. One of them is the “Jehovah’s Witnesses” sect. This sect is the richest and its sponsors and directors remain unknown. Their “corporation” is located in New York. They are against all wars, any type of government, military service and deprive …

Tolerance is a good thing and it seems as if it is most necessary for the person being tolerated, but in reality it comforts the person who tolerates. When you have no problem with anyone, you become harmonious and you rest at ease. I am Armenian. I think and speak Armenian. This is how I …

Ashken, her daughter Tsovinar, and four grandchildren eat sausage, cheese, boiled meat on days when there are funerals at the cemetery nearby their home in the town of Aragatsavan. It is an Armenian custom to toast the dead with a shot of vodka and “oghormatas” (rest in peace), at the graveside. Mourners typically bring food …

A couple of days ago, “168 hours” weekly was informed that during the construction of one of the villas on the Dimitrov Street in the Erebuni district, one of the water pipes has been damaged causing some residents to get poisoned from the water. The water supply has stopped for a couple of days, however, …