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Month: January 2019

Black ‘n’ White!

A drama – based on the 50-year-old novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’- has created a record in New York by earning USD 1.7 million within the first week! Although some […]

Warm & Frozen Music

Lucy Nusseibeh is a Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies who founded ‘Middle East Non-Violence and Democracy’ (MEND) – an NGO which aspires to establish a non-violent Palestinian civil society […]

Blitzkreig: Children Of Eternal Bliss

The Manu Samhita or Manusmriti – at times referred to as Manav Dharma Shastra – is perhaps the earliest metrical work on Brahminical Dharma (here Dharma means duty, and not religion) in Hinduism. As […]

A Bipolar (Dis)order?

Brazil began its journey towards democracy three decades ago. And the Latin American country’s most important movement towards the South started on January 1, 2019, with Jair Bolsonaro taking oath […]

Mnemonic?

A person gets familiar with many in his/her lifetime. S/he meets some of them – like relatives, friends and colleagues – on a regular basis and meets others occasionally. Does […]

Twain, Twin & Tying The Knot

Guitar and his sister Kiwi are the twin children of Dad Amornsan Sunthorn Malirat (31) and mom Phacharaporn (30). The six-year-old twins recently got married in a Buddhist ceremony as […]

Tent(ative) Circus?

A professional clown in Britain has strongly criticised a local daily for comparing the activities of Brexit politicians with that of a circus. The British political leaders – who are […]

Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup & Reins

A curse has quite an impact on our society because of its intensity! Therefore, it has become important for humankind to find a way out. It’s crucial to pull at […]

Word Power!

Overuse makes a proverb cliché… We realise the essence of a proverb only if something big happens! ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’ is one such proverb. The recent […]