A Peculiar Peccadillo?

History witnessed him as the first President of the United States of America in 1789… George Washington’s life, however, could have ended a few years before that. A minor error on […]

Maelstrom & Depression

Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has advised the major governments to be prepared to tackle a major global economic storm in the coming days. Speaking […]

Masquerade On Massacre?

Almost as soon as 40 Indian soldiers were killed in a dastardly terror attack that was reportedly carried out by Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in the northern Indian city […]

Restoration Royale?

The Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of (the eastern Indian province of) West Bengal, located in Kolkata. Built in 1803, the building was known as the Government […]

An Amazing Amazonian!

The Amazonian rainforest – covering much of north-western Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru and other Latin American countries – is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. The forest is famed […]

Allies & Adversaries…

Dr Jiong Gong – the Professor of Economics at University of International Business & Economics, Beijing – recently delivered a speech on Sino-American relations at a conference organised by Frankfurt-based […]

Ankara Anchored: Serious About Syria?

Turkey’s Dangerous Games Trigger Idlib Catastrophe The meeting of the Russian, Iranian and Turkish presidents dedicated to the Syrian settlement was held in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi […]

A Non-Separatist Sephardic Imagine

She loves John Lennon’s famous song ‘…Nothing to kill or die for, And no religion, too…’ Like Lennon, she (too) wants to change her surroundings! She is trying to draw […]

The Ad Verse Effect

Well, it was on February 14, 1989 when the then Supreme Spiritual Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had vociferated a fatwa or proclaimed a Death Sentence against him, calling for […]

A Tolerable Tremor?

The video has triggered more than a ripple throughout the globe, after it went viral on the Internet! Vicariously experiencing such a site was not uncommon in the past… however, […]