Recreation: Am I The Only Dreamer?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that his country will soon commission new weapons that will have no comparisons anywhere in the world. He made the revelation after holding a […]

Return Of The King

With Sri Lanka facing a Constitutional Crisis, a Cold War has rocked the Indian Ocean coast. India and China are the two parties in this war that is aimed at increasing […]

News, Views &…

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi knew that the powerful people in Riyadh didn’t like him. He was also well aware of the fact that he would have to pay a heavy […]

Those Were The Days…

Believe it or not! Nostalgia is one of the driving forces behind the resurrection of ultra-nationalism in contemporary world. Interestingly, the love for the past is not necessarily based on the […]

Articulate Works Of Art…

An exhibition of paintings – titled: ‘London 1938: Defending Degenerate German Art’ – is taking place in Berlin. The event reminds us of another exhibition – an exhibition of 300 […]

A Note On Espionage…..

Noor Inayat Khan (January 1, 1914-September 13, 1944) – popularly known as Spy Princess – is an unsung heroine of the WWII. The Indian-origin British spy, who started her career during […]

Kaed To Azadi: On India Winning Freedom

– to my friend Naheed Yousuf, the grandniece of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad… The Indians usually criticise Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, […]

The Name Game

Once, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin said: “A nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life and psychological make-up […]

Touching The Tail Of CCCP Tales

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed regret over the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s on a number of occasions in the past. He described the break-up of the […]

A Death & The World Equation

Jamal Khashoggi was reluctant to call himself an ‘opposition‘. He only wanted Saudi Arabia to implement the reform programmes in a proper manner and to get rid of the ‘dictatorial […]