She Watches Silently & Weeps!
There is a beautiful statue of an angel with wings in the middle of the cemetery. Although no one is sure whether it is a male or a female figure, […]
Croatia Restores Looted Art, In Apparent First…
In what may be seen as a friendly gesture, Croatia recently returned artworks looted during the Holocaust to their Jewish heir. The New York Times (NYT) reported on September 22, […]
The Raconteur, The Psychiatrist, The Clinic And…
The past is a strange place… One often visits the place, spends some time there, and then comes back. This is termed Nostalgia. Sometimes, trauma prompts one not to visit […]
The Lethal Power Of Silence
Czech-French novelist Milan Kundera (April 1, 1929 – July 11, 2023) was not interested in whether the global community celebrated his achievements even in his lifetime. Perhaps, the author realised […]
The Deaf Man Who Taught Us To Listen!
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) is famous for his sense of music, as his Seventh, Eighth or Ninth symphonies have rendered him […]
Links Across Civilisations!
The recent discovery of a statue of Lord Buddha (born Siddhartha Gautama; BCE 563/480 - BCE 483/400), the revenant ascetic who founded Buddhism, in Egypt has pointed to deep civilisational links […]
He’s On His Way
The year 1927. A boy was born into a Black family in Harlem, New York. As he grew up in a working class family, his childhood was no different from […]
Pluralistic & Inclusive Character Of Mughal Architecture
When Cambridge University Press decided to publish The New Cambridge History of India in four volumes with contents to be written by over 30 authors, editors thought that it would […]
Time Travel Theory Sparked
Can one really travel from the present to the past or the future using time as a medium? Science and technology are still searching for answers to this. Often, we […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 