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Category: Asia

On The ‘Queen Of Curves’

A 63-year-old beautiful Iraqi lady, along with her co-passengers, was onboard an aircraft in September 2013, as the plane was all set to leave for Frankfurt. The pilot suddenly encountered […]

Not Perpetual Enemies…

Once, former British Prime Minister Henry John Temple (also known as Lord Palmerston or 3rd Viscount Palmerston; October 20, 1784 – October 18, 1865) famously said: “There are no eternal […]

A Bengali Émigré Who Disappeared In USSR

“দুয়ার এঁটে ঘুমিয়ে আছে পাড়াকেবল শুনি রাতের কড়ানাড়া‘অবনী বাড়ি আছো?’” – শক্তি চট্টোপাধ্যায় In an October night, 1937, the Soviet Secret Police knocked on the door of a residence in […]

The Rasht-Astara Railway Project: A Game Changer

Russia and Iran have a strategic partnership marked by cooperation in areas, such as defence and economic cooperation, particularly since the signing of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty in January […]

A ‘Dissent’ Victory

Once, Arnold Joseph Toynbee (April 14, 1889 – October 22, 1975), the English historian, a Philosopher of History, an author and a Professor of International History at the London School […]