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Category: Britain

Creativity During Quarantine

An epidemic was spreading rapidly in London and other parts of England. Although it was not known which virus had triggered it, contemporary people had an idea how to tackle […]

The Crowning Glory

“It is not only very difficult to balance, but it could possibly break my neck if I look down,” exclaimed Queen Elizabeth II, while being in shoot for a 2018 […]

Opening Old Wounds…

At a time when protests (more than a few of them violent) have broken out across India against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 or CAA, the Narendra Modi Government in […]

A WWll Spy Remembered?

Britain still remembers her services to the Crown that were rendered through assignments of espionage works for them, during the Second World War. Seventy-five years after the War, London has […]

‘On the Mind’…

Abhishek Manu Singhvi, a senior parliamentarian and a member of the Opposition Indian National Congress Party, recently claimed that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, once said: “I […]

Is Pompeo Morally Fit To Be State Secretary?

Though Donald Trump scored a decisive victory in his three-year war with the Anglo-American intelligence establishment by being acquitted in his impeachment trial on February 5, there is no intention […]

A Bit Of Fresh Air?

Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) had written: “For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.” (The Brook) The same can be said of the British […]

Nationalism!

“Tum zameen pe zulm likh do/Aasmaan pe inquilab likha jayega!!!” New Delhi, the Indian capital, witnessed a horrific incident on January 30… as if it was the replica of the […]

Priestly Sermon…

Amun (or Amon or Ammon or Amen) was the ancient Egyptian God of the Sun and Air. A temple was dedicated to him at Karnak in Thebes, an ancient Egyptian […]