A Visit From A Parallel Dimension
A man was seen arriving at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo in 1954. Like other passengers, he had to appear before Customs Officials as per the rules. His behaviour, as […]
Logged Out
The social networking site, Facebook, and its subsidiaries, including Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Mapillary and Oculus, became globally unavailable for a period of six-seven hours at 15:39 UTC on October 4, […]
A Tweet & A Recollection
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has praised the 7th Century rock carving in Swat Valley by calling it “one of the largest engravings of Buddha” at […]
HIGHlighted!
While there is an overall increase in average heights worldwide, the average height of the Indians is on the decline! A recent study conducted by New Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University […]
Silence: A Meaningful Political Category
Global Studies has become a very popular subject in recent times, especially in former colonial countries of the Eastern or South-eastern Hemisphere, like India. The main purpose of studying this […]
Sound Of Silence
It seems that intense and meaningful bits of sound seem to reach us from different worlds, more than often. Sometimes, one hears the vibration of life, in the form of […]
The Poisoned Honey…
“Heart! I know Spring has passed, and its joy too/ but how could I fly with these ripped-off wings?…“ These lines were written by Afghan poet Nadia Anjuman Herawi (December […]
A Critical Enquiry
Dr Romila Thapar (b. November 30, 1931) is an Indian Historian, with her principal area of study being Ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Well, it has […]
A Nosey Affair?
We all are aware that the noses of most of the Egyptian statues, which have been discovered, are broken. It has become a common sight. No one raises the question […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 