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Category: Civilization

Paying The Price!

Flightless birds... sailors survived on their flesh... well, they hardly had the idea that it was the last group of Dodos in the world!

It’s A Matter Of Shame!

Their only crime is that they consume quite a lot of water! It is hence the Government of Australia has decided on culling more than 10,000 camels in order to […]

Imagining The Reality!

“Power, in short, is exercised rather than possessed.” – Michel Foucault. The shade of World Politics has seemingly turned grey… while some consider the contemporary phase as chaos under the […]

Rendered Into Oblivion…

Cleopatra (69 BC – August, 30 BC) has been popularly known as the Queen of ancient Egypt with an outstanding beauty. However, there have been other Queens who had ruled […]

Destination Unknown!

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who […]

Zeroing In…

The year 876 AD… Mihira Bhoja or Bhoja I – the sixth ruler of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty in India – succeeded his father Ramabhadra after adopting the title ‘Adivaraha‘. Immediately […]

On Eyes, Teeth & Claws

History has repeatedly narrated facts of one particular group or race that bent on establishing its supremacy over others. While it registered victories in its quest, others were vanquished. These […]

The Pillars Of Success

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Ropar recently commissioned a project, consisting of the tallest contemporary stone-carved pillars, inspired by the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation! Mumbai-based FLINT AROHAS has […]

Commemoration Of A Century-Old Event!

History, possibly, was all set to forget the name of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. People would have forgotten him, unless British Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter (May 9, 1874 – […]