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Category: Civilization

The Remnants Of Consumerism

Once, renowned Bengali poet Sudhindranath Dutta wrote: “Will he end up eating himself out of hunger?” (Verse: Ostrich or Uthpakhi; উটপাখি in Bengali) Perhaps, it would be difficult to find […]

Ancient Riverbed Discovered In Mars

Scientists previously found substantial evidence of past water, as well as the existence of river basins, on Mars. A number of successful missions have been launched to the Red Planet […]

The Wizard Of Grey Twilight

Genesis, the series of photography by Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado Júnior (February 8, 1944 – May 23, 2025), shows a scene on South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic […]

Neanderthal Genes May Be Linked To Brain Defects

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), the extinct group of archaic humans, inhabited Europe and Western and Central Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene, 0.2-0.3 million years ago. Homo sapiens or modern […]

The Birthplace Of Modern Civilisation

Researchers have long been trying to trace the exact time and location of the birth of modern civilisation. While some believe that the first urban civilisations emerged in Mesopotamia (the […]

Russell’s Reason

Bertrand Arthur William Russell‘s (May 8, 1872 – February 2, 1970) 1945 publication ‘A History of Western Philosophy‘ can help one gain in-depth knowledge about Western philosophy. Russell, the British […]

3,500-Year-Old City Unveiled In Peru

The Vedic Period began in India after the decline of the Indus Valley Civilisation about 3,500 years ago (around BCE 1500-600). Queen Hatshepsut of the 18th Dynasty of the New […]

Industrial Development & A Sinking City

Historians believe that the fluctuations of the River Indus had a major impact on Mohenjo-daro, an archaeological site in Larkana District of Pakistan’s Sindh Province. Built in BCE 2500, it […]

Stemming From The Same Origin

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (born James Ngugi; January 5, 1938 – May 28, 2025), the Kenyan author and academic who has been described as the leading novelist of East Africa and […]