Two Centuries Of Solitude?
He was much unlike others…when others drooled at, and almost eulogised the expansion of the British Empire in Victorian England, the then leading English art critic & patron of art, draughtsman, […]
Restoration Royale?
The Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of (the eastern Indian province of) West Bengal, located in Kolkata. Built in 1803, the building was known as the Government […]
Colour, Collar & Collection
Great Britain has showcased its colonial mentality yet again as three British museums have decided to confront the colonial legacy of their artefacts. British Museum, Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum […]
The Priest With A Difference
Jabez Thomas Sunderland was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1842. He, along with his parents, left for the US a couple of years after his birth and did his the […]
Statue & Statute
The global community still remembers his fight against racism in South Africa. However, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – the political activist and the leader of the Indian Independence Movement against British […]
… From The Arc De Triomphe
France had had many colonies in West Africa, as the European powerhouse ruled Algeria (1830-1962), Ivory Coast (1843-1960), Benin (1883-1960), Mali (1883-1960), French Guinea (1891-1958), Mauritania (1902-1960), Niger (1890-1960), Senegal […]
Civilised Disobedience
The death of John Allen Chau is a tragic one, no doubt. The 26-year-old American evangelist wanted to introduce the Sentinelese – an indigenous stone-age people and one of the […]
‘The Listeners’?
Is there anybody there? Can you perceive the light that we have lit for you…? The scientists have decided to shoot laser rays to the space in an attempt to […]
Valour At The French Quarter
The global community was experiencing a war worldwide for the first time. The war, originating in Europe, had rocked Asia and Africa, too. Britain and France were facing difficulties in […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 