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Category: Culture

On A Prince!

The Mughal or Mogul Empire was an early-modern Empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th Centuries (1526-1857). Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal Emperor who had […]

In Search Of An Identity

An invitation card arrived at the house… one fine evening. The owner of the house was invited to attend a ceremony in memory of the deceased wife of a famous […]

Her Life, Her Struggle…

Well, she was not buried after her death, but cremated as per her last wish! This says quite a lot about Indian Urdu Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Filmmaker Ismat […]

Let There Be Light!

Once, a monarch was asked what he had done to defend his Kingdom. To that question, the King replied: “I have set up a lot of educational institutions!” Then, the […]

Utopia!

Since the mid-2019, one of the topics that has been at the top of the global agenda is: the destruction of Nature by the human beings. All forms of media […]

Infanticide &…

India ranks top in the world as far as female foeticide is concerned! It seems unlikely that the South Asian Nation will move away from that position in the near […]

An Other Thought!

“Did you provoke the people to destroy the temple in Jerusalem?” asks the Judge. The 27-year-old accused – in dirty clothes, handcuffed, injured and head almost covered with a bandage […]

Souls In House Arrest!

Sita Brahmachari – the British author with an origin in eastern Indian Province of Bengal, and one of the most interesting and important voices in children’s books today – has […]

Nubility!

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hinted that the Government of India is planning to change the legal age of marriage for the girls from the current 18 years to 21 […]