Myth & Reality
Hippolytus, the illegitimate son of the Athenian hero and King Theseus and either Antiope or the Amazon Queen Hippolyta, was a tragic hero in Greek mythology... misfortune or bad luck had been his trusted friend since birth. Many fell in love with this handsome and intelligent person, and they ruined his life. Even, Phaedra, the second wife of Theseus, tried to seduce Hippolytus, but he did not pay heed to her advances. The Greek drama Hippolytus has quite a lot of of similarities with the contemporary dark period.
A Mummified Monk!
Many elderly patients visit the Meander Medical Centre in the Netherlands for receiving treatment. A thousand-year-old patient had arrived at the Centre as well for a medical check-up a couple […]
A Standstill?
A survey has revealed that the young American couples follow the ancient mold, as far as the division of household works for women and men is concerned! In other words, […]
Censored!
Professor Xu Zhangrun recently penned an essay, criticising Chinese President Xi Jinping’s role in the outbreak in the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Since the publication of the essay, Professor Xu has been […]
A Bit Of Fresh Air?
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) had written: “For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.” (The Brook) The same can be said of the British […]
On The Condemned!
Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, made a historic move on February 2, as he apologised to the family members of victims for his country’s role in Holocaust. […]
Penned Down!
Vasily Grossman, Andrei Platonov and Boris Pilnyak... Joseph Stalin's authoritarian rule had failed to suppress the voices of these three men o' letters! Their pens rightly proved to be mightier than the sword.
(Un)Learning Inequality…
The patient was seen lying helpless on the operation table, while the doctor was busy performing the much required operation. The patient was the son of the doctor, but the […]
Inwards: In Words…
In an article titled ‘Space of Literature‘ (1955; trans. 1982), French Philosopher Maurice Blanchot (September 22, 1907 – February 20, 2003) magnificently portrayed the limitation of an author. According to […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 