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Category: Culture

Priestly Sermon…

Amun (or Amon or Ammon or Amen) was the ancient Egyptian God of the Sun and Air. A temple was dedicated to him at Karnak in Thebes, an ancient Egyptian […]

In A Different Shade…

“On your white canvas… Colour me wise… Colour me strong!” Participants have recently been enjoying the Jaipur Literature Festival in the western Indian province of Rajasthan. The audience were trying to […]

What A Step!

It is beyond comprehension of the normal mind that a State would pass this sort of a law in the 21st Century! However, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey has developed an […]

A Tale Of Love-Letters!

A trunk, full of letters whose papers have aged with time, weighing 37kg... two classmates had written those to each other for eight years! The girl used to stay in a city with her parents, while the boy was in a camp for treason...

All In The Mind!

Often, we have to break the Old in order to get something New. The Indian Psychiatric Society recently organised a seminar in the eastern city of Kolkata, mainly to discuss […]

National Interests?

India marks her Republic Day on January 26 every year in order to honour the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect in 1950, replacing the Government of […]

Hard Copies!

Is it possible for a person to slay a book, physically? Yes, perhaps! An author has been labeled a Book Murderer by his colleagues! A British author recently made such a […]

A Significant Decision!

It is widely believed that death brings immense peace… however, not all deaths do the same! The Titanic had sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean more than a century ago. Since […]

Decoding da Vinci!

Pascal Cotte is a French engineer, and the founder of Lumiere Technology. If one visits his studio in Paris, the person will find the most precious work of art in […]