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Category: Culture

Mental Meliorism

Well, now it does not matter who I am, or how I have been (my present condition), or even where from I belong… even, what the other people are thinking […]

A Cryptic Incident?

It seems that archaeologists have discovered the graves of Antony and Cleopatra VII! Mark Antony – considered as a hero in Rome – was an excellent orator and a symbol […]

Apotheosis & Reversion

The 22-year-old living goddess of Nepal has returned to a normal life! Preeti Shakya was selected as Kumari Devi (Child Goddess) at the age of three as per the local tradition. It is widely […]

On The Run, From Iran…

His own country had forced him, in a way, to leave his native land… and, his adopted country has honoured him with its top literary award. Most importantly, he wrote the book while […]

Free To Tally… Forced To Ban

A number of young people visit cafes in Kabul to enjoy a cup of hot coffee with their favourite music. The 30-year-old Mina Rezai runs one such cafe in the […]

Pain, e-Pen & Penitentiary…

It seems that a blasphemous tweet has proved to be expensive for a 28-year-old Indian engineer, who has landed in a jail in Saudi Arabia. Vishnu Dev from the southern Indian […]

Ghazee & Shaheed: A Just Adjustment?

Dr Tariq Rahman – a Pakistani academic who has authored the book ‘Interpretations of Jihad in South Asia: An Intellectual History’ – believes that jihad (a struggle or fight against the […]

Discipline & Danse Macabre

It is believed that Nataraja (or the King of Dancers) – the dancing form of Lord Shiva and a symbolic synthesis of the most important aspects of Hinduism – completes the […]

Truly Sonorous?

This never happened before! Not a single drop of coffee fell on the ground from a cup… This time, the cup fell from her hand! The incident disturbed Florencia Rastelli, […]