Rituals: A Hindu Perspective!
There is a tradition, called Chhaupadi, in western Nepal which is associated with menstrual taboo, as menstruating women and girls (have to) live in a cattle shed or a menstruation […]
Identity & Crisis
Zalika Amadou has admitted that her husband didn’t hit, yell or cheat her. Still, she wants to divorce her husband! After attending a hearing at an Islamic court on the […]
An Eternal Joint Slumber?
Two skeletons are lying side by side… One’s skull is slightly tilted towards another, as if it is gazing at its partner! Archaeologists recently discovered these two skeletons – one […]
Friend & Fiend
The photograph of a historic oil painting is hanging on a wall at the Uffizi Gallery of Florence Museum in Italy. It looks like the black-and- white image of the original […]
The Chairman & The Prophet
It seems that China is gearing up for another Cultural Revolution, as the Asian giant plans to launch a five-year plan in order to introduce the Chinese version of Islam! The […]
Black ‘n’ White!
A drama – based on the 50-year-old novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’- has created a record in New York by earning USD 1.7 million within the first week! Although some […]
Blitzkreig: Children Of Eternal Bliss
The Manu Samhita or Manusmriti – at times referred to as Manav Dharma Shastra – is perhaps the earliest metrical work on Brahminical Dharma (here Dharma means duty, and not religion) in Hinduism. As […]
A Bipolar (Dis)order?
Brazil began its journey towards democracy three decades ago. And the Latin American country’s most important movement towards the South started on January 1, 2019, with Jair Bolsonaro taking oath […]
Mnemonic?
A person gets familiar with many in his/her lifetime. S/he meets some of them – like relatives, friends and colleagues – on a regular basis and meets others occasionally. Does […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 