‘On the Mind’…
Abhishek Manu Singhvi, a senior parliamentarian and a member of the Opposition Indian National Congress Party, recently claimed that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, once said: “I […]
Far From The Madding Crowd
Giethoorn … a tiny village in the northeastern Dutch Province of Overijssel. The village is known for its boat-filled waterways, footpaths, bicycle trails and centuries-old thatched-roof houses. Giethoorn borders a […]
Free Rides… Almost!
If one wants to save USD 110 per year, s/he can take the citizenship of Luxembourg! The Government of the tiny European country, surrounded by Belgium, France and Germany, has […]
Bugged, After 7 Decades…
At a time when the outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has claimed so many lives in China and many other countries, a different fear is eating up the French people […]
Power Of Pornographic Propaganda!
While sitting naked on the stone pavement in front of Lenin’s Mausoleum on the Red Square in Moscow, he had hammered a large nail through his scrotum, affixing it to […]
A Lively Island
Ikaria, a small island in Greece, covers 254 sqkm of area. Something has happened in the lives of the people there, so that they have started forgetting the Death! In […]
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 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 […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 