The ‘Nobel’ Couples!
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has honoured India-born Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, his wife and fellow MIT Professor Esther Duflo, and Harvard’s Michael Kremer with the Nobel Prize for Economics. […]
Ancient ‘iPhone’ Unearthed!
Researchers have found an accessory from a 2,137-year-old grave of an ancient fashionista in Siberia that they have dubbed iPhone because of its striking resemblance to the smartphone! The Russian media […]
The Not-So-Noble Action…
Can a not-so-good man create Art that is Grand? Perhaps, the answer is ‘Yes’… at least, the Nobel Committee believes so! The Royal Swedish Academy has recently honoured Peter Handke, […]
End Of The Starter Of An Era…
He had been in charge of varied Ministries from 1967 to 1974, before serving as the Prime Minister twice (1974-76 and 1986-88). He was elected President of his country in […]
Semaphores?
Human beings first learnt to write approximately 10,000 years ago… Nowadays, most of the world’s languages use transliteration, which is popularly known as alphabets. Almost everything can be written with […]
A Startling Revelation!
‘What did I do to you?‘ – those were precisely the last words of former Libyan leader Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (June 7, 1942 – October 20, 2011), as […]
Power, Superpower & …
"Power is everywhere because it comes from everywhere." - Michel Foucault.
Heaven: One’s Own Haven!
Shelter does not mean a roof above, but an attachment with the dominant language & culture prevalent there…
Setting The Standard
Brenda Marjorie Hale, the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, PC and a British Judge serving as President of the Supreme Court of the UK since 2017, and her colleagues recently […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 