The First Lady Of Westminster
The House of Commons had its first female member almost a century ago! Lady Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor (May 19, 1879-May 2, 1964) created history by sharing seats with 500 […]
Art, Artery, Artillery…
The visitors to Spain are seen stumbling at a 13ft-tall statue of King Felipe of Spain at the ARCO Art Fair in Madrid! Well, one of the principal conditions for purchasing the […]
Policing & Polishing Morality
It was the French philosopher, social theorist and literary critic Paul-Michel Foucault, whose heard mentioning: “The strategic adversary is Fascism…the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our […]
Bears Bearing The Brunt
It – seemingly – has become difficult for them to tolerate the rising temperature. With the ice melting because of global warming, they are now trying to find new shelters. […]
Two Centuries Of Solitude?
He was much unlike others…when others drooled at, and almost eulogised the expansion of the British Empire in Victorian England, the then leading English art critic & patron of art, draughtsman, […]
Maelstrom & Depression
Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has advised the major governments to be prepared to tackle a major global economic storm in the coming days. Speaking […]
Restoration Royale?
The Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of (the eastern Indian province of) West Bengal, located in Kolkata. Built in 1803, the building was known as the Government […]
A May Day Royale…
The Theresa May government in London plans to evacuate Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the Royal Family from Buckingham Palace, if riots break out after no-deal Brexit! A […]
A Syria-ous Ally?
It seems that the existence of President Bashar al-Assad’s Syria is more or less secured as long as Iran is there. At a time when the US and its Western […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 