Small Conflicts & Big Impacts
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan reached an agreement to demilitarise a conflict-afflicted section of their shared border on September 25, 2022. However, the dispute is far from over. The whole of the […]
Spain & The ‘Special’ Law
Spain became the first country in Europe to pass a Law related to Paid Menstrual Leave for women on February 16, 2023. In a rare first, such a law has […]
Navigating The Complexities
Navigating the complexities of relations between media houses and internet giants is a difficult task. At the very core of that complexity is the distribution of revenues from media businesses. […]
Inspired By History
Tanvir Mokammel, the renowned Bangladeshi film-maker, discovered a book, titled ‘Major Genocides of the 20th Century‘, at a London bookstore. While turning the pages, he noticed that the author discussed […]
Crime & Exhilaration
Younes Panahi, the Deputy Health Minister of Iran, has shocked the world by revealing that female students were poisoned in his country to be stopped from going to school and […]
On Her Long-Standing Service
Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (b. July 19, 1970) recently stepped down as the First Minister of Scotland, and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP). She made an announcement in this […]
Manto & Madness
Saadat Hasan Manto and the Exploration of MadnessIn his short story Toba Tek Singh, set against the background of the 1947 Partition of the Indian Subcontinent, writer Saadat Hasan Manto […]
Beyond The Fifth World
The World of Fantasy used to exist only in science fiction half a century ago. The evolution of Science and Technology has actualised that fiction in the last five decades, […]
Aerial Espionage
In the first week of February 2023, the Pentagon claimed that China was using a balloon to monitor sensitive military bases of the US. Although Beijing rejected the claim, the […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 