A Tryst With Destiny
As a student of Zoology at the University of Calcutta, India, I had been introduced to the world of birds through Salim Ali’s field guide, ‘The book of Indian Birds’, […]
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 […]
Warm & Frozen Music
Lucy Nusseibeh is a Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies who founded ‘Middle East Non-Violence and Democracy’ (MEND) – an NGO which aspires to establish a non-violent Palestinian civil society […]
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 […]
Twain, Twin & Tying The Knot
Guitar and his sister Kiwi are the twin children of Dad Amornsan Sunthorn Malirat (31) and mom Phacharaporn (30). The six-year-old twins recently got married in a Buddhist ceremony as […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 