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Category: History

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day…

Pakistan and India marked their 75th Independence Day on August 14 and August 15 (2021), respectively. Seventy-four years have passed since the tragic event of Partition of the Indian Sub-continent. […]

Ticking Away, Differently!

It is considered to be the norm to have 12 numbers on a clock. However, there is a clock in this world that is different from other clocks, as that […]

Etymology

The Colonial Origins Of Sexuality In Sanskrit, the word ‘Rand’ means a person incapable of producing children. The feminine gender of the word is ‘Randa‘, which means Infertile. Over time, […]

A Ticking Time-Bomb

Mitholz or Blausee-Mitholz is a village in Kandergrund Municipality in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The small village is full of natural beauty, as it is surrounded by mountains. […]

And Back On Earth To Fill Up Forms

He had set foot on the Moon right after Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) on July 20, 1969. Instead of receiving him with flowers and […]

A Political Policy!

History suggests that a natural tendency to deprive individuals of their Right to Privacy has been observed in various forms across the globe. The surveillance of the Civil Society by […]

Just Another Arena?

The Olympic Games are considered as the Greatest Show on Earth. However, it may be said that this leading International Sporting Event, somehow, turned into a platform to exhibit political […]

On The Front Line!

Dedicated to my colleagues… Thomas William Bowlby (January 7, 1818 – September 22, 1860), a British correspondent for The Times in Germany and China in the 19th Century, had arrived […]