Myth & Reality
Hippolytus, the illegitimate son of the Athenian hero and King Theseus and either Antiope or the Amazon Queen Hippolyta, was a tragic hero in Greek mythology... misfortune or bad luck had been his trusted friend since birth. Many fell in love with this handsome and intelligent person, and they ruined his life. Even, Phaedra, the second wife of Theseus, tried to seduce Hippolytus, but he did not pay heed to her advances. The Greek drama Hippolytus has quite a lot of of similarities with the contemporary dark period.
Inside The Camp Of Death…
At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Red Army freed prisoners of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on January 27, 1945. From gas-chambers to toxic injections, extermination programmes and processes of deaths were arranged everywhere! However, a Nazi soldier fell in love with a Jewish girl there...
In A Different Shade…
“On your white canvas… Colour me wise… Colour me strong!” Participants have recently been enjoying the Jaipur Literature Festival in the western Indian province of Rajasthan. The audience were trying to […]
A Tale Of Love-Letters!
A trunk, full of letters whose papers have aged with time, weighing 37kg... two classmates had written those to each other for eight years! The girl used to stay in a city with her parents, while the boy was in a camp for treason...
Action Versus Fiction…
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” – Napoleon Bonaparte. It is widely believed that fourth Mughal Emperor Jahangir (August 31, 1569 – October 28, 1627) had replaced Raja […]
After Half A Century…
"He loves me, but not in the way usual to men less gifted…" - Emily Hale.
Destination Unknown!
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who […]
Family Matters!
The story goes like this: The Man of the House returned home after searching for food. Upon his arrival, he found to his dismay that his wife was enjoying the […]
A Great Lover…
His hobby was to fly aeroplanes. He loved his wife a lot, but also maintained a distance with her. He was one of the greatest French authors of the 20th Century!
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 