Returning Of The Colonial Loot
Britain recently returned a number of old artefacts, reportedly taken away by the Britishers during the colonial era, to India. On August 19, seven such artefacts, kept in a Scottish […]
What A Depiction
“Racism is taught in our society… it is not automatic. It is learned behaviour toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.” – Alexander (Alex) Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – […]
Tackling The ‘Barbarians’
It is known that the British had suffered a bloody and miserable defeat in the First Anglo-Afghan War, in 1838-42. Although some battles took place after that war, the Britons […]
The Lost Narratives Of A ‘Desire’
Desiring India: Representations through British and French Eyes 1584-1857, a recently published book, co-edited by Supriya Chaudhuri and Niranjan Goswami, has hit the headlines. It seems that the essence of […]
On A Suicidal Mistake
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the world is just one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation. Speaking at the UN Conference on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New […]
His Rise & Fall
Anybody could have been crushed under the mountain of slander; however, it had no impact on him. Numerous wrong decisions and careless comments became his own brand. Among the disciplined […]
A ‘Dream’ Example Of Romanticism
He had reportedly slept for just three hours… that too on the advice of his doctor. He, in those three hours, had a dream and continued to compose a verse. […]
On Earth’s Oldest Known Wildfires
The Earth had experienced wildfires at a time when there were not many trees, but only little bushes, on its surface. Scientists recently found that the oldest wildfires had taken […]
Suppression Of Expression
The mighty State Power is trying hard to destroy the Press in a fancy way, across the globe. In different parts of the world, Governments have come out with new […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 