80 Years After She Left UK…
June 16, 1943. The Second World War was still going on. Indian-origin Noor Inayet Khan (also known as Nora Inayat-Khan, Nora Baker and Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan; January 1, 1914 – […]
‘Skirmishes’ In The Global Village
Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin‘s decision to invade Ukraine shocked and terrified the entire world on February 24, 2022. A year has passed since then. At that period of time, […]
Another Form Of Belligerence
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 […]
The Balkan Friends Of India
When Josip Broz Tito (popularly known as Marshal Tito), the President of erstwhile Yugoslavia, visited India in 1955, the global geopolitical landscape was different. After the end of the Second […]
An Octogenarian Mystery
She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean with an aircraft, alone! When Amelia Mary Earhart (b. July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, […]
Return Of A Stolen Manuscript
A 1,000-year-old manuscript was forcibly taken from the Eikosiphoinissa Monastery (also known as Kosinitza Monastery) in Greece during the First World War. The US recently returned this rare manuscript to […]
Beyond Imagination, Possibly
Queen Elizabeth (Alexandra Mary) II (April 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022) was quite young at that period of time. It was not in the remotest imagination that she would […]
A Century Old Masterpiece
Once, a person had reportedly asked the author: “Where were you during the First World War?” The author replied: “I was busy with my Ulysses, and you?” It is one […]
Conflicts: Causes, Effects And…
The mid-20th Century world was dominated by several alliances, particularly the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact. NATO had 12 founding members – Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 