Recently, a post on X caught my attention. The post featured a gilded silver axe, one of the rarest and most remarkable works in Bronze Age metal, from the Bactria-Margiana …
The negotiations between Iran and the United States in Switzerland were never passed off to be either friendly or without high dramas; and as expected the first day reportedly had …
He was sober, suave, strong, and simple. Devastated by a paralytic stroke that also took away his eyesight, he remained bedridden for his last 18 years and never complained. Whenever …
Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal’s visit to China was a carefully coordinated move aimed at Beijing, New Delhi, and Washington and, just as importantly, at the domestic audience. Khanal’s message …
In an interesting turn of events, the breakaway faction of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) in the Lok Sabha announced merger with Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), a …
India’s legal system is wobbling by its own weight. Billed as one of the oldest justice systems that had evolved over centuries, today India’s legal system at best mirrors the …
Much before Travel Blogs became popular, there were many who traveled widely and wrote extensively about their experiences. The more famous ones were: Megasthenes, Fa-Hien, Marco Polo, Al-Biruni, Ibn Batuta …
Most people, at some point, want to shape how they will be remembered. The powerful simply have more tools with which to try. This week on When It Hits the …
‘Official’ India is exercising utmost restraint. But outside it, it is seething with anger at the way the Donald Trump-led United States is treating it. The pent-up frustration with the …
When Mahatma Gandhi offered his famous Talisman, he framed it as a simple test of conscience: Recall the face of the poorest, most vulnerable person you have seen, and ask …
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