Tag: Featured Content
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Widows of Vrindavan: Banished by Tradition, Abandoned by Families
The Mahabharata is one of the two highest revered epics from Ancient India that forms the lifelines of billions of India who see it as source of spiritual fulfillment. Mahabharat chronicles the unimaginable powers of Lord Krishna and his love towards the beloved. The Great Battle did take place in Kurukshetra but to trace Krishna’s…
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Strangling Bulbul: The harrowing experience of Kashmir’s half-widows
Decked by thick forests, a land of lakes holds so many stories that one can barely go through all of them in one life. A place so beautiful in the world yet having wounds so deep that a single cut can bleed out the entire body.
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INFLUENCE OF HUMANISM ON ENGLISH ROMANTIC LITERATURE
The emphasis of literature on humans, things that surround humans-nature, animals, buildings- the individualistic spirit of humans and detailed elaboration of a human’s life came from the Humanist movement that first started in Italy in early 14th Century
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Human Rights Tossed? UN elects Russia, China for Human Rights Council
This membership can be easily leveraged by the two nations to justify the impeachment of human rights in their own respective countries. What’s laughable is that Russia and China are both communist countries who see human rights as a threat to their existence. This decision obviously brings the UN Human Rights Council’s credibility at stake.
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Ner Shel Shabbat: A Nazi who saved 1200 Jews and Generations
Itzhak Stern, a Jewish clerk said this to a fleeing Oskar Schindler as World War II reached its sunset and the Allied forces liberated Nazi torture and extermination centers. Schindler is often credited for using his wealth, connections with top Nazi Party members, and position of power to save at least 1200 Jews and the…
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Für die Führer: Volkswagen’s Nazi connect and deep roots in modern-day Germany
A father’s blood and sweat, A mother’s second love in life, A son’s dream car, and a daughter’s most true friend-this is how Volkswagen as a brand took place in our family. Back in 2010 when Volkswagen India launched the Vento, it was the most head-turning vehicle for several months. People were in awe of…
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Inscribing the Self: Tearing the fabric of the nation, Painting it saffron
Since secularism is now a bad word, it is important to point out what was once obvious: that minorities, in particular Muslims, have as much claim to India as Hindus. If India—one of the world’s most diverse countries—is to stay united, peacefully, then it must celebrate its minorities and what they do. Written by Harshit…
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Mohamed Morsi: Egypt’s President Who Couldn’t Govern All
A modern-day Julius Caesar plot was hatched in Egypt following the 2011 Arab Spring movement. In the center of the plot was the country’s first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi. Morsi was abandoned by most of his loyal people in the government, his own security force, and the executive branch of the government. Mohamed Morsi went on a trial in…
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One Belt One Road: The Chinese Expressway of Global Economic Dominance
In the 21st Century, China has seen itself as a leader of the Developing World. In the early years of Communist China its leader Mao Zedong presented the country as a champion for the developing world and provided like-minded regimes with both military and development assistance. In the 1970s, following Mao’s death, China focussed its…
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Crusades: The war between Christianity and Islam for Jerusalem
The first crusade set the whole ball rolling for two centuries of war between the world’s two most practiced religions. Christianity and Islam were at the gates of each other to conquer land and enslave men, women, and children. Medieval Europe was under a strong influence of Christianity. People believed in religious values and words…
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