Western Renaissance

INTRODUCTION The world's history is divided into three periods: ancient, middle (or medieval), and modern. The Middle Ages roughly...

Art and the Autobiographical – Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions and James Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist in Perspective

While composing any kind of art, be it painting, performance, or literary work, a creator lends a part...

Orientalism and the representation of the other

The other literature is the representation of the non-western and non-white populations. The other is commonly depicted as grotesque,...

A Sher of Majrooh Sultanpuri

Urdu poetry is often written not in direct language but by allusions, hints, indications, suggestions, or metaphorically, and one has often to wrack his brain to understand what the...

London March for Israel

100,000 Indian diaspora marched through central London yesterday in support of Israel in the recent conflict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ6uvJYY7yc&pp=ygVAdWsgdGhvdXNhbmRzIG1hcmNoIGFnYW5zdCBhbnRpIHNlbWl0aXNtIGluIGxuZG9uIGluZGlhbiBkaWFzcG9yYQ%3D%3D It is certain that these marchers were all Hindus, and not a single Muslim....

Two Stormy Areas in the World

There are two stormy centers of turbulence, crisis, and confrontation in the world today, Gaza and Pakistan. As regards Gaza I have already written several articles and posted a video...

Learned Helplessness of a Nation & Learned Optimism of a Leader

Nearly 50 years ago, Martin Seligman and Steve Maier experimentally proved that human beings or animals can learn...

Environment v/s Development

“For us, protection of the environment is an article of faith. We have natural resources because our previous...

The Role of Media on Perception

In the modern world, media holds tremendous power in shaping public perception, influencing opinions, and framing narratives. Its...

History

Western Renaissance

INTRODUCTION The world's history is divided into three periods: ancient, middle (or medieval), and modern. The Middle Ages roughly lasted between the 5th and 13th...

Cold War (Part 3/3:New Cold War)

Introduction As concluded in my previous blog, Detente ended completely by the year 1979. The period which followed opened last chapter, in the history of...

COLD WAR part 2/4 (Detente)

Introduction As told in my previous blog, the world stood on the brink of world war III, during the Cuban  missile crisis of 1962. It...

Freedom is a double edged sword

I have always condemned the suppression of freedom in India, Pakistan, and elsewhere. But I have also said...

Long live the students of LUMS

The Lahore University of Management Sciences ( LUMS ) invited caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, Anwar-ul-Haq Kaakar to...

Bail or Jail

The Indian Supreme Court has rejected the bail application of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the...

Justice Katju Comments on 70-hour Week

Indian multi billionaire and founder of the Indian IT giant Infosys Narayana Murthy has said, in an interview...

South Indians, learn Hindi: says Justice Katju

India is a country of great diversity, and it...

The Golden Cart

When moons outshine the day's bright ray, In her heart,...

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Javed Akhtar: the Wizard of Pen

Javed Akhtar, a well-known scriptwriter, perhaps doesn’t require any...

Where the Crawdads Sing: “Book Review”

"If anyone would understand loneliness, the moon would." Catherine Danielle...

“Baghawat: the song of resistance” Song Review

Reading my piece on dissent makes me think of...

The Hindu Way: representation of Indian cultural history

Phenomenology says that "our perception must be free from...

Literature