The political empires that history did not credit
The Nanda, Austo-Hungarian, Maurya, Pahlavi, Maratha, Khmer, Lan Xand, Maori, Sur, and Lydian empires are several among them.
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Husband, holidays, and wander-abstinence
I waited a while before coming out to speak in the squeaky, mousy voice of a timid Disney character (think Piglet). It’s easy to shoot me down, more so since the year-end travel time is upon us. It is one of the biggest trends among us millennials, and I refuse to toe the line hence,…
Indian media – Can it rise?
Democracy stands upon four pillars, namely legislature, executive, judiciary, and media. But what will happen if one of them is demolished? Indeed, it will collapse. This is precisely what is happening to the world’s largest democracy. It is evident from the press freedom index report released by Reporters Without Borders that the condition of Indian media is…
Isolation – The worst weapon of office coworkers
Have you ever been bullied in your life? Do you know what are the techniques and weapons the bullies use to torment their victims? Isolating the victim from the rest of the gang is one of the most dangerous weapons they use. I will discuss that in my article based on personal experience at the workplace.
Why are we always hungry for more?
There is a special place in hell for greed. In Dante’s Inferno, he talks about the so-called vice inhabiting the fourth circle of hell. Sinners who are gluttons, lustful, and spendthrifts end up here. In other words, all of us. Your mother always told you that you could have everything. She used to drill that…
What’s in a touch?
The upper primary school curriculum of West Bengal has recently incorporated a topic on bad touch and good touch. The idea was to develop awareness among students about sexual abuse. Obviously, this has been done keeping an eye on the rising number of assaults on children around the globe. In most cases, the child, unable…
How the Telangana police encounter killed Disha forever
Several years ago, the SP of Warangal headed an operation that killed three men in an encounter. Those men were charged by the police to have poured acid on a lady. A few days ago, the same policeman also headed the encounter, which shot the four accused in rape case of Disha. Let us now…
No woman is safe till all women are
Living in India as one reads the news every day invariably, one gets exposed to the sexual violence epidemic. I have stopped subscribing to newspapers for this very reason. I don’t watch news channels except for specially curated programs. But since my work is on social media, I do get exposed to so much news about…
Are animals better than men without ‘sixth sense’?
All of us in this world like to enjoy. We also strive hard to achieve the bare necessities as it is a necessary and essential condition to live. We also work to get a comfortable and socio-luxurious life. But how do we achieve a society where this is possible. How difficult and complex is it? …
IHCP during pregnancy – A serpent under flower
My office laptop showed me only about 324 unread mails that I needed to read and work upon. Three hundred and twenty-four freaking unread mails! Unlike in my Gmail, these were not promotion mails that I could just sweep to archive. This usually happened on days when I had back to back calls and meetings…
God: An excuse for inaction?
My relationship with God is gloriously fluid and unstructured. To me, God is sometimes a woman, sometimes a man, many times it’s just light or water or trees – you name it. Lately, I’ve felt God in my new washing machine. Sometimes I’m scared of Her, sometimes She’s my best friend – most times though,…
Oh, mirror, mirror, on the wall; Does it matter who’s the fairest of them all?
Once, someone had told me, “You look so much like your grandmother.” I didn’t pay heed because I was used to hearing that all the time. It was like how everyone would look at Harry Potter and sigh, wistfully, “Oh, you have your mother’s eyes!” Be it my eyes or my cheekbones or the shape…
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