Born to a sculptor Sophroniscus and midwife Phaenarete in 470 BC (before Christ), Socrates is considered to be the founder of Western philosophy and the first moral philosopher of Western ethical tradition of thought. He ...
“If freedom is what they want, freedom is what they should have.” – Arundhati Roy on Kashmir Kashmir, with all its lush green dales surrounded by seemingly insurmountable mountains, and with its diverse as well ...
Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. – Paulo Coelho While reading William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, especially about the scrupulous love affair of its two main ...
40SharesThe void left with the death of a “quiet” neighbor seems unlikely to be filled ever in my lifetime. Known for waving his hand to whosoever greets him with a smile on his face, Muhammad ...
55SharesCome the year 2020 and nobody knew it would bring in its wake a disastrous pandemic—namely Coronavirus—leaving the people with no option but to remain indoors and avoid mass gatherings. The pandemic revealed social disparities. ...
24SharesHopes shatter, skyrocketing zeal dashes to the ground and expectations breathe last when a student at the end of every semester during his university life—despite topping the class— has to beseech to The Heavens that ...
“The leaders come and go, but the people remain. Only the people are immortal.” [Joseph Stalin] In real democracies, it is the people who possess the real power, for at the end of the day, ...
28SharesOnce again France is finding itself in the centre of the maelstrom ignited by the highly bigoted speech of the French President Emanuel Macron in which he ostensibly targeted the Muslims. In fact, it has ...
Atheism has been on the rise in recent years, mostly in the West where a big chunk of people especially youngsters like to be identified as “Not Religious”. However, around the world including some Western ...
30SharesThere are no two opinions about the horrific lot dealt to Afghanistan for four decades in the form of unceasing violence. Beginning with the Soviet invasion in 1979, the tragedy reached its worst when US-led ...
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