The Bengali word for Rainbow has been changed. Henceforth, a rainbow in Bengali shall be known as 'Rongdhonu (রংধনু)', instead of Ramdhonu (রামধনু). A decision to change the word was taken ...
Language evolves naturally, while Grammar is always formulated by language scholars, the meaning of words come into existence based on multiple factors which also include cultural and civilizational history of the ...
One of the best solutions to keep control over a newly acquired state is to establish colonies therein. If this cannot be done, it is necessary to station a large army ...
A false narrative that has become a part of the political mainstream is that Bengal, unlike other parts of the country, had always been secular and that even after partition, both ...
Stereo typing of a particular community in India has always been rampant and common. The stereo typing has been often conveyed in the form of popular jokes or through serious rejoinders. ...
1946, 1947, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2008 & now 2016. Confused? These are the years when communalism, be it of any level, ashamed us Indians to the core. From the ...
Forget Trump, perhaps I don’t believe any White Man! John Nixon, former CIA official who interrogated Saddam Hussain feels the now long dead Iraqi ruler should have been left to rule ...
The dust hasn’t settled over Trump ’s victory as yet, and even now liberal mobs are rioting across America- burning cars and attacking hapless pedestrians. And while reports are still uncoordinated, ...
The acute civilian military disconnect in India is most prominently seen by the public reactions after every terrorist attack (like the latest in Uri, which sadly won't be the last), where ...
Mamta Banerjee or our very own Kejriwal of the East has once again proved why she is giving a tough fight to our Delhi CM in competing for the post of ...
The partition of British India in 1947 and the emergence of India and Pakistan did not, as was widely claimed by their politicians, usher in an era of unity and peace. ...
Two centuries ago, the dying Simon Bolivar- the liberator of South America and the greatest revolutionary the World had seen or has since- lamented: “He who serves the Revolution, ploughs the ...
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