Power

Before his untimely death due to coronavirus, Dr Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist in Wuhan, the first whistleblower of the Covid-19 pandemic, was severely …

In March 1979, a revolt erupted in the desert town of Herat, Afghanistan, near the Iranian border. Rebels in the Afghan military mercilessly massacred Russian …

On 6 July 2007, Pakistani police discovered an anti-aircraft gun ominously positioned along the secret flight path of then-President General Pervez …

Voltaire, the renowned French polymath and champion of the Enlightenment, made a flippant yet incisive remark on the Royal Prussian Army: “Where some states have …

In India, movies transcend entertainment and cathartic sensibilities. It often regresses into the distorted realms of individual and mass sensitivities, blurring the lines …

In the annals of human history, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in 1863 assumed a pivotal role in the spread of democracies across the world…

Metaphors have been an intrinsic part of human cognition and expression since the birth of civilisations and the formation of languages in all cultures. While metaphors …

The Peace Of Westphalia, a series of treaties signed in 1648, was a monumental event in ascertaining the territorial sovereignty of two Westphalian states of …

The Middle East has been a flashpoint in global affairs for over a century. Sustained geopolitical tensions have evaded peaceful co-existence between communities that …

Plato, the Greek philosopher, had utter disdain for democracy. He contended that late-stage democracies, which contain the seeds of tyranny, degenerate …