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Rise of America
In 1800, the United States was an agricultural country where about ninety-four percent of the population lived in rural areas and most families produced mo…
India Travel
The Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha is one of those places that leaves you speechless. Built in the 13th century, it was designed as a giant chariot for the…
India Travel
Bengaluru, or Bangalore as many still call it, surprised me. I was expecting a modern, tech focused city, and it is that, but it is also a city with a surp…
Tourism
Before there was a Burj Khalifa or a Palm Jumeirah, there was the Creek. This saltwater inlet from the Arabian Gulf was the reason Dubai existed at all —…
Tourism
Before there was a Burj Khalifa or a Palm Jumeirah, there was the Creek. This saltwater inlet from the Arabian Gulf was the reason Dubai existed at all —…
Creativity
The world of AI art generation can feel overwhelming, but it's actually one of the most accessible entry points into using AI. If you have an idea, you can…
Sports
Sachin Tendulkar is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. Known for his extraordinary technique, consistency, and dedic…
Rise of America
Joseph Nye coined the term soft power in 1990 to describe the ability to influence others through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion. He was de…
Sports
Virat Kohli is one of the most successful and influential cricketers in the history of the India national cricket team. Known for his exceptional batting s…
International Relations
Africa is the battleground for the 21st-century geopolitics. China has been there for decades, building roads, ports, and railways—often with the help of…
Sports
Hardik Pandya is one of the most prominent all-rounders in modern Indian cricket. Known for his aggressive batting, medium-fast bowling, and energetic fiel…
Philosophy
Existentialism is the philosophy of the 20th century because it grapples with the anxiety of modern freedom. The core tenant, often summarized as "existenc…
Rise of America
There is a strip of land between San Francisco Bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains that, in the span of about fifty years, produced more transformative techno…
India Travel
I have seen a lot of ancient sites around the world, but the rock cut caves of Ajanta and Ellora are on another level. Located in Maharashtra, these two si…
Philosophy
Hannah Arendt witnessed the rise of totalitarianism in the 20th century and dedicated her life to understanding its mechanisms. Her most famous concept, th…
Human Psychology
Cognitive dissonance is among the most important ideas in twentieth-century psychology, and it is widely misunderstood. Most people think it just means hol…
Rise of America
The United States is, by any historical measure, an extraordinarily successful political experiment. A republic founded in 1776 with a population of around…
Philosophy
How do we build a fair society? John Rawls, the most important political philosopher of the 20th century, proposed a thought experiment: imagine you are de…
Rise of America
The United States spent the first century after the Civil War elaborating systems of racial subordination that made a mockery of its founding ideals. The S…
Philosophy
We often treat philosophy as a set of abstract theories to be studied. But the ancient Greeks and Romans saw it differently. For them, philosophy was a way…
Rise of America
By 1860, the United States had been arguing about slavery for most of its existence. The founders had known it was a contradiction and had mostly chosen to…
Rise of America
The nineteen twenties in America were years of dizzying transformation in the texture of everyday life. The automobile went from novelty to necessity. Radi…
Rise of America
Before there was a United States, there was a collection of quarrelsome, ambitious, and deeply unequal colonies strung along the Atlantic seaboard. They sh…
Rise of America
Between 1880 and 1920, approximately twenty-five million immigrants arrived in the United States. They came from Southern and Eastern Europe — Italy, Pol…
History
World War II remade the planet. The old empires, Britain, France, the European colonial powers, were bankrupt and exhausted. The new superpowers, the Unite…
Bilateral Relations
The US-China rivalry is the defining dynamic of the 21st century. In this rivalry, India is the prize. The US views India as the only democratic country wi…
Rise of America
In 1845, a journalist named John O'Sullivan wrote that it was America's manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free de…
Fantasy
The Sandman brought Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking comic series to life in spectacular fashion, becoming one of Netflix's most critically acclaimed adaptatio…
Economy
Let’s be honest—when you hear ‘future superpower,’ two names pop up immediately: India and China. But if you look closely, these two are playing co…