28 Days and Counting: A Statistical Tie
In precisely four weeks, the majority of the United States of America will vote for the most consequential election in…
The Liberal World Order: Its Turning Points and Resilience—A Review of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria
Are you captivated in what series of historical occurrences led to the current global order—the idea of democracy, liberalism, free…
The Newfangled Gentry
The Industrial Revolution dismantled the aristocracy—gravitated the peasants to urban pockets, taking the citadel of the transformation as an example,…
Finding Strength and Wisdom in the Hanuman Chalisa
The Hindu religion encompasses a wide swath of ideas, deities, poems, ways of worshiping, myths, places of worship, and festivals. Truth…
The Choice is Clear
The past few months in American politics have been tumultuous. At this point, anything is possible. If an assassination attempt,…
Open or Closed—The New Global Political Divide
The general notion is that there are individuals who incline right, left, or center in terms of their political and…
Kingdom of Ideas — Without a King?
As I am on the cusp of entering a new phase in my life—entering undergraduate school—I wonder what such an…
Empathy — The Heart’s Mirror
In the third decade of this present century, a lot has evolved, for better or for worse. But human inventions…
India: A Churn for the Renegotiation of the Social Contract—Again.
Any society is not stagnant; its evolution over the course of time may be regressive or progressive in nature. Led…
The Tempest of Needless Fear
During the course of the past week, global markets were in a state of deep panic. With concurring breaking news…
