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Reading the History of South India
South India. What does the term remind you of? The food? The culture? The ancient architecture? Or simply the better part of India? Although no political realm named South India ever existed, a cultural, geographical and geopolitical space of that description has been there in common parlance. In fact, it was long recognised in history…
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What Happened to Prophet Muhammad on Mount Hira?
Perhaps it could only have happened when he was forty, given the auspiciousness of that number throughout the Middle East. For the Beduin, for instance, it is a healing number — one that saves life. A common cure-all is called al-arabin, the forty, a blend of herbs in olive oil and clarified butter. Traditional healers…
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Mark Twain Explains the Humorous Story
What’s a humorous story? In the same way, you might ask, what’s a comic story? Or a witty story? Are they any different? Mark Twain, the great American writer, threw some light on it when he wrote an essay titled How to Tell a Story. The humorous story is AMERICAN, the comic story is ENGLISH,…
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Women in Ottoman Empire
How did the women in Ottoman empire look like? What did they do? When we ask these questions we are essentially talking about the medieval period in Turkey when the Islamic empire flourished. It’s interesting to note that while women in Prophet Muhammad’s time in Arabia played a key role in religious as well as…
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Mao Zedong and China’s Cultural Revolution
China’s Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, would not have occurred if Mao Zedong had died before 1966. Mao planned it, launched it and had a greater hand in directing it than anyone else. In Mao’s view, China’s Cultural Revolution lasted from 1966 to 1969, when the changes it had brought…
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The Meaning of Short Story
The central question to be considered in any discussion of the short story is what do we mean by short. Being short does not mean being slight. A short story should be long in depth and should give us an experience of meaning. This naturally brings up the awful question of what kind of a…
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Happy Endings: A Short Story by Margaret Atwood
John and Mary meet. What happens next? If you want a happy ending, try A. A John and Mary fall in love and get married. They both have worthwhile and remunerative jobs which they find stimulating and challenging. They buy a charming house. Real estate values go up. Eventually, they can afford live-in help, they…
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The School of Life: Our Need for Emotional Education
You probably already know about The School of Life. It is a collective of psychologists, philosophers and writers operating under a common brand. Started by the writer and philosopher Alain de Botton, The School of Life is a place to learn all the wisdom that truly matters in our lives. They write books, create youtube…
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