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A 1000-Year Timeline to Understand Ukraine Crisis
Note: We have published a free Kindle Unlimited book on the Ukraine crisis. Please click on the link to get it right now: A Short History of the Ukraine Crisis 9th Century: Formation of Kyivan Rus. This is where the story of modern-day Russia and Ukraine begins. Kyivan (Kievan) Rus was the early, mostly East…
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Hobson-Jobson: An Essay by Salman Rushdie
Hobson-Jobson, dictionary of British India, is an eloquent testimony to the unparalleled intermingling of Indian languages with English.
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Why Didn’t Women Create Great Art?
Throughout history, one question has been thrown at women in one form or the other: can you do what a man can? Different societies in different times have asked this question differently. Can you cut trees like a man? Can you fight in wars like a man? Can you play like a man? Can you…
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Basho Haiku Poems About Spring
Basho was recognised for his work in a poetic form that was precursor to haiku. Let’s read some of his poems.
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Spring Haikus by Matsuo Basho
Basho was recognised for his work in a poetic form that was precursor to haiku. Let’s read some of his poems.
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Did India Exist Before the British Colonisation?
Did the British somehow create India? Was there no such thing as a united India before the British colonised it? Let’s find out.
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What Does a Privileged Childhood Look Like?
We often associate a privileged childhood, or privileged life, with a swimming pool in the garden, holidays abroad, lavish presents, luxurious lifestyle — and maybe someone else taking care of our chores. Our ideas are plainly focused on material benefits. However, as the author and philosopher Alain de Botton shows in his book How to…
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Ayn Rand on Writing and the Subconscious
Ayn Rand presented an informal course on writing from her living room in 1958.
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