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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.

  • 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…

  • Ayn Rand on Writing and the Subconscious

    Ayn Rand presented an informal course on writing from her living room in 1958.

  • What The Quran Says About Hijab

    Recently, there has been a lot of talk about Hijab and whether or not it is an integral part of Islam. To answer this question, we need to go back to the holy scripture of Muslims – The Quran.

  • The Lost Art of Love

    IS LOVE AN ART? Or is love a pleasant sensation, which is a matter of chance, something one “falls into” if one is lucky? Many have pondered over this question, many still do, but as the societies evolved, we have moved away from the art side of it. After all, that makes love slightly-less-romantic as…

  • Mirabai’s Poems on Love and Devotion

    As soon as we read the first poem by Mirabai, we know we are in the presence of someone who is unworldly. Mirabai’s poems take you to this unreal realm where you get immersed in the magic of literary beauty. There is no one else exactly like her in the whole history of poetry. Mirabai…

  • How a 16th-Century Historian Described Africa

    Al-Hassan ibn-Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi, better known as Leo Africanus, was probably born in the 1460s in Granada, the last Muslim toehold in Spain. He was then raised in Fez (modern Morocco), where his family migrated in the face of mounting Spanish military pressure. Educated in Islamic law, he entered the service of the Sultan of…

  • Konglish, Hinglish and Other English Pandemics

    In many parts of the world, particularly in countries formerly colonised by the British, there is a noticeable enthusiasm for the English language. Often you see a class-divide in such societies, where the English-speaking faction is considered as the elite. Whether this divide exists purely on linguistic basis — that remains debatable. However, one cannot…