• 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…