Bubbles | بلبلے
Scientists say that when a thin sphere of liquid encloses air or another gas, it is called a ‘bubble’. Blowing bubbles has been and is a favorite pastime of many
Where Western and Indian Philosophy Meet
Schopenhauer is not a reliable guide to the Upanishads. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad in IAI on Comparing Western and Indian philosophy: We find similar ideas of a transcendent ego in both Kant and
Why Truman Capote Spared Katherine Graham
The real reason Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, Truman Capote’s guest of honor at the Black and White Ball, was the only “swan” he didn’t betray By Joseph Rodota in
The Atlantic Ocean is Headed for a Tipping Point
Once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows René van Westen, Henk A. Dijkstra, and Michael Kliphuis in The Conversation: Instruments
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Five ways Imran Khan’s party used technology to outperform in elections
By Uzair Younus in the Atlantic Council: Pakistan’s electorate made themselves heard on February 8, when the country held general elections after months of delays. As results came in, it
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Remembering Peasants
Jeremy Harte at Literary Review: …peasants will soon be as extinct as the aurochs and Irish elk. In western Europe, the proportion of the population employed in agriculture now stands
When Democracy Ails, Magic Thrives
West German witchcraft trials after World War II reveal how political rupture can fuel magical thinking Samuel Clowes Huneke in Boston Review: On August 31 (2020) President Trump told Fox News host
The Trouble With Old Men
Samuel Moyn in Granta: Gerontocracy is as old as the world. For millennia, to greater or lesser degrees, it has been the default principle of governance, from ancient Greek city-states
Elections 2024: What the Intl. Media Had to Say
Dawn.com looks at some of the reporting and analysis from across the globe on the elections that were, contrary to the pre-poll predictions, anything but predictable: The Guardian — The
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Politics in a Burning World: Beyond Mere Survival
Rithika Ramamurthy and Ajay Singh Chaudhary in Non-Profit Quarterly: “Beyond Mere Survival”: A Conversation with Ajay Singh Chaudhary” Rithika Ramamurthy: I want to talk about the central concept of your
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Elections in Pakistan: Adil Najam Shares His Views
Adil Najam is a Pakistani academic, former Vice Chancellor @LifeAtLUMS (Pakistan). Presently, he serves as the global President of WWF, the Worldwide Fund for Nature, and is Dean Emerıtus and
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What Your Brain Is Doing When You’re Not Doing Anything
Nora Bradford in Quanta: Whenever you’re actively performing a task — say, lifting weights at the gym or taking a hard exam — the parts of your brain required to
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