TWO Videos on Palestine, Ukraine
IRSHAD SALIM: TWO years ago (in Feb2022) I commented on the Ukraine issue –using a Russian-French commercial video advertisement of a car. It may not have relevance with the situation.
Victims of Our Own Narrative
Markets in Pakistan should be allowed to generate profits, but not at the expense of the customer Zafar Masud writes in Dawn: Shiller, a Yale-based behavioral economist, argues that markets
Simone de Beauvoir on The Ethics of Freedom
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) wrote The Ethics of Ambiguity in 1948. In many ways, it can be read as a reaction to World War 2, an attempt to make sense of all
What You Need to Know About Vitamin C, Vitamin B, Turmeric, and Fish Oil/Omega-3
Avery Hurt in Discover Magazine: Taking supplements has been a popular health trend for the last few years. Drug store shelves are filled with dozens of different options that come in
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The Cause of Depression Is Probably Not What You Think
“Genetic studies also seemed to rule out any connection between genes affecting serotonin levels and depression, even when the researchers tried to consider stress as a possible cofactor.” Joanna Thompson
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Hanif Kureishi: Accident ‘Completely Eradicated’ Sense of Self and Privacy
Author says he had to adjust to ‘becoming another person’ after injuries in Boxing Day fall last year Jane Clinton in The Guardian: Hanif Kureishi has spoken candidly of how
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Behind the New Iron Curtain
Caviar, counterculture, and the cult of Stalin reborn Marzio G. Mian at Harper’s Magazine: Russia has become, to observers in the West, a distant, mysterious, and hostile land once again.
War, Peace And The Return Of History In 2023
Adam Tooze writes in Chartbook: In 2023 the escalation of violence around the world was horrifying. As the FT remarked: “The anecdotal evidence that war is surging round the world
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The Free-Speech Debate Is a Trap
Andrea Long Chu in New York Magazine: Last week, I was meant to deliver a talk at the 92nd Street Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center. That talk, along with the entire
Top 10 Emojis of 2023: What Do They Share in Common?
Shaking face and the hearts in shades of pink, grey, and blue are most well-liked emojis this year. ‘Crying With Laughter’ tops the list! The top ten emojis for 2023
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Fragmenting Global Order: Build Geopolitical Resilience
A world connected and fragmenting “Geopolitical risk is at the top…the global order today is experiencing cross-cutting forces. On the one hand, according to McKinsey Global Institute research…, the ties
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Not Just an Object: Decolonizing Southasian Art in Berlin
A small, intricately carved ivory box from Sri Lanka was one of the highlights of a recent exhibition in Berlin aimed at ‘de-colonizing’ such artifacts By Kanika Gupta: As a
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