The YouTube Village of Bangladesh (Video)
Professionally shot videos of elderly villagers preparing, cooking, and serving food to hundreds of people are uploaded to YouTube and watched by 4 million subscribers. It is transforming a remote
‘The United States Can Do Whatever the Hell it Wants’
Reading Arundhati Roy politically: Some of this ideology one can take; much of it one may leave aside. But that her fiction gives us much insight into her world—the world
Continue reading‘The United States Can Do Whatever the Hell it Wants’
Russia Praises India’s Stance on Ukraine
Russia’s foreign minister on Friday praised India’s refusal to condemn the Ukraine invasion, saying Moscow and Delhi would find ways to circumvent “illegal” Western sanctions and continue to trade. India
Kashmir Files Is Vile Indian Propaganda
The propaganda movie, Kashmir Files is out in cinemas all over the world and in the United States. Kashmir Files exceptionalizes the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits at the cost of
The AI Historian: A New Tool to Decipher Ancient Texts
The origins of ancient inscriptions are often shrouded in mystery. Writing carved into stone millennia ago can be hard to read and is often missing entire sections of the text.
Continue readingThe AI Historian: A New Tool to Decipher Ancient Texts
An Argument For Compulsory Attendance at the Polls
E.J. Dionne Jr. and Miles Rapoport on Voting as Public Responsibility at Literary Hub: One hundred percent democracy sounds like a grade someone has achieved in a course—and we would like
Continue readingAn Argument For Compulsory Attendance at the Polls
Kalash Valley Locals Unique Burial Rituals (Video)
The locals of Kalash valley have a different identity and culture. They also have different burial rituals for the dead. Known as one of the world’s oldest cultures, the Kalashas
Continue readingKalash Valley Locals Unique Burial Rituals (Video)
NED: The Legal Window of the CIA
By Thierry Meyssan: For 30 years, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has been sub-contracting the legal part of illegal CIA operations. Without rousing suspicions, it has put in place
China Dubs National Endowment for Democracy “Second CIA”
China on Tuesday accused the United States of using its organization the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to topple governments around the world. During a regular news briefing, the Chinese
Continue readingChina Dubs National Endowment for Democracy “Second CIA”
History Indicates the Russians Won’t Abandon Putin. West Thinks Otherwise.
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager and Evgeniya Pyatovskaya in The Conversation: The West is punishing Russia, hoping that the dire economic crisis provoked by sanctions will put an end to the bloody war
Continue readingHistory Indicates the Russians Won’t Abandon Putin. West Thinks Otherwise.
An Interesting Case Study
A western educated Mohammad Mosaddegh served as the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953, and nationalized the country’s oil industry, depriving UK of 51% stakes in Iranian oil.
Girls With Earrings (جھمکےاُتارے جاتے ہیں)
Girl with a Pearl Earring is a historical novel set in 17th-century Holland. It’s a fictional account of the model and the painting done by a local painter. Novelist Tracy