A personal reflection on Moon Over Wuyi, exploring how art transcends language and opens a window into Zhu Xi's philosophy, Chinese intellectual heritage and the enduring relationship between knowledge, nature and human
In a controversial move reflecting India’s ongoing historical and cultural debates, members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have demanded the demolition of the tomb of Mughal emperor
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The deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his partner, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, have led to movie clips of “The French Connection” movie being shared across social media. Hackman, who starred in
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by Satchi Deepa Mandlik’s Dynasties of Devotion is a work that does not merely present temples as places of worship, but as testaments to an India that thrived on artistic ambition, imperial
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The late 19th century saw economists, mainly German and Austrian, create a mythology of money’s origins that is still repeated in today’s textbooks. Money is said to have originated as just another
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Scientists are pushing the boundaries of genetic technology in an effort to resurrect traits from extinct species. The latest breakthrough? A group of “woolly mice” engineered with mammoth-like genetic traits, bringing researchers
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by Paul Michael Mandelbaum’s The Titans of the Twentieth Century purports to be an incisive exploration of eight men who “made history and the history they made.” The author, with an almost
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A controversial new claim by New York Times bestselling author Richard Poe suggests that the United Kingdom played a pivotal role in provoking World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution to further
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A recent report by MIT Technology Review highlights the growing debate among archaeologists about whether to continue excavating historical sites or wait until more advanced, less destructive technologies are developed. The discussion
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Archaeologists and forensic researchers have made a remarkable discovery in the ruins of Herculaneum: a human brain that was transformed into glass due to the extreme heat of the Mount Vesuvius eruption
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In a rare television appearance, former cavalry officer James Hewitt shared his thoughts on what the late Princess Diana would think about the ongoing feud between her sons, Prince William and Prince
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. ~ Nelson Mandela
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More than 60 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, James Files, a former Chicago mob hitman, continues to claim that he was the one who fired the fatal shot.
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Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II in Egypt’s Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis, making it the most significant archaeological discovery since the unearthing of Tutankhamun’s tomb in
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by Satchi Terry Deary, renowned for his irreverent yet incisive approach to history, delivers A History of Britain in Ten Enemies as a biting, often satirical examination of Britain’s greatest adversaries. It
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Anirudh Kanisetti’s Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire is an ambitious and erudite retelling of one of South India’s most influential yet often overlooked dynasties. A sweeping
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