Public mass shootings on October 5, 2017Since 2012, over 1500 people have died in mass shooting incidents across the USA. This number is disturbing because these people are not killed by banned foreign funded killers but by Americans living American life. Many of these people had a fairly comfortable life by American standards. Whereas many are linking mass shootings to poor […]
The floating jury and the travelling historian on October 4, 2017The boy was wielding a sharp machete. The other boy was walking firmly towards him, but he was struggling with the walk probably because of the ripples of the ship on the sea’s waves. At just the moment when the boy moved his hand holding the machete backwards, the other boy too swiftly got hold […]
Blue Whale time to block it! on September 26, 2017Whereas many are still skeptical about the game of suicide, Blue Whale, there have been multiple instances reported in India and even in Peshawar about the trend of suicide or attempted suicide after playing this game. The game involves players being encouraged to harm themselves by using common household items such as blades and knives; […]
The great migration and the travelling historian on September 17, 2017Soon after the travelling historian left Mercusary, he found people talking about the demise of Syncaria – the nation that was dying near a great river. The travelling historian thought for a moment that maybe tomorrow this nation too would become as successful as Mercusary therefore recording its history would be a right thing to […]
The kings shelter and the travelling historian on September 12, 2017 Moving from town to town and kingdom to kingdom, the travelling historian reached the great Ottoman kingdom of Mercusary. The kingdom was dubbed as invincible by other historians and the people of Eurasia. The astonishing factor was that the kingdom had the military, sports and business teams consisting only of youngsters from the age […]
Ethnic nepotism in academia on September 1, 2017Vanhanen has talked in detail about ethnic nepotism in his book ‘Ethnic conflicts: their biological roots in ethnic nepotism’. An ethnic group acts like a family since its members have common characteristic genes that are derived from same descent. This gives rise to nepotistic feeling about their descent groups so much so that they direct […]
Efseen couple and the travelling historian on August 17, 2017The travelling historian reached Efseen within few weeks after leaving Rahaba. As per the instructions of his old historian friend, he had tracked the grandson of Amal, who also happened to be the cousin of his old historian friend. The travelling historian asked him to narrate the story of the Efseen couple. The story goes […]
War profiteers and the travelling historian on August 8, 2017Travelling to Xona had been a good experience for the travelling historian. He had never been to a city that had lost its wealth due to its own people. He shared his experience with others whilst taking a break at the Sajjada inn – a joint popular among the travellers. “You must then go to […]
The spiral of silence and the travelling historian on August 3, 2017A travelling historian narrates that in the loving memory of a dervish, God sent a huge pile of wealth to his town called Xona, situated in a remote Chinese province. The wealth was enough to let the citizens of the town live without work for centuries. However to not discourage the dignity of labour, God […]
Importance of book reading on April 20, 2017The dying trend of book reading is not only a matter of great concern but also a reason for the abundance of superficial knowledge in our university students. The internet has given birth to a new habit of looking up the concepts and definitions of different topics instead of exploring them in depth by reading […]