When fiction becomes reality on January 22, 2018The current controversary in India about the Bollywood Hindi film, Padmavati, has brought a new spotlight on a relatively lesser-known Muslim sufi poet, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, on whose epic poem, Padmavat, the film is based on. Jayasi was born more than five centuries ago in a small town in the district of Amethi in present-day […]
Some Indians disown the Taj Mahal on January 1, 2018The Taj Mahal, an enduring testament to Shah Jahan’s everlasting love for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, is visited by an estimated 3.5 million people every year and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Designated by UNESCO in 1983 as a world heritage site, it generates a huge amount of foreign […]
How America became an imperial power on December 16, 2017A little over two centuries ago, America gained its independence from Britain and in time became the United States of America. The country’s founding fathers, having suffered under foreign rule, enshrined the sanctity of the principle of self-determination in their Declaration of Independence, which defines “liberty as an inalienable right.” Thomas Jefferson, the third US […]