The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
“The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time.” ― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
Science is not just a seeking of things outside. It can also transform us when we know the vastness of this existence. Several scientists tell Big Think how science has changed their understanding of the Universe and themselves.
Four directors-general at SIS. One is Kathy. She reports to the Chief, who is known as “C”. First time in MI6’s history, three of the Director-Generals are women. Kathy is the Director of Operations. Rebecca is the one for Strategy. And Ada, also known as “Q” after James Bond’s legendary gadgeteer, is the head of technology.
This article describes the fascinating lives of women spies from Mi6.
The word for ‘philosophy’ in Korean is the ‘study of wisdom’ or, perhaps better, ‘how to become wise’ In the Korean tradition of philosophy, human beings are social beings, therefore knowing how to interact with others is an essential part of living a good life.
Architecture, industrial design, cinematography, and probiotic soda branding aren't sending their best. Despite advanced manufacturing and design technologies, our built environment tends overwhelmingly toward the insubstantial, the flat, and the gray, punctuated here and there by the occasional childish squiggles.
The Ode to Joy was first performed in Vienna in 1824. It was adopted by the Council of Europe as its anthem in 1972. Thirteen years later, in 1985, it became the official anthem of the European Community, and of its successor, the European Union. Beethoven used a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 as the basis for his most popular composition. “Ode to Joy” is the tune is the prelude to the fourth – and final – movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. This is the fascinating story behind this masterpiece!
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The I.N.D.I.A alliance has clearly expressed its election plank - annihilation of Sanatan Dharma or Hinduism. In order to dismantle the Modi government. It is not an electoral battle anymore but a civilizational battle now.
Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven wrote about disruptive militant protests in 1966. Movements like Occupy, Woke protests were its offsprings. Even in India, anti-Modi government protests bear its imprint. An analysis.
'The Vaccine War' is a beautiful story of very complex times. Vivek Agnihotri has weaved together a masterpiece dealing with a subject very few would have touched. The pandemic and the triumph of India.
Chandrayaan-3 landing on South side of moon was not just the triumph of scientists at ISRO today but a tradition and history of science that looks at exploration as a spiritual path. It is a story of a battle against all odds and challenges!
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