-Aritra Biswas One of the most important and complicated moments in the modern history was the Cold War. Spanning about 1947 to 1991, it was not a conventional war where armies battled in battlefields but a long term power struggle between the two opposing blocs in the world. On the one hand was the United […]Read More
-Oishee Bose On a normal evening in 1958, a town square was full of noise and faces. People carried pots and pans, children climbed trees to reach nests, and neighbours celebrated as eggs were shattered and fledgling were extracted from hiding spots. The energy of the time appeared to be that of a harvest festival. […]Read More
-Oishee Bose If you turn up at Tiretta Bazar early, you feel like you’ve stumbled into somebody’s memory. Steam climbs from aluminium steamers, a vendor nudges a bamboo basket across a wooden stall, a little kid tugs an elder toward a stall that smells of pork buns and moong dal, and the city’s different tongues […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh Introduction: Nietzsche and the Crisis of Modern Thought Friedrich Nietzsche occupies a paradoxical position in modern intellectual history. He is celebrated as one of the most radical critics of Western metaphysics and morality, yet he remains one of the most controversial figures because of his views on women and religion. His philosophy is […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh Introduction: A Forgotten Woman of Empire Susanna Anna Maria occupies a distinctive yet largely forgotten position in the social history of colonial India. Known historically as Begum Johnson of Calcutta, she belonged to the early generation of Eurasian Christian women who emerged in eighteenth-century Bengal, at a time when colonial society was still […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh Print culture refers to the complex system through which written texts are produced, circulated, consumed, and interpreted within society. It includes not only books and newspapers but also pamphlets, posters, journals, advertisements, and all other forms of printed material. The history of print culture is therefore not simply a technological story about the […]Read More
~ Debashri Mandal In 1872, British surveyor Alexander Cunningham uncovered a small clay seal at the ruins of Harappa. It showed a deeply incised bull (no hump) facing right, and above it six short symbols that he could not recognize as any known Indian script. “They are certainly not Indian letters,” Cunningham wrote – he […]Read More
-Oishee Bose How did a rough Siberian peasant gain the trust of a mourning empress and grow into a man whose words could influence who entered and left governmental institutions? The answer is not in a lone theatrical moment or a secret plan. It rests in a gradual collection of fear, confidence, belief, speculation, and […]Read More
-Aritra Biswas According to Hindu philosophy the Shivling (Shiva Linga) is one of the oldest and most sacred symbols where Lord Shiva, the supreme power of destruction, transformation and regeneration resides. Even further than a mere physical object, the Shivling represents the all-embracing cosmic energy that is the source of creation, and into which it […]Read More
~ Debashri Mandal We have heard a lot about the lost cities and civilizations around the world. It has always brought us towards the mysterious disappearance of their prosperity to their mere existence. So, in this article, we will explore one of this kind – The Maya Civilization. Some of the few ancient civilizations have […]Read More