Architecture Reflecting Culture: The Alhambra
Throughout history civilizations have been overtaken by successors. These in turn decline and fall as time marches on. Often all that remain are monuments,...
Trump Accepts Election Nomination
The most unconventional conventions for the two major parties are over and the tickets formally approved: Trump/Pence versus Biden/Harris.
What is patently obvious in this...
The Minority Question in A Democracy: The U.S. Example
Democracy covets the majority, no doubt satisfactory to the 19th century utilitarians like Jeremy Bentham -- whose dressed up remains sit in a glass...
Independence and Beyond: The Indian Subcontinent
As Mr. Lincoln might have said ...three-score and thirteen years ago the Indian subcontinent gained independence (August 14/15, 1947) from the British -- although...
Hiroshima and the Peace of the Bomb
Seventy five years ago this week, the world witnessed a cataclysm that was to change the nature of war forever: The atom bomb was...
Hajj In The Age Of Coronavirus
The Hajj pilgrimage is one of the pillars of Islam, required of those who are able and have the financial capacity. Eid al Adha...
India’s Rape Problem and Legislator Impunity
India's largest quarantine center for mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic Covid-19 patients is in the capital, Delhi. Newly built it accommodates 10,000 patients, and it...
Whatever Happened to U.S. Foreign Policy …
The recent whistleblower complaint against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused him of questionable activities. Aside from using State Department staff for personal use...
Whither India’s Democracy?
Anand Teltumbde heads the large data analytics program at Goa Institute of Management. He is a recognized scholar and a professor. He is also...
Covid-19 And The Self-Sacrifice Of Nurses And First Responders
A civilized society enjoys an element of courtesy in its social interactions, although this courtesy can now mean a measure of self-sacrifice. If such...