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Clash of civilisations or the Cult of Personalities? Assessing Turkey’s Indo-Pak relations
A burgeoning Turkey-Pakistan friendship against India should not be inferred as an example of Huntington’s clash of civilizations. Samuel Huntington’s “The Clash of Civilizations”...
The Deep Abyss of History
As we put pen to paper transmitting thoughts and ideas to others without face-to-face interaction, do we ever wonder that it is a fairly...
India at the forefront of information technology for science and culture
The computer age in India began in 1958, when India's first electronic digital computer HEC-2M was installed at the ISI in Kolkata. That computer...
BRICS and the establishment of a global socio-cultural architecture
Several reports have already appeared on aspects of cultural dimensions of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Admittedly, BRICS has broadened its...
The Euro-Mediterranean Federation of “Le Vie Aleremiche, Normanno-Sveve” is born
We are experiencing a complex historical phase, characterized by a great socio-economic upheaval: a period of fear, and anxiety, in which culture can become...
The Handmaid’s Tale: Making a drama out of a crisis
The Handmaid’s Tale, an award-winning television series, may be about a fictional “alternative reality”, but the show’s creators have gone to great lengths to...
Custodians of Islam, changing their Avatar
If we peek into the historical traces, it could be seen that the world has fought more wars on religion or for their state’s...
Soft Power Policies of East Asian Titans
Soft Power is a widely discussed and equally disputed concept as various scholars have their personal interpretation upon the power of attraction.
Joseph Nye has...
Emily in Paris: An exotic portrayal of the French from a modern coloniser
“I feel like Nicole Kidman in ‘Moulin Rouge’”
That was how Emily Cooper, a young American marketeer described her feelings towards Paris: an exotic dreamland...
Chinese Smart Power
China is a unique country as it holds a world with Chinese Characteristics. China has rapidly transformed from an underdeveloped country to a key...