Sanjeev Sanyal offers an alternative narrative on Emperor Ashoka in this book The Ocean of Churn We know Ashoka, the third and final major Emperor of the Mauryan dynasty, as a king who was so devastated by the violence he witnessed during the Kalinga war, he chose the path of nonviolence and Buddhism. …

Looking At Bad Relationships Through The Feminist Perspective increases hate and hostility by promoting a useless blame game. Marxism is the seed of modern-day feminism. When the Marxist perspective divides society horizontally into bourgeoisie and proletariat, feminism divides society vertically into men and women. Feminism is built on the belief that men suppress and exploit women. Therefore, a woman’s life should be a continuous revolution against her oppressor…

Watch the video version of this article here: Finishing the show BoJack Horseman proved to be a difficult affair for me. I wanted to watch it again for writing this review, but I couldn’t make myself sit through it one more time. …

On the Ideals of Satyagraha and Non-Violence On 2nd October, we all remembered Gandhiji, the man who used non-violence to win the freedom of 36.1 crore people from the British. He is the symbol of forgiveness, peace, and communal harmony, and from 2014, of cleanliness and hygiene too. Whenever we talk about him, there is the Raghupathi…

The importance of creativity in life. If I begin this blog by citing the Webster (or Oxford) dictionary on the definition of creativity, then the whole point of writing it is to tell you why that’s a bad idea. A while back, some people, predominantly men, put their heads together…

Lately, under some circumstances, I decided to file a complaint about the sexual abuse I suffered at the hands of a person close to me and my family. An incident that has caused me great pain and loss, it has now become a nightmare as I am willfully attracting outside…

It was that era in Indian history where Indians were taught that our religions and culture were primitive, barbaric, and superstitious. An era where the British rulers wanted to spread their ideology, culture, and religion upon a civilization they starved and left to perish. This was the milieu in which…

How toxic patterns develop in introverts and what impacts do they have in their lives — Being an introvert, I cannot stand too much interaction, people, or activities around me for a prolonged time. It’s hard for me to be the center of attention or mingle with too many people at once. To be specific, I’m an INTJ in the Myers-Briggs Test Indicator types. If you’re…

Why does The Taliban favor Madrassa education over modern education? How does that benefit them? — The Taliban has undermined two decades of modern education and democratic process in Afghanistan by declaring that Ph. D.s and degrees are less valuable than madrassa education and that they had no use of Graduates of 2000–2020. Government colleges that the U.S.-backed democratic regime under Ashraf Ghani ran in…