Henry Kissinger…perhaps the most famous US statesman and diplomat the country ever saw, and also the most controversial. However, very few people remain as active and influential as Kissinger has been at the age of 100, and there is some great diplomatic and tactical prowess behind that. So, today in…
Why and how, the US 'purchased' ALASKA from Russia?
July 29, 2023
Alaska…the 49th state of the United States of America (USA). But, very few people know that it became a part of the US only in 1867 and was a part of Russia till then. It was all because of several economic issues faced by Moscow, that it decided to ‘sell’…
It is more than 500 days since Russia launched its offensive against Ukraine. These days, many big developments have taken place on the battlefield; ranging from Russia’s embarrassing withdrawal from Kherson, the setback for Ukraine in Bakhmut, and the famous Wagner group mutiny. In the period of over one year,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently concluded his maiden state visit to the United States. From defence cooperation to space collaboration, several important areas remained the talking points of this visit. How significant the visit was, can be understood by the fact that it was only the third ‘state visit’ hosted…
Cracking down Dissent!
June 27, 2023
Around a dozen students are sitting in the library with their books. Suddenly, they hear a large barge on the door. The students look at each other, foreseeing the danger, they had already locked the door. All of a sudden, a bomb comes inside the room from the ventilator just…
A REPORT FOR LIFE
June 20, 2023
CHAPTER 1 Raju was playing with his friends in the village playground. Suddenly it started raining, and all the kids decided to head back toward their houses. Raju purposefully took the longer route as he wanted to enjoy playing in the rain. Instead of taking the road, he went…
Twice in three years…India reached the finals of the World Test Championship (WTC), but couldn’t cross the line owing to a pretty mediocre performance at the big stage. The most disheartening fact was that we ended up losing against “them”, our biggest arch-rivals. At the Oval, the Aussies first put…
“Chennai Chennai Super Kings!”…well this was precisely the reaction of every cricket fan (across party lines) after witnessing an EPIC finish to the INCREDIBLE Premiere League this Tuesday (Yes…the match scheduled on Sunday actually reached the result on Tuesday…HA HA). But, the major story of the tournament was once again…
The Kerala Story…well this movie needs no introduction as it is already the talk of the town…for all the right and wrong reasons, depending on which side you stand. The movie revolves around the story of three girls who were allegedly abducted, converted to Islam and then sent to ISIS. …
A few weeks ago, heavy violence broke out in the state of Manipur. The situation was so severe that the centre had to send in its forces, all other states had to evict out their people living in Manipur and Olympian Mary Kom literally uttered “My state is burning” while…
