In the interregnum between the publication of “Pax Sinica” by Samir Saran and Akhil Deo and the crushing second wave of the COVID-19…
Bookend - The Armchair Critic
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Nehru, Tibet and China – A.S.Bhasin Francis Bacon once memorably said, “It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves,…
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Unseen, unheard, unassuming and unknown Empathy is the sprout of goodwill long ago sown; An able ally to all the good souls looking…
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Bookend - The Armchair Critic
From Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un: How the Hardliners Prevailed: On the Political History of North Korea (2007 – 2020) – Thomas Schafer
Thomas Schäfer had the unenviable task of serving as the German Ambassador to North Korea for eight years. His tenure was in two…
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Billions of twinkling stars adorning the tranquil night Harbouring secrets beyond the grasp of human might and sight Looking down poignantly on an…
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Batshit, genome mapping and everything in between Spike proteins, spinal fluid and other things unseen It has taken 3 million deaths to even…
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The doyen of the Indian Constitution Dr. B.R.Ambedkar is venerated for his immortal quote on the efficacy of any Constitution. Ambedkar in an…
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While Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook might have moved away from the credo of ‘moving fast and breaking things’, characters in Eric Van Lustbader’…
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Ichiro Sato provides a very interesting, insightful, and concise primer on the concepts of “Ikigai” and “Kaizen” and also articulates how everyone of…
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Untrammeled advances in Science with morals derisively and brazenly cast aside Trappings of capitalism result in eerie outcomes which we meekly and sullenly…