Might makes (or breaks) right
I was really struck by a recent local news item here in New York. Some young people vandalised an equestrian statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman in Grand Army Plaza in midtown Manhattan.
I was really struck by a recent local news item here in New York. Some young people vandalised an equestrian statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman in Grand Army Plaza in midtown Manhattan.
Tracy Morgan uncovers his great-grandfather's World War I service and learns of his genetic connection to rapper Nas in a heartfelt journey on Finding Your Roots.
Russell's opposition to war did not stop with the end of World War I. He continued to remain a pacifist throughout. He strongly upheld the view that war was the outcome of 'possessive impulses'. The best government is a world federation of Free states. In the years immediately preceding the Second World War, Russell was again an advocate of a policy of pacification
What was special about these cases of totalitarianism was their ideological and pseudodemocratic-cum-plebiscitary character. Here, much more radically than elsewhere, an extensive conformity of population, extending also to the social and intellectual spheres, was sought and achieved with all the means of mass indoctrination
Former Vice President Joe Biden said the vote honoured the memory of the victims.
Jallianwala Bagh exposed how ruthless the colonial administration could be to suppress nationalistic violence.
North-east studies have been accorded priority in the programmes of the Asiatic Society
The general perception in Europe was that democracy had won the war. It is true that the principles of democracy and republicanism emerged victorious and nationalism appeared to be their natural ally. The War posed a serious challenge to the old order of Europe putting an end to dynastic rule in several European countries. The old order changed yielding place to the new, but against a heavy price.
Three-fifths of Nepal’s trade deficit is accounted for by India. This dependence is the primary reason why Nepal pegs its…
One hundred years after World War I ended, the saddest thought on Armistice Day must be the almost relentless danger…
