I have always had immense respect for cartographers because they are among the most curious and enterprising people in the world. Everyone else follows paths that others have laid out for them. But in life, if you rely solely on a map to advance, you will always be restricted to places someone else has explored….
When people disagree in politics, they’re supposed to argue with words, not weapons. But sometimes violence takes over, and that can hurt both families and whole countries. Recently, Charlie Kirk was killed. That’s very sad for his family and friends, but it’s also scary for society. Why? Because it shows how dangerous political violence can…
Albania’s AI minister opens a whole new can of worms Tiny Albania is fully focused on seeing its 2.8mn people join EU by 2030. For membership, EU set the Balkan state that’s used for laundering… Source link
Political violence, unchecked, can upend governance Charlie Kirk’s killing is troubling at two levels. There’s the private tragedy of a young life cut short and a family bereaved. It affects all decent people, even those who disagreed with Kirk. Then there’s the public tragedy of a political assassination, which shows we haven’t changed much in…
The announcement of former chief justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister could help restore a measure of normalcy to turbulent Nepal. The country is in the midst of its third Jan Andolan in 35 years — a people’s movement against corruption led largely by its younger generation. Whether Karki, who has been chosen by…
Unexpected but true: Mumbai’s elite have a new passion, and it’s called mahjong! Living rooms and club lounges from Chembur to Churchgate echo with the clack-clack-clack of 144 tiles shuffling — a sound that has decisively dethroned the genteel clinking of silver tea services and the buzz of kitty parties. Forget idle gossip or the…
On the day you are reading this, India and Pakistan will meet at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium for the Asia Cup 2025. But with the wounds of the April 22 Pahalgam attack— in which Pakistani terrorists killed 26 Indians—still raw, we must ask: do such encounters serve any purpose beyond fleeting entertainment and commercial…
Albania, a small country in Europe with about 2.8 million people, really wants to join the European Union (EU) by 2030. But there’s a big condition: the EU says Albania has to prove it can… Source link
A female chef airs her worklife & lovelife secrets On Instagram Slutty Cheff dishes out food and sex stories, as if one were not possible without the other. It’s thus predictable that no sooner is her first book Tart: Misadventures of an Anonymous Chef out that a TV adaptation is in the works. One way…
By Narayani Ganesh US President Donald Trump recently approved the process to rename the US Defense Department. It will go back to the earlier, post-World War II nomenclature: Department of War, “as it sounds better”. The New York Times reports that “this measure has been expected for some time, and it underscores Mr Trump’s efforts…
