India has over Eighty Ways of Draping a Sari
There are more than 80 recorded ways to wear a sari. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with the loose end...
Taj to Tej and Mahal to Mandir: It is the Ruining Thought that Merits Demolition
Taj Mahotsav or Tej Mahotsav, both are the same things. There is not much difference between Taj and Tej. Our Tej Mandir has been turned into a cremation ground...
The Enchanting Story of the Indian Sari – I
In today’s India, there are 6.5 million people involved in the production of handloom saris. Although the structure of saris is mostly the same, Indian woman have much room...
Is the Stock Market Overvalued?
There are various metrics to measure the value of a stock market. The most common or popular is Earning per share, or EPS, for short. That one metric gives...
Bitcoin: Every New Bubble is the Same Old Story
Bitcoin is a virtual currency, which is generated through a mathematical formula by a computer software at regular time intervals. By 2040, 21 million bitcoins would be generated, explains...
Padmini in the Ocean of Controversies
Padmini’s narrative has found itself being retold in several ways over several centuries, in the form of poems, stories, dance dramas, comic books, plays, and films. Each retelling is...
My Journey as a Poet and Writer in 2017
Our columnist, Lily, looks back at 2017. She recounts her journey as a writer and poet, detailing her more than a year-long journey with this webzine, as Special Feature,...
Will the Emergence of the Left in Nepal Erode Indo-Nepal Friendship to Benefit China Strategically?
That China has been assiduously wooing Kathmandu has been all too clear but that the people of Nepal would turn away from India through the democratic process was not...
What are the Many Layers of the Lessons from History?
History always has some stories to tell, some mysteries to reveal, some experiences to share; that is why a lot of tourist places get crowded by visitors with curiosity...
A Psychoanalytical Journey is a Voyage into the Minds and Psychological Concepts
Martin, the author, gets an opportunity to lead an education tour of Turkey through travel grant approved by the university. There are five couples in the group, four married...