The Iron Lady of France
The Eiffel Tower is the backbone of Paris. It is a permanent feature of the Paris skyline. The Eiffel Tower on the Champ de Mars was completed on March 31,...
Red Star Flutters Radiantly in Kathmandu: Union between Two Communist Parties Opens New Era
The PM of Nepal, Khagda Prasad Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal signed an agreement, according to which the new unity party will be named ‘Nepal Communist Party’, whose...
Turban in Europe and its Fashion Trends among Women – V
The turban was introduced into fashionable European dress in the early fifteenth century and its usage continued until the sixteenth century. It has been revived many times in women’s...
Trump Regime Expanding Fast Foreign Military Bases: Peace Coalition Plans Massive Anti-War Demonstrations on April 14-15
The U.S. already maintains 800+ foreign military bases in at least 80 countries around the world, mainly surrounding China and Russia—although the U.S. also maintains its fortresses on Cuba...
Military Parade Plan of Trump Creates Furore: Army Veterans, Democrats Oppose Move
The Republican president plans demanded a monster parade, complete with tanks and weapons and reminiscent of pageants tyrants’ stage, marching down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White...
Trump-FBI Reflects Divided Ruling Class: Democratic Party has to Push Progressive Agenda More
The question is: What is the motivation of the Mueller forces, including the FBI and possibly other intelligence agencies, for going after Trump? What is really at stake here?...
Homaji Vyrawalla, the First Lady of the Lens from India
Late Homaji Vyrawalla, the first lady photojournalist of India who was absolutely at ease in the then male-dominated bastion. She captured the birth and growth of a new nation....
Salad Bowl and Americanism
American writers of the Indian sub-continent are women. They are Mary Anne Mohan Raj, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri and Bapsi Sidhwa, Pakistan’s important diasporic writer. In their writings, what...
Kamala Markandaya: An Important Twentieth Century Indian Woman Novelist in English
Basudeb profiles one of the early woman novelists of India, Kamala Markandaya. A critique, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The Bronte sisters, Mrs. Gaskell, Dorothy Richardson...
95-year Astronaut John Glenn, the Oldest Man on Space, Passes Away
John Glenn, other than being the senator from Ohio, was also the oldest man in space. He is, and will always be, one of us, an Ohioan’s favorite. His demise...