She was once the most publicly adored woman in the world, yet felt a deep lack of love in her private life. Now a new film about Audrey Hepburn, the first made with the consent of her family, reveals her extraordinary sadness and pain as she candidly discusses the traumas inflicted by her father, her marriages… Read More Nosheen Iqbal: 'The best-kept secret about Audrey Hepburn is that she was so sad’
When I first spoke with Joseph Tainter in early May, he and I and nearly everyone else had reason to be worried. A few days earlier, the official tally of Covid-19 infections in the United States had climbed above one million, unemployment claims had topped 30 million and the United Nations had warned that the… Read More Ben Ehrenreich: How Do You Know When Society Is About to Fall Apart? Meet the scholars who study civilizational collapse
Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, is one of the most widely celebrated festivals of the Indian subcontinent. Diwali, as celebrated in various parts of the country today, has regional variations and is often adapted to the traditions of the respective communities. For instance, Brahmanical Diwali celebration offers homage mainly to Goddess Lakshmi;… Read More Diwali: The Various Shades of the Festival of Lights. By Silpisikha Baruah
Whatever his political position of the moment, he reflected one thing above all: the underlying chaos and bad faith of a world of wealth, power, and ever-growing inequality, a world, as it happened, just waiting to go down. Now that he’s defeated, count on one thing: he’ll take as much of this country with him as… Read More Tom Engelhardt: State of Chaos // Nick Turse: A Convergence of Calamities
NB: It is good to know that our Supreme Court is watchful regarding the rights of individual citizens to protection against state harassment. Here are some cases that may not have come to their Lordships’ notice, including one of an 83 year old activist who has been jailed under the draconian provisions of the UAPA… Read More Supreme Court lays emphasis on protecting personal liberty
NB: A personal mini-memoir that is not only moving, but could make us think seriously about the significance of politics in private life; and the emotional investment involved in ideological thinking. It is important not only for Americans, but for people in different parts of the world whose inner lives have been transformed by their… Read More Richard L. Eldredge: To my family who chose Trump over me: Was it worth it?
A gardening firm, situated between crematorium and sex shop, played comic role in final throes of president’s campaign. As Donald Trump’s rise was accompanied by branded merchandise – steaks, ties, boxers and red Maga hats – so his descent may come to be known by the stickers, shirts and hoodies now being sold by an obscure Pennsylvanian landscaping company that… Read More 'Make America rake again': Four Seasons Total Landscaping cashes in on Trump fiasco. By Victoria Bekiempis
This month marks 20 years of continuous human habitation of space on the ISS. The ISS is an orbiting laboratory for conducting scientific and technological experiments in microgravity. It is an extraterrestrial base for learning how to live and work in a remote, isolated and confined environment to prepare for exploring other planets. It is… Read More Inside the International Space Station – in pictures
By ordering Arnab Goswami’s arrest, the Shiv Sena led government of Maharashtra has managed to do that which he had claimed Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was incapable of. The Establishment that facilitated the rise of Goswami has done little more than made noises about championing the freedom of expression while Goswami cools his heels in a makeshift jail. Journalists are… Read More Bharat Bhushan – Arnab Goswami's arrest: Will the saga lead to introspection in the media?
Why won’t Democrats take yes for an answer? After being scared out of their wits by the opening night of America’s mad election, you would have thought that Biden’s return from the dead would have been the cue for boneless relief and celebration, but no. As Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania first teetered and then… Read More Mukul Kesavan – Biden as Batman: Dumping the Joker
