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At Elon Musk's Starbase, the rise of SpaceX brings fortunes and fracturesSpaceX's rapid expansion in South Texas, centred around its Starbase facility, is bringing economic benefits and global attention. However,...
On This Day in History, June 3: Muhammad Ali’s death, Tiananmen Square crackdown, Tagore’s knighthood, Partition plan and first American spacewalkOn This Day in History, June 3 witnessed several landmark events that shaped the modern world. From Muhammad Ali’s death in 2016 and the Ti...
When colonisers beat off colonisersAs Americans celebrate Independence Day with fireworks and fanfare, the article highlights the irony for Native Americans. The holiday mark...
It’s not geography but institutional heft that makes countries rich or poorDaron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson, and Simon Johnson received the Nobel Prize in Economics for their research on institutions and economic ...
Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. RobinsonThe Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Daron Acemoglu from Turkey, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson from the US for their sig...
Martin Scorsese credits Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' for opening his eyes to different culturesRenowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese has credited Satyajit Ray directorial 'Pather Panchali' for opening his eyes to different cultures and w...
'Taxi Driver' director Martin Scorsese reveals watching Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' gave him rare insight into lives of the marginalisedThe 80-year-old said he saw a dubbed English version of 'Pather Panchali' on television in New York as a youngster.
Avatar 2 faces boycott calls over 'cultural appropriation' and racismA previous remark made by James Cameron, 'Avatar: The Way of Water's director has also been considered in the boycott request for the sci-f...
- Avatar 2 faces boycott calls over 'cultural appropriation' and 'racism'
A previous remark made by James Cameron has also been considered in the boycott request for the sci-fi picture, which purportedly profits f...
Translation, the new (benign) colonialismTranslating quality contemporary literature in Indian languages into other Indian languages, English, Mandarin, Spanish, etc - languages wh...
Be global suppliers of Hawaiian shirtsWith political correctness niggling US, is this India’s printed ticket to success?
Racism in food? US, North European cuisines enjoy a privileged status, while others are named 'ethnic'In NYC and most of the US even today, non-northern European foods termed are 'ethnic'.
China's BRI to exploit natural resources, says Tibetan leaderTouted as Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitious project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) focuses on improving connectivity and cooper...
Gwadar Port to have implications for US, Gulf too: ex-Pakistan envoyThe China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking southern Pakistan, and the Gwadar ...
Humans, climate change together felled Ice Age giants: StudyThe timing and cause of rapid extinctions of the megafauna, that roamed the plains of Patagonia in southern South America, has remained a m...
Will usgullas take on rasgullas in India?There is enough of a cultural spillover domestically and internationally in the east for the rasgulla to have more claimants.
New Mars route may make manned mission cheaper and easierAlthough launch and cruise costs remain the same, the big burn to slow down and hit the Martian bull's-eye - as in the Hohmann scenario - i...
Is the Land Acquisition Bill spurring Indians for a one-way trip to Mars?The implementation of the Land Acquisition Act could also spur some last-minute applications, attracted by the lack of stubborn local Marti...
How and why Greece is a eurozone disasterApparently, in Greece, the super rich never ever pay taxes, despite the fact that it has more millionaires per capita than the rest of Euro...
- Coca-colonialism and Tata-colonialism
Will Tata-colonialism beat Coca-colonialism? This rhetoric makes me uneasy. The concept of an imperial struggle for control of the world is...