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Life Advice of the Day by Aesop: 'Better be wise by the...' Learnings on intelligence, mistakes, observation, research, decision-making, trial and errorLife Advice of the Day by Aesop highlights the value of learning from the mistakes, failures, and experiences of other people. The advice e...- Quote of the day by Aesop: 'Always stop to think whether your fun may be...' Life lessons on human nature, happiness, kindness and inner peace by supposed author of a collection of Greek fablesQuote of the day by Aesop reminds people to think about how their actions affect others. The saying highlights kindness, human nature, happ...
- Quote of the day by the man behind “History is written by the victors” — Walter Benjamin: “Memory is not an instrument for surveying the past but its theater.” Learn the profound lesson on identity, and the hidden layers of human experience from one of the 20th century’s greatest philosophersThe Walter Benjamin quote of the day is gaining fresh attention across readers searching for identity, and emotional healing. Walter Benjam...
- Quote of the day by Aesop: 'Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit, and it is but common...' - life lessons on relationships, wise decision-making and why some life choices become impossible to escape by Greek fabulist of The Tortoise and the HareQuote of the day by Aesop: Ancient wisdom from Aesop reminds us that starting commitments is easier than ending them. Emotions and initial ...
- Quote of the day by Herodotus: “Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.” Learn the profound lessons on wisdom, powerlessness, destiny, human emotions, and the harsh reality of life from the author of The HistoriesQuote of the day by Herodotus: The powerful Herodotus quote, “Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this,” still shapes modern wisdom disc...
- What India could learn from Greece’s indifference to its own gloryA vacationer's initial admiration for the modern Greek mindset, contrasting it with India's focus on a glorious past, was shattered by a to...
- 'ISTORY'S fair share of 'ISTRIONICSFrom Hegel and Marx to Fukuyama and Huntington, every boffin's tried to make heads or tails of H to no avail
- Despite a long record of name-calling, India remains an inspirational and inspiring brandPrime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the opposition combine INDIA during the parliamentary deadlock over the violence in Manipur and ...
- Discovering the ‘surprising’ ingredients of ancient Egyptian mummification workshopThe exceptional collection of pottery dates from around 664-525 BC.
- Princess, poetess, priestess: Get to know Enheduanna, the world’s first-known authorEnheduanna was a Mesopotamian priestess who lived 4000 years ago.
- Recently unearthed 54 corpses tell the truth about ancient GreekThe Sicily of antiquity, rich in resources and strategically located, was home to both Greek and Carthaginian colonies.
- View: What differentiates a patriot from a fraud nationalistLove for one’s nation must mean love for its people. Those who don't understand this are fraud nationalists.
- Nothing can be said about our army, they’re above criticismWhy should retired soldiers insist on getting what retired teachers and clerks and postmen do not?
- So who is an Indian? The answer, my friend, is on your thaaliIdeally it should be: Indians are all who say they are Indians. But we live in a time when there is an insistence on sharpening identities
- Oldest natural creations still intactThere are still something on earth that has remained unchanged for billions of years.
- The real Greek tragedyWe did everything for the world. Why then, do the bankers of the world, the wretched ingrates, harass Greece?
- Walking SoftlyIn spiritual traditions around the world, humility has long been seen as the perfect antidote to extreme human pride. The Greeks called it ...
- Fear of failureBeginning is the most important part of the work, said Plato. For if one does not begin at all, how does one expect to win?
- Fear not the lightTHE memorial plaque on the monument at Thermopylae bears a simple epitaph. Come and get them! That was the Spartan response when Persians a...
- Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from GoogleGoogle Inc is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available for free on Sony Corp's electronic book-reading device.
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