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In the 1870s, a French army officer proposed flooding the Sahara to create a man-made inland sea, convinced that a new ocean would green the desert and remake Africa's climate- Quote of the day by Herodotus: 'This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but...'; Timeless life lessons from one of history's greatest thinkers
- 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 fables
- 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...26 May, 2026, 05.10 PM IST
- 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...25 May, 2026, 07.41 PM IST
- 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...24 Jan, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
- '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 avail22 Nov, 2025, 11.13 PM IST
- India has control over its destiny: James A Robinson, co-winner of Economics Nobel 2024In a thought-provoking conversation with ET, Nobel Prize winner James A Robinson delves into the essence of national success and failure, i...06 Nov, 2025, 09.57 AM IST
- 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 ...05 Aug, 2023, 11.11 PM IST
- Chinese balloon saga is part of a long history of US-China tensionsThe Chinese origin of the first flying object - defended as a meteorological balloon by China, an explanation that was met with scepticism ...19 Feb, 2023, 12.31 PM IST
- Princess, poetess, priestess: Get to know Enheduanna, the world’s first-known authorEnheduanna was a Mesopotamian priestess who lived 4000 years ago.08 Jan, 2023, 11.34 AM IST
- 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.18 Nov, 2018, 11.21 AM IST
- 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?12 Jul, 2018, 09.02 PM IST
- 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 identities01 Jul, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
- Dear Shashi Tharoor, the fault was not in the Raj, but in ourselvesTharoor sought reparations for the Raj. These being mainly moral reparations, yes, but coming out of a conviction that the Raj was a very b...26 Jul, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
- The real Greek tragedyWe did everything for the world. Why then, do the bankers of the world, the wretched ingrates, harass Greece?03 Jul, 2015, 02.21 PM IST
- 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?03 Sep, 2011, 06.02 AM IST
- 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...15 Sep, 2010, 11.12 PM IST
- 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.19 Mar, 2009, 10.06 AM IST
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