In my Valentine’s Day message, I discussed how the tradition of secret love (களவு) marriages in India was gradually corrupted into arranged marriages due to the influx of Aryans into South Asia between 1000 BC and 1000 AD. In this blog, I will explore how the Dravidian society in the Levant region was similarly influenced by Aryan
At the peak of summer monsoon, I woke to rain pelting the tinned roof. The noise hurt my eardrums. Surely venturing onto the river in this weather would be disastrous. I was hoping that Bimal would not call. But he did.
A few hours later, we were on the banks of the Subansiri River waiting for our ride, a wooden boat piloted by a man named
The land of hypocrisy, I saw cheating ruled by
With lies you feed us with betrayal you water us
From the lips of sadness sometimes he will excuse me
I wish sadness would cure us
What does patience and fortitude do in a time!
Metwally Mohamed Metwally Basal, a poet and storyteller from Egypt, shares his poetry
Metwally
Sun v. Ice— An Account of US-Danish relations and Greenland
It was not the first time that the US had put in a bid for the vast Arctic island. In 1867, secretary of state William Seward politely inquired about a possible purchase
Trump may have his eye on the vast Arctic territory, but two things are abundantly clear: the
‘The Interpreter’ is the English version of Arabic novel ‘Al Tarjuman’, authored by Ashraf Aboul Yazid, an eminent writer and poet of Egypt
“I burned my youth, just as you used to burn incense in the translation room.”
You’ve exposed us, may God expose you, in this world and the next,
