1857 – The Siege of Lucknow

Mar 14

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Creator: Felice Beato, b. ca. 1825 | Title: Inside the Sikandra Bagh, Lucknow, circa 1858. | Phy. Description: 1 print : albumen ; image 26 x 30 cm., mounted 38 x 41 cm. | Source - Freer/Sackler Archives | Location - Smithsonian Institution

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How a reign of terror & brutality on home populations disarmed Indian armies and ended the 1857 War

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How Will China Unwind

Nov 3

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How long can China keep up with an overvalued Yuan? (Cartoonist credit not available.). Click for image.

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How long will China grow at the same pace – with a expensive yuan?

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Debts of Gratitude

Oct 13

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The usual claim made is all modern technolgy was 'invented' by the West - and 'Less Developed' Countries are either receiver of alms or 'stolen' technology. Cartoon by Dan Berger; famous for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Till 20th century, Indian production of gunpowder ingredients was double of the Rest of the world

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India’s decline! Nabobs & Nautch Girls?

Oct 13

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Piracy, Slavery, Genocide behind wealth that powered Industrial Revolution

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The Anna Factor

Oct 7

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Anna Hazare at Ramlila Grounds. (Photograph by Raveendran; dated - 20.08.2011 11:55; Source and courtesy - Nyheter; website - http://gfx.nrk.no).

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The story so far …

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More Noise … Instead of Censorship

Oct 5

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Have we got used to spoon-feeding by a hyperactive media? (Cartoon by Don Addis).

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In the last few years, top 10 websites control 75% of the web traffic

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Why is Modernism Anti-Sex?

Oct 2

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A brilliant adaptation of the four blind men and the elephant story. (Cartoon source and courtesy - timesofindia.com; artist credit missing at source.). Click for image.

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Why is the Desert Bloc so anti-sex and anti-marriage?

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Gandhiji – A 2ndlook

Oct 1

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Gandhiji deserves no less.

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Aging Of The British Empire

Oct 1

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Empire Needs Men. By 1915, Britain considered itself an aging Empire. Within 100 years after defeating Napoleon. (Artist - Arthur Wardle, 1864-1949 "The Empire Needs Men!" for the British Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London 1915 (March) Straker Brothers, Ltd., London 29 1/4 x 19 3/4 PRC poster #58. Source and courtesy - collectionscanada.gc.ca). Click for larger image.

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India was the key to world domination by Britain.

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Spiritual Brotherhood of US and Iran

Sep 27

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Jesus tried, God knows! (Cartoon By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 9/4/2008 12.00.00 AM; cartoon courtesy - politicalcartoons.com.). Click for larger image.

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Can cultures change centuries of conditioning?

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