Democratic senator Jon Ossoff isn’t here to play just politics- he is being tipped as the man to beat in 2028. Fresh from winning a second term in Georgia, Ossoff’s chances of becoming the next Democratic presidential nominee have jumped nine percentage points in a…
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A £50,000 Literary Prize Reveals Why Ancient History Is Becoming The New Literary Thriller
How Edmund Richardson’s Alexander Turned Ancient History Into A £50,000 Literary Thriller (Picture Credit – David Parry via AP) “No one called him Alexander the Great in his lifetime.” Edmund Richardson said this on the evening of 4 November, after winning the £50,000 Baillie Gifford…
How Sinclair Lewis Exposed The Dark Side Of The American Dream Before Winning The Nobel Prize In Literature
How Sinclair Lewis Made Ordinary Middle-Class Life A Subject Of Literary Rebellion The American Dream promised prosperity, freedom and the possibility of becoming someone extraordinary. Sinclair Lewis saw something troubling beneath that promise. Behind the comfortable homes, successful businessmen and respectable communities, he recognised a…
Diwali Fashion Edit Gets Daring! Unconventional Silhouettes Rewrite The Festive Dress Code
Diwali has always been about light, family and dressing up! This year, the festive wardrobe is getting a bold makeover. Fashion lovers are moving away from the safe anarkali and the classic six-yard drape. In their place come shapes that surprise, sculpt and move. Tradition…
Meet The Millennial Democratic Heartthrobs Taking Over American Politics
(L-R) Zohran Mamdani, James Talarico, Jon Ossoff and Abdul El-Sayed. (Photos: AP) American politics is getting younger, and millennials and Gen Z have noticed. In June 2025, Zohran Mamdani, then a 33-year-old state assemblyman, beat former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral…
Tiramisu Is The New Phooljhadi Of Diwali: India’s Mithai Obsession Gets An Italian Twist
Tiramisu, The New Diwali Phooljhadi (Credits: Pinterest) Diwali has always had its own sweet traditions. There is the familiar box of kaju katli that makes its way into every household, the soan papdi that makes rounds, the motichoor laddoos that disappear before the puja is…
Exclusive: Isabel Allende Says, ‘I Am Not A Tormented Writer. I Am A Happy One’
Isabel Allende On Her Own Novels, ‘I Don’t Have Messages, Just Questions’ Isabel Allende has published thirty-two books, translated into more than forty-two languages and sold upwards of eighty million copies. Chile gave her its National Prize for Literature in 2010, the United States its…
No Fancy Decor, No Michelin Stars: America’s Best Indian Restaurant Is Hiding At A Highway Pit Stop In California
Best Indian Food In US. (Image: Instagram) Ask anyone to guess where America’s best Indian restaurant is, and they will probably name a busy street in New York or a famous dining room in Los Angeles. They would be wrong! The top spot belongs to…
Three Isn’t A Crowd Anymore! California City Allows Polyamorous Couples To Register As Domestic Partners
California City Allows Polyamorous Couples To Register As As Partners (Credits: iStock) What if your idea of a committed relationship involves three people instead of two? Or perhaps four? In a move that challenges conventional ideas of love, commitment and family, West Hollywood in California…
Rajatarangini, Mahabharata and Arthashastra Enter UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register
Three Indian texts, the Rājataraṅgiṇī, the Mahābhārata and the Arthaśāstra, have been inscribed on UNESCO’s MOWCAP Regional Register. (Photos: X) Rajatarangini, Mahabharata and Arthashastra have been inscribed on the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) Regional Register of UNESCO. The…