Bangladesh to Nepal, revolutions toppled regimes but lasting change is elusive
Scroll.inby HM Nazmul Alam, Counterpoint·5d ago
Two years after Bangladesh’s July uprising, the country’s greatest political lesson is no longer about how an authoritarian government fell.
Radical Chic: How the MAGA Movement Is Hijacking Style
Vanity Fairby Robin Givhan·5d ago
One of my favorite aspects of life in Washington, DC, has always been the ability to drive across town and spend a few hours in another country.
Fiction: A family’s personal history from the Anglo-Sikh wars to the uneasy years of British rule
Scroll.inby Priya Hajela·5d ago
When I talk about Henry Lawrence and Jeremiah Brasyer, the first thought that comes to most people’s minds is, “Those firangis, how can you have anything good to say about them, especially now when...
Pakistan’s Indus Heritage and the Crisis of Identity
Frontlineby Anurag Punetha·5d ago
“Better Off in a Home”. That was the curious title TIME magazine chose for its report on the birth of Pakistan in its August 25, 1947, issue.
On This Day: A US whaling ship freed six Irish revolutionaries from Australian prison
IrishCentral.comby IrishCentral Staff·5d ago
On August 19, 1876, the Catalpa rescue reached a conclusion as the whaling ship docked in New York Harbor, having successfully carried six Fenian revolutionaries from a penal colony in Australia.
After all my years of parental anxiety, and all their current issues, I've come to realise games are the most optimistic way I've found of looking at the world
Eurogamer.net Latest Articlesby Christian Donlan·5d ago
I was not a natural parent. The love was there instantly, but with it came all this anxiety I had not expected.
Arabic has four words for sadness. Philosophy explains why | Psyche Ideas
Psycheby Chereen Shurafa·5d ago
As a PhD student researching mental health data among Arabic speakers, much of my time is spent analysing how they talk about emotional experience.
Warsaw Uprising veteran and activist Wanda Traczyk-Stawska dies aged 99
Notes from Polandby Daniel Tilles·5d ago
Keep our news free from ads and paywalls by making a donation to support our work! Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that...
The History of the Plow
Everything Everywhereby Gary Arndt·5d ago
Podcast Transcript For most of human history, growing food depended on one deceptively simple piece of technology.
'These are my babies': An hour before being put down for no reason, couple adopts a sensitive dog, giving her a second chance, and she becomes the pawfect mother to every fostered kitten who doesn't have a mom
I Can Has Cheezburger?by Mariel Ruvinsky·6d ago
'These are my babies': An hour before being put down for no reason, couple adopts a sensitive dog, giving her a second chance, and she becomes the pawfect mother to every fostered kitten who...
How to Be a Sea: Albert Camus on Learning to Die and Learning to Live
The Marginalianby Maria Popova·6d ago
How to Be a Sea: Albert Camus on Learning to Die and Learning to Live By Maria Popova The summer I turned sixteen, I took a bus across Bulgaria — I suppose you could call it running away, though my...
Entropy, a deliciously miserable Final Fantasy-esque RPG where your party members can permanently die, is now out in early access
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Oisin Kuhnke·6d ago
I was already aware of Entropy before Edwin called it a game that looked like a PS1 game fished from a toilet, primarily thanks to the stellar work developer Lovely Hellplace carried out in their...
The Bird in the Heart: Terry Tempest Williams on the Paradox of Transformation and How to Live with Uncertainty
The Marginalianby Maria Popova·6d ago
The Bird in the Heart: Terry Tempest Williams on the Paradox of Transformation and How to Live with Uncertainty By Maria Popova It is strange how, in a universe governed by relentless change, human...
Brother and sister argue at a family reunion due to their opposite opinions on whether to homeschool or not their children and which one is better: 'I just simply told her that home educating doesn't mean her kids are happier than everybody else's'.
FAIL Blogby María Cetra·6d ago
Brother and sister argue at a family reunion due to their opposite opinions on whether to homeschool or not their children and which one is better: 'I just simply told her that home educating...
Free for a Week! I Tried Selling My Body for Money—I Was Surprised By What I Found
Narrativelyby Jerry Portwood·6d ago
This post has been receiving quite a bit of attention behind the scenes! To all the new subs who came here for it, welcome.
The Phone Scammers Next Door - Longreads
Longreadsby Krista Stevens·6d ago
The house with the red-brick exterior, huge old-growth maple, and sprawling back patio on Castle Frank Crescent in Toronto’s pricy Rosedale neighborhood seemed like the perfect symbol of...
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn turns your origin story into more than a character sheet – thankfully
The Escapistby Paul McNally·6d ago
It is impossible to look at The Expanse: Osiris Reborn without immediately thinking of Mass Effect.
'Nine Minutes a Day Is All It Took To Change How Connected My Child Feels to Me'
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani·6d ago
This story is part of “Parenting: What Google Won’t Tell You” — The Better India’s people-led parenting series that goes beyond conventional advice to document how real families are actually...
A Hindu soldier and a Muslim poet show how religious identities overlapped in 19th-century India
The Conversation (US)by Aishwarya Lakshmi, Executive Director, Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, Rice University·6d ago
The growing assertion of a majority Hindu identity is fueling debates about religious pluralism in India.
‘Liberty as a mandate’ – Milei links Presidency to San Martín’s ‘ideas and values’
Buenos Aires Timesby James Grainger·6d ago
President Javier Milei reappeared in public on Monday after more than a week without an appearance, heading the official government tribute commemorating General José de San Martín on the 176th...
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