A few days back, as the intern was working on my violin, the luthier and I, in the process of sharing a pot of home-brewed Earl Grey and oven-baked cookies between us, started talking. We touched almost every issue on earth, everything that comes up when two people related by music(only) sit for an hour with a pot of home-brewed Earl Grey and oven-baked cookies between them.
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence has quietly taken a seat in our classrooms—sometimes in the form of a homework helper, sometimes as a quick answer machine. For students, it can feel like having a super-smart study buddy available 24/7. Need help understanding a concept? AI can explain it. Stuck on an idea? AI can suggest a few. Used thoughtfully, it can boost creativity, confidence and curiosity.
Read MorePart I – The Making of a Roman Storm
Before Gaius Julius Caesar, Pontifex Maximus, Proconsul of Gaul, and later Dictator Perpetuo of the Roman Republic, became a name carved into marble and memory, he was a man sharpened by ambition and opportunity. Rome in the first century BC was a republic in decay, noble in name yet fractured by rivalry, greed, and fear of greatness. Into this fragile world stepped Caesar, not merely to serve Rome, but to remake it through conquest.
Read MoreWhen Beethoven wrote the Ode to Joy, it was to be the grandiose conclusion that his seminal 9th symphony deserved. A tragedy in its essence, the Ode to Joy reflects optimism, something that this world desperately needs. Ergo, you have the anthem of the European Union. The Story of Calcutta is three barren settlements coming together to form what was to become one of the greatest cities of the world in the 20th century.
Read MoreNirbhik “Bhola” Senjee was born on 3rd June 2012 in a large, bustling household nestled in the heart of South Kolkata. The house, painted in faded cream and bordered with iron railings, had stood for over a century.
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