Reading Time: 4 minutes The evolving business landscape demands two things – innovation and a fresh influx of clients. Innovation to be relevant amid growing competition and new clients to rake in the numbers. However, it’s often the case that the pursuit of new clients leaves little time to splurge on keeping the existing ones active. The result is […]
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Rabindranath Tagore and Upagupta – An Introduction Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is arguably the most revered literary figure of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in India. Tagore was among the handful of poets, along with Sarojini Naidu and Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, for standing in resistance to the colonial powers while also shaping sociopolitical discourse
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Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’re a cricket lover, you know there’s nothing like diving into a good book about your favourite sport. That’s why we’ve compiled this list of the top 8 books to read for every cricket lover.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The art of creating sophisticated micro-components, powered by a coiled spring, with the precision to last a lifetime without much hassle, is fascinating, to say the least. To commemorate this newfound love for mechanical timepieces, I am sharing a few books that every watch enthusiast must acquire whenever possible.
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Reading Time: 10 minutes Brief Introduction to Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie Burnt Shadows was written in the year 2009 by renowned Pakistani-British author, Kamila Shamsie. The novel is a historical epic, documenting the most tragic events of recent global history through the lens of two families, the fate of whom seem to be intertwined throughout the story. The
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Reading Time: 8 minutes Brief Introduction to Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Lord Tennyson is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of the 19th century. Born on August 06, 1809, in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England, where his father was the rector, Alfred was the fourth of twelve children. He was the first the 1st Baron Tennyson FRS, and was
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Death of Beloveds Death has an important place in Emily Dickinson’s poetry, and there’s a strong reason for it – she saw several people who she adored and loved die, some even very young. These tragedies played an important part in forming her thought and ideology, as her collection reflects. Dickinson portrays death in a
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Reading Time: 13 minutes Introduction to William Shakespeare In all the literature that’s ever written in the English language, no name seems as prominent as William Shakespeare. His works, all of which were created before his death in 1616, continue to inspire art and cinema even today. His plays have been adapted in various movies across the globe, including
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Reading Time: 11 minutes Introduction to Hari Kunzru Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru is a British novelist from London, born to a Kashmiri Pandit father, and a British mother. Kunzru completed his MA in Philosophy & Literature from the University of Warwick, after studying at Wadham College, University of Oxford. Kunzru began his career as a journalist for the Wired
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Dynasties, Empires, and Kingdoms – Part 1 ‘The Sun Never Set on the British Empire.’ For an empire that dominated European politics for over a thousand years and world politics for almost two centuries, it is quite important from a historical point of view to know about it. The British Empire, founded by the Monarchy
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Since the turn of the 20th century, the world has been at a war of ideologies. Be it the battlegrounds of Europe and Asia, or the Cold War, the social movements, political elections, and of late, university elections – the Right vs. the Centre vs. the Left has been one of the longest fought battles,
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Since the beginning of the 20th century, the world has been in a state of turmoil in some way or the other. Revolutions, genocides, wars, everything the world has witnessed in the past 120 years is stranger than the most mind-blowing works of fiction. And today, the world is witnessing another great moment when the
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Following your passion in an insanely competitive country like India is almost a philosophical dream that not many are able, or even willing to pursue. And out of all such passions, the rarest of the rare is writing. Don’t get me wrong – everyone loves the idea of having the name on the front cover
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Reading Time: 13 minutes Introduction to Shudraka’s Mrichchakatika (The Little Clay Cart) Sudraka’s Mrichchakatika is among the earliest known plays of Sanskrit Literature. It is widely celebrated as one of the first plays to skip the narration from the perspective of the royals or nobles and depict the life of a common village populace. The underlying story of this
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Reading Time: 5 minutes I took a liking to read novels only when I was in college, which frankly is quite late. It is not that I was away from books, as our school had a big library with lots of them. But to be honest, I was always intimidated by the sheer size of the books. Generally, the
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Reading Time: 7 minutes Introduction The evolution of the novel happened over a period of centuries before it took the form we witness today. There have been several landmark contributions to the development of storytelling all over the world. One book, however, which remains ground-breaking in various aspects is Pamela. Written by Samuel Richardson, Pamela is widely regarded as
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Reading Time: 3 minutes There are two kinds of people in this world. One, who read books, and the others, who want to read books. Inherently, every human being loves a good story, and therefore, reading novels is quite a fulfilling activity. However, for those who are just beginning to read or thinking to begin, more often than not,
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Reading Time: 9 minutes Introduction to Romanticism of William Wordsworth History has seldom witnessed a person who instigated a genre of any art form and the same person going on to become the epitome of it. Take movies, for example. The first-ever movie was directed by a Frenchman named Louis Le Prince. However, instead of Prince, it’s the likes
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