Should alcohol limits for men and women really be the same?
Image credit: Pixabay The UK’s new alcohol guidelines advise that men and women shouldn’t drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week. Previous advice for the British drinker presented a…
How ISIS has changed international law
Image credit: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Two years ago, virtually no one had heard of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. In a January 2014 New Yorker interview, President Barack Obama dismissed…
Far from being eternal, Bharat Mata is only a little more than 100 years old
At a time when India is being projected as eternal, when the chanting of Bharat Mata ki jai has become a testimony to patriotism and refusal to do so invites…
Remembering Sambha Lamarr, who gave India its literary tryst with Shillong
The Mawphlang Sacred Forest lies on the outskirts of Shillong. It is one of the most peaceful places on earth. On the day we visited, with sunlight slanting through the…