On Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti. Albert Witzel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. India is a land not short of its own eminent philosophers and spiritual and religious teachers. In fact, I will even go as far as...
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Archimedes – Biography, Greek Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer, Inventor, Engineer
Archimedes. Domenico Fetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Archimedes Biography and Legacy We have all come across the name Archimedes in our schooling years. I believe (and I may be wrong) that in all...
Claude Monet Biography – French Artist, Painter, Father of Impressionism, Legacy
Claude Monet. Image by WikiImages from Pixabay Claude Monet Biography and Legacy Claude Monet was a French artist who was one of the founders of Impressionism and one of the most influential artists of...
Vasco da Gama Biography – Portuguese Explorer, Navigator, Age of Discovery, Life, Legacy
Vasco da Gama. National Museum of Ancient Art, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Vasco da Gama Biography and Legacy Although I am not sure about the rest of the world, most Indians have certainly...
Amerigo Vespucci Biography – Italian Explorer, Navigator, Age of Discovery, America, Life, Legacy
Amerigo Vespucci. Image by WikimediaImages from Pixabay Amerigo Vespucci Biography and Legacy Every child across the world grew up learning about the great Christopher Columbus, the renowned Italian explorer who discovered the Americas in...
Diego Rivera Biography – Mexican Artist, Mexican Muralism, Chicano Art Movement, Legacy
Portrait of Diego Rivera by Amedeo Modigliani. Amedeo Modigliani, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Diego Rivera Biography and Legacy Diego Rivera was an influential Mexican artist and a pioneer of the mural movement in...
Code of Hammurabi – Babylonian Legal Text, Ancient Artifact, Ancient History, Historical Artifact, Ancient Babylon
The Louvre Stele in Louvre Museum, Paris. Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Code of Hammurabi Many have probably heard about the Code of Hammurabi in either their history or law...
History of Human Rights: From the Age of Discovery to Modern Times
Image by Darwin Laganzon from Pixabay History of Human Rights My last two essays addressed the subjects of human rights and the history of human rights from ancient times to the middle ages. In...
The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Middle Ages
Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay History of Human Rights It is difficult to lay down the exact history of the origins and development of human rights, mostly because it is so complex and...
Human Rights – Meaning, History, Importance
Human Rights. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay What is Human Rights? In the present day, we hear a lot about the term Human Rights. These two words have become synonymous with the language...