Top 10 Interesting Facts about the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire- now where have I heard this name before? I’m sure you all must be pondering upon it too. It’s not too uncommon a name but do you know what it actually entails? If my memory serves me right, I first read about this great empire in a few verses of a poem. That […]
10 Novels you Must Read to Understand Feminism
“Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female — whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.” ― Simone De Beauvoir The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines feminism as “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” The word feminism is as […]
10 Books on Indian Partition that you must Read
“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.” –Jawarhalal Nehru On 15th August 1947, India woke up to life and freedom from almost 350 years of British Rule. The […]
Top 25 Most Famous Paintings in the World
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray What does it take to be an artist? Merely emulating a work cannot be considered art. Art is something that comes from within. The creator’s fervor, complexities, desires and sorrow […]