A WORLD IN OBLIVION

Peter Dennis - Box art Perry Miniatures Vikings were raiders and seafarers who mainly spoke the Old Norse Language and followed Norse Mythology. They traded and raided their way to prosperity from their own Norther European homelands and Central, Eastern and Western European areas during the late 8th-11th centuries. The Vikings had interesting ways to do things and their traditions and customs were brutish but also interesting. The so called 'Vikings Age' was the period of military, trading and demographic expansion that forms an important element in the history of Scandinavia, the British Isles, Estonia, France and many more. Not barbaric? Vikings as traders https://www.historyonthenet.com/vikings-as-traders/ The Vikings are portrayed as ruthless and barbaric folks who wore huge horn helmets and killed for the sake of it. In reality their way of doing things and their culture goes far beyond. The term 'viking', means 'pirate raid' in the Old Norse...

The queen mothers crown with the Koh-hi-Noor diamond at the center. (Wikimedia Commons) The Koh-i-Noor  is said to be one of the oldest diamond and certainly one of the most famous diamonds in the world. The history of the diamond can be traced more 5000 years ago. "Koh-i-Noor" is a Persian term which translates to "Mountain of Light". Legend follows that the gem must only be worn by a god or a woman, a man who wears it shall only face misery and bad luck. Those who possess the gem shall own the world. In the past, battles have been fought over the diamond and for about 4 countries have argued about who shall keep it now. The bloodiest diamond has travelled its fair share of locations and it is worth tracing how the gem has travelled. Sayamantaka To 1500 : The diamond finds its first mention in a Sanskrit script, where it was termed the 'Syamataka'. There is speculation that the Koh-hi-Noor and the Syamataka are one and the same. The diamond f...

Image from kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cassiejaye/the-red-pill-a-documentary-film The Red Pill is a documentary film directed by Cassie Jaye. The documentary delves deep into the Men's Right Movements and includes interviews from Men's Rights Activists (MRA), feminists and Cassie Jaye's own Video log. The documentary has gained much acclaim but at the same time it has been seen as controversial and has been shunned upon by several feminist groups. If anything, the documentary serves as an eye opener to men's issues and how the MRA's are wrongly judged as been a hate group. Twitter :  @Cassie_Jaye The documentary starts with Cassie Jaye, a lifelong long feminist telling us about her miserable stint at Hollywood playing the 'blonde who always dies'. She narrates her contributions and participation in the feminist movement and her passion for film making. The Red Pill is a well constructed and well structured narrative which ...

When we go online to surf the web, we expect to have access to any website we want without any limitations. We know that the cable company or our ISP (Internet Service Provider ) wont mess with the content we choose to surf and allow us to freely connect to websites and any sort of content we wish to explore. We expect to be in control of our internet experience without any sort of shackles on our surfing capacity. We expect Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality is the basic principle that the internet should be free from any sort of tampering by our ISP's from blocking content, slowing or speeding up websites and content we wish to access. All ISP's must treat its users by not discriminating and charging differently according to different users, websites, platform, application , specific content etc. Due to certain opinions against Net Neutrality, some governments across the world have or had started to treat the internet as a public utility service, like water, electricity , ...

Life is a constant struggle. At first, you struggle to walk, to talk, to get the picture of what’s real and what’s not. In the course you absorb the mechanisms of the world and its beings. You get the hang of how the society functions and shape yourself accordingly to fit in. And if you don’t fit in?? Well.. It’s a constant tussle but in different aspects of your life; such as the pressure of being the perfect child, the ideal student, the ‘best’ friend, a charismatic leader, a devoted wife and a hard- working father for his family. Or to confine it a little- as a man and a woman. Let’s take a situation for example. There’s a girl on the bus and behind the girl is a guy. The driver pulled the break and the guy happened to accidently touch the girl. In reflex, the girl simply presumed that the guy had wrong intentions, turned back in anger and slapped the guy. Now before you think I’m gonna tell you about how women are ill- treated and there needs to be a call for ch...

Dr.Ram Manohar Lohia (1910-1967) Lohia was the stormy petrel of Indian politics. He was an original thinker who accepted Marxism and Gandhism in parts, but not in totality. He questioned the fundamentals of both and went beyond these horizons. He had a blossoming mind of his own and razor sharp intellect that could cut in all directions like a saw, in realm of knowledge, ideas and praxis. Lohia was well versed in dialectics and his German apprenticeship under Werner Sombart, Schumacher, Wermard, Desnaur and Onckeln etc made him a different kind of thinker who was creative and artistic. Appreciation and rejection of Karl Marx :  He was deeply impressed by the genius of Karl Marx in expanding the Laws of Capital Development but he found their explanation inadequate. The materialistic interpretation of History, the Theory of Surplus Value, the Theory of violent revolution he rejected. But agreed upon the historical character of class struggle and vision of Marx of Socia...

T his is quite a sensitive topic but an interesting one to say the least. Her Majesty, Elizabeth II is the oldest current serving state leader (91 years, 224 days). At 91 years old, she is already the longest reigning and longest living monarch in British history. Unless you believe she is immortal, her death is probably on the horizon. A certain level of preparation is quite obvious as her passing would be perhaps a very influential death of this century. It is believed that the Queen's death will be communicated internally with now a not so secret phrase "London Bridge is down". LONGEST REIGNING BRITISH MONARCHS : Elizabeth II : 1952 to present (65 years) Victoria : 1837 - 1901 (63 years) George III : 1760 - 1820 (59 years) James VI/I : 1567 - 1625 (57 years) Henry III : 1216 - 1272 (56 years) THE PROTOCOL Sir Christopher Geidt, Queen's pvt secretary. (GETTY) T he first official to deal with the news would be the Queen's pri...

by Lee Harvey Roswell http://www.crossconnectmag.com/post/85670687276 I The purpose of this article is to provide an understanding of the seemingly indispensible and broad term ‘political’ used in the discussion of human affairs. The term ‘political’ can be interpreted in many ways by looking at it from different perspectives. The main focus and question that will be answered in this assignment will be to analyze the meaning of the term ‘political’ and discover the various aspects of the society that affect one’s ‘politics’ and how recognition of one’s politics in turn affect their actions in the society. It is difficult to understand what ‘political’ clearly signifies as it can be interpreted in many ways II There is no single definition of the term ‘political’. Instead, we use it to speak of quite different kind of things such as – institutions, actions, conflicts, a branch of science and so on. We apply it in various fields and discussions regarding everyday...