‘History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.’ The importance of history in our lives could not be summarized more appropriately than the wise words of Lord Acton. The past is a storehouse of knowledge and experience which provides us with a perspective to deal with the problems in the present. These stories of men and women who have charted the course of history continue to influence mankind even today. Fill yourself up with the intriguing and thought-provoking reminiscences of the lives of these famous historical personalities by exploring this section.
Lingchi was an age-old Chinese torture and execution tactic inflicted as a capital punishment for crimes considered severe like treason, mass murder, matricide and patricide. Translated loosely as slow slicing,...
The Romani, commonly known as Roma or Gypsies, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, originating...
Sokushinbutsu or living Buddhas, also referred as flesh body bodhisattvas, are mummies of Buddhist...
The Parsis, also known as the Parsees, constitute a subsection of the larger Zoroastrian...
Cleopatra is, undeniably, one of the most controversial yet powerful Egyptian monarchs of the...
Athens was faced with severe economic turmoil after the Decelean or the Ionian War...
‘Moby-Dick’ is a quintessential novel by American writer Herman Melville which revolves around Captain...
1941 was an overwhelming year for the Nazi ruled Germany, since they managed to...
He is someone who doesn’t need and introduction whatsoever; his name is Albert Einstein....
“The wand chooses the wizard, remember … I think we must expect great things...