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The crusaders’ main aim even after countless failures and internal trifles was Jerusalem. The demands of the successive popes was also limited to the acquisition of the sacred land. Four more crusades were held- they came with their own set of obstacles given the differences among the approach towards each party’s goals. Theoretically we have hadContinue reading “THE CRUSADES: AN AGONY? (PART-2)”

The Crusades or the Holy wars, remain one of the most infamous wars of its time- the eleventh and twelfth century. These were the religious wars fought between the Muslims and Christians, more ornately between the western roman empire, the Christendom or byzantine empire and the Seljuk Turks from 1096 to 1271. The main areasContinue reading “The Crusades: An Agony? (Part-1)”

-By Arshya Wadhwa In these days where the corona crisis has massively hit a country as huge as India in terms of population it is a big responsibility for us as a society to contribute tangibly and insubstantially to bring this havoc back to a healthy and peaceful state. The delegates of Serenity E-MUN revealedContinue reading “COVID-19: Marks an era?”

To be a nationalist, as the term grows derogatory each day, I strongly believe that its roots must always be derived from the respective historical background of the country. India has by far faced many difficult times, partition being the most hard-hitting example. We fail to respect our history, we fail to logically align ourContinue reading “Respect your country? Respect its history.”

‘I take a stand for equity. I take a stand for secularism. I believe in modernity and its facets. But I fail to abide by the former practically.’ Unfortunately the most common and dreary problem of all humans lies in the hypocritical notion regarding basic systems of pragmatic knowledge and sense of well being. WeContinue reading “HYPOCRISY IN THE SOCIAL REALMS.”

I personally have been victimised for being a vegetarian since time immemorial. As distressing as it sounds , each vegetarian in his or her life goes through erratic comments about THEIR choice of becoming someone whose habits,values,attitudes and cultures they’re willing to inculcate. Well , if I being a vegetarian have been ‘criticised’ and madeContinue reading “The ‘culture’ of VEGANS.”

The magnificent elephants caves considered as the logo of Maharashtra tourist development corporation shows a 20ft high monolith of the three headed Trimurti represents three aspects of shiva – right half face signifying life , left half face its obverse and the central face shows shiva in deep meditation. These awe inspiring rocks similar to the ones in Ellora areContinue reading “Carvings at Elephanta caves, fading away..”

Innumerable data has been provided to us from the sixteenth and seventeenth century Mughal era, however, to check the veracity of this data we need more data and in all likelihood keep our minds open for its interpretation. I primarily write this to convey to the readers to not to misinterpret the history based onContinue reading “THE MUGHALS : Barbaric or Benevolent?”