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Egyptian Afterlife- What Does It Mean?

Follow your soul. It knows the way. I have always found Egyptian mythology interesting, but then again, all mythologies are fascinating, because it truly shows a deep-rooted culture behind it with a rich history.  But what do I love about Egyptian mythology? It’s that gods have animal faces, that Egyptian pyramids were built so that […]

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Caligula- Ancient Rome’s Tyrant Emperor

“Rome will stand as long as Coliseum does; As Coliseum falls, Rome will fall too and when Rome falls the world will collapse too”  Since the beginning of time, it has always been believed that one will have no future if one does not know its past history, and this can apply to individuals like […]

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The Mythology of Ancient Egypt

Framed into the water of chaos, the beginning was nothing but just darkness engulfing every space available. The world was nothing but an infinite expanse of dark and engulfing waters named nun. The nun was personified as the four pairs of male and female deities, each of which represented one of the principles that characterized […]

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I’m a Feminist and I’m afraid of men

My feminism is deep and sad, and maybe you’d define them as… pessimistic. They don’t think changes will happen in a day so, as much as they dream that they don’t have to share their location with their parents when they take a rickshaw or can wear whatever they want, because catcalls aren’t their fault, […]

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Beginning to a New Pandemic

Being amidst a pandemic makes us pray that we never encounter another ever again. But what if I tell you that a second pandemic is blooming just behind this one? And we all certainly know about it to some extent but turn an ignorant eye to it? You won’t believe me right and even if […]

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Genres of Music Explained!

Music has great significance globally. It has saved many lives helping people cure mental problems like depression anxiety to physical injuries as well. But when we use the term “Music” it’s not only one single thing that pops up. The choice of lyric, rhythm, beats, frequency, artists everything varies from person to person. So here […]

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Pre Romantic Poetry and their Response to Nature

The word ‘romantic’ loosely refers to something sensational or startling. However, this hackneyed meaning isn’t enough to portray the sense of truth which has been expressed in art and literature. The publication of Lyrical Ballads, a joint work by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798, marked the beginning of a new literary movement […]

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The Tired Tirades of a Blocked Writer

Merriam Webster defines it as “a psychological inhibition that prevents a writer from moving ahead with a piece.” Cambridge, in a pleasant surprise, dumbs it down by calling it a “condition of being unable to create a piece of written work because something in your mind prevents you from doing it.” It is the ridiculously […]

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Body Positivity: Not as Positive as it Seems

With everyone from influencers, celebrities, and the media placing it in the limelight, body positivity is being discussed more than ever. The concept is not new by any means. Starting in the 1960s by ‘larger’ queer black women, the movement was initially geared towards challenging the societal standard of what bodies should look like – […]

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Vedanta will be the Future

Swami Vivekananda very emphatically envisioned Vedanta to be the religion of the future. While dogma-based religions which acted as emotional support for mankind once upon a time, ceased to function again and again from the World Wars to the Cold War to the pitiful state of nature and animals it can be seen now from […]