It was a cold November night in 1870s when a renowned Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) discovered the meaning of life in a dream, or the protagonist of his short story did.

It was well past midday when she reached the airport. Taxi drivers gathered in batches smoking and chatting in a mixture of exotic languages, Swahili, Hindi, Mandarin. 

It was an afternoon like any other at the small café nestled in the far corner of a library where Dana sought refuge on most days from the damp, cold air of the city’s late autumn.

Contrary to the popular cliche that geishas were predominantly recruited from impoverished rural families unable to feed their daughters, Kiharu, born Kazuko Yamamoto in Hokkaido on the 14th of April 1913, came from an affluent family that moved to Tokyo while Kazuko was still a child.

Hello humans, Just an update on how this whole artificial intelligence thing is going.

Of all the endlessly and passionately debated subjects across countless media platforms, freedom of expression stubbornly maintains its top position.

Unless you are completely off the grid, chances are you did not escape the media frenzy about the latest drama unfolding in Russia.

If you lock the men inside four walls and the only window left open is the one on their computers screens — is there any wonder they will fall in love with just about anything that pays them some attention?

Today, an estimated 1.8 billion people across the globe can speak at least some English. But that was not always the case.

Seven decades ago, the construction of the Nova Kakhovka dam and the reservoir of fresh water behind it were celebrated as one of the great projects of Communism.

Welcome to the first instalment of a brand-new column— ‘From Nina With Love,’ written by a guest blogger — Nina.

Tiny specks of dust are twirling on the mellow edges of a late-summer afternoon, pirouetting their delicate finery in rhythm with shuffling of feet and rustling of papers.

Dear Tina, If ever there was a living, beating heart on stage — inside all the hair, the legs, the moves — it was yours.

I have recently been party to a lively exchange of views about the popular and often-repeated wisdom that — everyone is born free. 

Trends, Insights, Disillusions, and Possible Pathways (There is still hope).