Arts

Because the soul is progressive, it never quite repeats itself, but in every act attempts the production of a new and fairer whole. This appears…

Shanti Niketan, April 12, 1919 Dear Mahatmaji, Power in all it’s forms is irrational, it is like the horse that drags the carriage blindfolded. The…

Pisa (/ˈpiːzə/ PEE-zə, Italian: [ˈpiːza] or [ˈpiːsa]), city, central Italy, in the Toscana (Tuscany) regione. The city lies on the alluvial plain of the Arno…

Angkor Wat (/ˌæŋkɔːr ˈwɒt/; Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត, “City/Capital of Temples”) is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2,…

Carisbrooke, April 17th and 18th, 1817 My dear Reynolds, Ever since I wrote to my Brothers from Southhampton I have been in a taking, and…

Hampstead Sunday 22 December 1818 My dear Brothers, I must crave your pardon for not having written ere this . . .  The excellence of…

Tikal (/tiˈkɑːl/) (Tik’al in modern Mayan orthography) city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilization, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal…

The Partition of Bengal (1905), also well known as ‘Bang-Bhang’ (Bengali: বঙ্গভঙ্গ) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of…

THE MIND. I It is an axiom in mental philosophy that we can think of nothing which we have not perceived. When I say that…

One evening in the winter, some years ago, my brother came to my rooms in the city of Chicago bringing with him a book by…

The Potala Palace is a dzong fortress, immense religious and administrative complex in Lhasa, southern Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China. It was the winter palace…

The Colosseum or Coliseum (/ˌkɒləˈsiːəm/ KOL-ə-SEE-əm), also called Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium; Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio (aɱfiteˈaːtro ˈflaːvjo) or Colosseo (kolosˈsɛːo)), giant amphitheatre built in…