Would I Exist Without World War II?
A forgotten air raid on Visakhapatnam made me question the very existence of my birth.
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The Universe Is Not a Coffee Mug
Cosmological arguments deserve better than a cheap 'who made God?' reply. They also ask more of causation than our everyday experience can supply.
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The British Empire Didn't Vanish. It Became Background Noise.
India replaced a colonial criminal code in 2024. The harder question is how a country decides which inheritances have become its own—and which should not survive.
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