The last 10 chapters of The Tale of Genji are after the death of Prince Genji. The story continues with the love lives of his…
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China Alone – Part 3
An unknown fact is that the Russian government, while the UK and the US watch, did assist China to fight the invasion. Peter Harmsen tells…
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Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School. The Chan School started in…
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Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave
Hokusai is a famous Japanese artiste who lived till the ripe old age of 89. Born in 1760 he died in 1849. Most people know…
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Tariq Ali’s Book Recommendations
Tariq Ali is a polymath. Age 80 he was born in Lahore, British India. He studied in Oxford. He has written many history and political…
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China Alone – Part 2
Before the victors set up The Nuremberg trials to try the Germans and the Tokyo trials to try the Japanese, there are no crimes known…
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Nineveh
“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,” said the Lord to Jonah. The Scriptures have fascinated generations of explorers to dig in Mesopotamia. Here are…
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China Alone – Part 1
Before the Japanese attacked the US naval base in Pearl Harbour on 7 Dec 1941, which forced the US to action, China fought the Japanese…
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Truman and Global Conflicts
Vice President Truman played an outsize role in world history due to the untimely demise of FDR towards the end of WWII. Unfortunately, he was…
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Lim Kit Siang
These 2 biographies took the writer, according to him, 2 years each to write. 2nd volume is just released. Both narrates the story briskly. Written…
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