Joanna Lumley, Much Loved British Actress: Born in Kashmir, 1946
Joanna Lumley may not have served in the British Army but she showed true grit when she campaigned on behalf of Gurkha rights to...
Pirates of the Malacca Strait
The Malacca Strait, in South East Asia, has been frequented by pirates for hundreds of years.
The Malacca Strait, which runs between Malaysia and...
The Spread of Indian Culture in Early South East Asia
The Indians when they learned to navigate by water began to spread their cultural influence throughout Early South East Asia.
The first civilizations that Indian...
The Tai Ahom Kingdom of Assam
Tai peoples had been migrating southwards from southern China in large numbers from at least as early as the C7th CE and possibly earlier....
The Shwe Dagon Pagoda: The Centre of Buddhist Religion in Burma
The Saffron Revolution in Burma has witnessed thousands of Buddhist monks leading the demonstrations against the vicious, repressive military regime that misrules the country....
Lady on the River: A Brief History of Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai has been around for seven hundred years, serving as a hub for trade, politics, and the rich culture of northern Thailand. Here's...
The First Fall of the Mongols
Ilkhanate was part of the Mongol Empire which stretched west to what is now Georgia and Armenia, east to Pakistan, south to the southern...
Patriotic Flora of North Korea: Kimilsungia and Kimjongilia
North Korea is an enigma to Western observers, but the stories of its national flowers offer a small insight into the country's idiosyncrasies.
The Democratic...
Pakistan’s FATA and KP History
Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and its Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) region are breeding grounds for worldwide terrorism and militancy.
The FATA and KP history have...
Shinto (Japanese, “way of the gods”)
Japanese indigenous religion of central importance in Japanese culture and history from the earliest times. As intimately bound up with its associated national character...