Mundane Normalcy of the EVIL

There are times and events which we witness that freeze us with stunning disbelief. Usually they are either extraordinary feats of courage in the face of insurmountable obstacles of fate or they are incogitable acts of cruelty committed on humanity.  However, when I toured Auschwitz, what really made me suffocated was neither the fact that 1.1 million people were killed and burned to ashes at the very place where I was standing and walking,...

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In search of current world order roots

Picking a vacation/tour place(s) is always a bit of work by itself. I generally try to follow a theme if I can. For ex: going to places like a) early republics with some democratic elements or b) to be in the cradle of renaissance or c) tracing the reformation etc.,  This time I wanted to follow the path of events which gave us the current world order, an order that has resulted in almost 70 years of relative peace and prosperity across...

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