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A Quick History of the Handshake
A Quick History of the Handshake
Here’s the story of how and why the now-endangered Handshake came to be.
Socratic Quizmasters
May 22, 2020
How superstition killed Gandhi
How superstition killed Gandhi
India is a land where fables echo reality and also, in turn, trickle down into real life. Here’s a fable of how death claimed an idol.
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Apr 30, 2020
A forgotten book: The Dramatic History of India
A forgotten book: The Dramatic History of India
Dramatis Personae: The book, a few late-night musings, and the land of India.
Socratic Quizmasters
Apr 19, 2020
The Sailor, The Physicist, and the Ganja
The Sailor, The Physicist, and the Ganja
“Yet is he very merry, and laughs, and sings … yet is he not giddy, or drunk, but walks and dances … after a little Time he falls asleep”
Socratic Quizmasters
Jun 6, 2020
The Romanticism of the Nib
The Romanticism of the Nib
This is a first a declaration of my love, and then a manifesto. Or vice-vera.
Socratic Quizmasters
Jun 4, 2020
When Pepsi had the world’s 6th-largest military
When Pepsi had the world’s 6th-largest military
In the summer of 1959, amidst the Cold War, the residents of Moscow were greeted by The American National Exhibition, featuring American…
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Jun 29, 2020
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