by Aseem Gupta | Aug 23, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 61 MinutesAndy Weir’s Project Hail Mary, published by Ballantine Books in 2021, begins with a man waking inside a spacecraft without knowing his name, his location, or why two other people are lying dead nearby. As he struggles to reconstruct his...
by Aseem Gupta | Aug 22, 2026 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Reading Time: 25 MinutesIn the middle of Central Asia, surrounded by vast deserts, stands one of the world’s most unusual capitals. Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, is filled with gleaming white marble buildings, enormous golden statues, monumental...
by Aseem Gupta | Aug 17, 2026 | Political Theory, Governance & Ideology
Reading Time: 25 MinutesFor years, everyday life in El Salvador was governed by invisible boundaries. Residents of one neighborhood could risk their lives by entering another. Small businesses paid extortion money to criminal gangs, families feared that their children...
by Aseem Gupta | Aug 12, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 16 MinutesFor most of the 2010s, Generation Z was the name attached to the newest internet trends, unfamiliar slang and the supposedly incomprehensible habits of young people. Then, almost overnight, the conversation changed. Suddenly there were...
by Aseem Gupta | Aug 9, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 39 MinutesWhat happens when two mischievous boys enter a parallel universe where their terrible teachers are suddenly kind, their familiar enemies are harmless, and the most dangerous people in school are evil versions of themselves? That is the premise...
