by Aseem Gupta | Apr 6, 2026 | Political Theory, Governance & Ideology
Reading Time: 28 MinutesIn June 1989, a 26-year-old Hungarian dissident stood before a vast crowd in Budapest and demanded the withdrawal of Soviet troops from his country. His name was Viktor Orbán, and his speech at the reburial of a murdered revolutionary leader...
by Aseem Gupta | Apr 1, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 22 MinutesIn September 2016, a 24-year-old university student named Kwon Dae-hee entered a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam, Seoul, hoping to change the shape of his jaw. He wanted a narrower, more sculpted face, an appearance widely celebrated in...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 29, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 67 MinutesIn The Widow, John Grisham places a financially desperate lawyer in a situation that appears capable of solving all his problems. Simon Latch has spent nearly two decades running an undistinguished small-town legal practice in Virginia. His...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 21, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Reading Time: 21 MinutesOn February 22, 2026, Canada and the United States met in the men’s Olympic hockey final in Milan. The score was tied 1–1 after three periods, but just 101 seconds into overtime, Jack Hughes scored to give the Americans the gold medal....
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 8, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Reading Time: 26 MinutesDav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) is the third Captain Underpants adventure. It begins with a...
