by Aseem Gupta | Apr 2, 2026 | Law, Institutions & Legal Systems
In 2016, a 24-year-old university student named Kwon Dae-hee walked into a plastic surgery clinic in Seoul for jawline surgery. He never came home. The procedure was supposed to reshape his chin and jaw. It was not emergency surgery. It was not a life-saving...
by Aseem Gupta | Apr 1, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
In September 2016, a 24-year-old university student named Kwon Dae-hee walked into a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam, Seoul. He wanted a V-line jaw. Not a medical necessity. Not emergency surgery. A sharper, narrower, more sculpted face — the kind seen on K-pop...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 22, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
Greece did not wake up one morning and suddenly discover it was bankrupt. For years, the country had been living inside an economic illusion. It had the spending habits of a state that could borrow cheaply, the institutions of a state that struggled to collect taxes,...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 21, 2026 | Society, Culture & Demographics
Canada Lost More Than A Hockey Game The moment was almost too perfect in its cruelty. February 22, 2026. Italy. Olympic gold medal game. Canada versus the United States. Hockey’s oldest continental rivalry on the biggest winter-sport stage in the world. After three...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 15, 2026 | History, Empires & Civilizations
There is no meaningful way to calculate what percentage of India’s history humanity knows. Historical knowledge does not come from counting artefacts alone. It also comes from buildings, inscriptions, coins, manuscripts, landscapes, human remains, environmental...
