In 1842, a young Prussian[1] cavalry officer, Friedrich, joined the textile firm of Ermen & Engels, in which his father was a partner....

It was early January and snowflakes quietly fell on the green courtyard of the Imperial College, perched quite befittingly on one of the...

After a long day of working in the fields, Laxman straightened his back on the charpoy[1] and smoked a bidi. Just as the smoke left the...