Month May 2020

This post is for my students and for anyone unfamiliar with the method of converting years into centuries. Fortunately or not, there are certain rules one must follow to achieve proper conversion: Rule 1: There is no year 0 in… Continue Reading →

Death. Sounds rather final, doesn’t it? But is it? Well, certainly it was everything but final in the eyes of these long-gone ancient men and women. In fact, for them, death was only a doorway to another life and there… Continue Reading →

Ever wondered about your life’s value? How much would you be worth… in gold? Well, probably not as much as the last Incan Emperor, Atahualpa. We have all heard the line “Never negotiate with terrorists/kidnappers” and Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador,… Continue Reading →

In case you are one of those people that wake up one morning and all of a sudden you start pondering on life’s big questions… read more. If you would like to understand what on earth being religious means and… Continue Reading →

Thinking about revolutions? There were plenty of them, certainly – American Revolution, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, The October Revolution, Cuban Revolution, and so on. However, these were all “modern”, product of our modern times. We often forget that the greatest… Continue Reading →