Tag: Arrival

Are you past your prime, or are your best days ahead of you? The way that you answer this question may partially determine your happiness and satisfaction with life. In general, if you believe that the best years are yet to come and that life is a continual process of upward progress, then you are l...

Since I wrote this “viral” piece about the Metaverse (and NFT) boom going bust on March 15, the traffic trends have continued to tumble down towards zero. The Metaverse exploded into public view on the back of Facebook’s rebrand to Meta in late October 2021. ...

Sometimes generosity emanates from places you don’t expect. When it stems from those with very little, it makes me question the fabric of my own character. In India, I’ve witnessed it and have been the recipient of it countless times. It’s a very special place, but just like any ot...

the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), all new territories were divided between Spain and Portugal. The stage was thus set for the Portuguese incursions into the waters surrounding India. In 1487, the Portuguese navigator, Bartholomew Dias, rounded the “Cape of excellent Hope”, t...