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The Anarchy
The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country.In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army.The creation of this new g...
Saad Mohseni
2019-08-16T18:46:24.000Z
War and GraceMagnum photographer Steve McCurry's Afghanistan retrospectiveAfghanistan is a country overwhelmed by tribal rivalries, colonial wars, and geo-political conflict. The Afghans have always called their mountains "the land of rebellion." Yet born of such chaos, such entrenched conflict are these most breathtaking and beautiful of images. T...
Saad Mohseni
2017-12-27T06:17:29.000Z
Whispers of War: An Afghan Freedom Fighter’s Account of the Soviet Invasion is the real-life tale of a young political leader, Masood Khalili. Son of Ustad Khalilullah Khalili, the great Afghan poet, he motivated his people and led them in their fight against the ‘Red Army’. Alongside his friend Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, Khalili traveled by foo...
Saad Mohseni
2017-12-03T08:03:58.000Z