What’s so great about the greats? July 24, 2021, 11:30 AM IST
An eclectic mind in a peripatetic body!
Alexander and Ashoka had more things in common than the first letter of their names. They were ambitious, ruthless, driven, cruel, murderous, egotistical, cunning and manipulative. They were also bestowed the title ‘the Great’ post-facto by historians and continue to be revered by generations of readers of school history textbooks. Historians have been clearly miserly with their bestowal of the ‘great’ title for reasons that appear to neither fair nor logical.
Consider India’s very long history. How many rulers have been given this rare ‘award’ by historians? Court chroniclers obviously do not count. Besides Ashoka the Great, we have, well, Akbar the Great; Kanishka is subjective. Apart from them, nary a ruler in the over two millennia have achieved that distinction. Not Chandragupta-Maurya or Vikramaditya-or Harshavardhan
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Jun 10, 2021
KARACHI: A woman passenger has died of a severe heart attack during a private airline’s flight when the aircraft was landing at Islamabad International Airport, ARY News reported on Wednesday.
The woman passenger was identified as Chand Bibi who had departed from Karachi to Islamabad from the Airblue flight. When the plane was landing at Islamabad airport, she suffered a severe heart attack and passed away.
The ambulances of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and a team of doctors immediately rushed to the airport after landing. Later, the doctors confirmed her death due to cardiac arrest.
The body of the deceased lady was handed over to the relatives after completing the legal procedure, according to the airport administration.