Posts Tagged ‘gilded’

Princess Zeb-un-Nisa: Rebel Sufi Poetess and her Gilded Garden Prison

Sitting alone in her quiet gardens, reciting verses of poetry and waiting for the end to come. This is how Princess Zeb-un-Nisa spent the final years of her life. Zeb-un-Nisa means “jewel among women,” and she truly deserved that title. Zeb-un-Nisa was a gem in the Mughal harem, she was an extremely intelligent and bright […]

World’s witnessing a new Gilded Age as billionaires’ wealth swells to $6tn

The world’s super-rich hold the greatest concentration of wealth since the US Gilded Age at the turn of the 20th century, when families like the Carnegies, Rockefellers and Vanderbilts controlled vast fortunes. Billionaires increased their combined global wealth by almost a fifth last year to a record $6tn (£4.5tn) – more than […]

The Big Picture – How Trump’s New Gilded Age Is Unfolding

The Big Picture – How Trump’s New Gilded Age Is Unfolding By The Big Pictureyoutube.com On tonights Big Picture, Thom talks with Rob Wiesman about Trumps far from innocent fundraiser at his hotel near the white house. Then he talks with Julio Rivera and Valerie Ervin about net neutralitys demise with the latest FCC nomination, […]

Christmas tree petrol-bombed in Belgium by youth shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ (VIDEO)

A video of the incident, which was posted across a number of social media platforms, shows a group of youths surrounding a Christmas tree before setting it ablaze with what appears to have been a petrol bomb. Decorated with electrical lights, the tree quickly became engulfed in flames, while the arsonists fled. Some shouted “Allahu […]

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