The Lumiere brothers first exhibited moving pictures in Paris in 1896. A year later, there was a private showing at the Yildiz palace in Istanbul. Tariq Ali brotherexhibitistanbul Change image and share on social
Young women and men who joined the far-left groups did so for the best of reasons. They wanted to change the world. Many fought against the stifling atmosphere in many groups. Tariq Ali atmospherechangefight Change image and share on social
'Theogony' should be read before the great Homeric epics because it gives an account of the cosmology that is taken for granted by Homer. It does for paganism what the Old Testament attempted to do for monotheism. Tariq Ali accountattemptcosmology share on social
For India, the links with the United States/Israel are the centrepiece of its foreign policy. Tariq Ali centrepieceforeignindia Change image and share on social
I didn't know a thing about Oxford and had never been to Britain. My father suggested it because in 1939 he had been about to take up a place at Wadham College, but the war broke out, and he joined the Army instead. Tariq Ali armybreakbritain share on social
Socially, the Cuban revolution created an education system and health service that remain the envy of much of the neo-liberal world. Tariq Ali createcubaneducation Change image and share on social
I am an atheist and do not know the meaning of the 'religious pain' that is felt by believers of every cast when what they believe in is insulted. Tariq Ali atheistbelievercast Change image and share on social
I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests. Tariq Ali acceptaffectbig Change image and share on social
Anthony Powell was the most European of 20th-century British novelists. Tariq Ali 20thanthonybritish Change image and share on social
In 1962, President Kennedy expanded an earlier trade embargo put in place by a predecessor, President Eisenhower, to a total economic blockade, which pushed the Cubans further in Moscow's direction. Tariq Ali blockadecubandirection Change image and share on social
