Tigran PASKEVICHYAN

When the New Year comes, we think about getting all the necessary accessories for the holidays; in other words, the stuff that we can use to decorate the table and amaze our family, friends and other acquaintances that go from house to house. During my whole life, starting from 1965 when I was born, I …

A pot of khashlama [a dish of stewed meat (usually mutton)] was boiling in the oven. A group of men were washing their hands and then moving aside to smoke a cigarette. In the house, women were moving awkwardly as they were setting a variety of appetizers and food on the table. A man came …

Let four captains Bear Hamlet, like a soldier, to the stage; For he was likely, had he been put on, To have proved most royally; Shakespeare, “Hamlet” “There were many unusual things going on in the world at the time, but very few were turning to God and repenting”. When reading these kinds of lines …

Last year, while translating a text that someone had asked me to translate; I encountered the word ”evolutsya” (evolution) and decided to translate it since the client had assigned me to translate the text because he trusted me. I had no need to open a dictionary. I already knew what was going to be written …

November 27 is just three days away and that is the day of the constitutional amendments referendum. In three days, the clamor, which is called the preparation of the constitutional amendments referendum and has been heard during the past couple of months, will finally quiet down. In just three days we will not have an …

Sometimes people ask me why I don’t write about this or that article in the proposed constitutional amendments. I tell them that I usually don’t write anything about the constitution. The people that ask me the question recall my previous articles. I claim that I have not written one line about the constitution. They continue …

On November 7 it was already clear that the checks and balances was very different. The authorities were celebrating their victory and the opposition powers were getting ready for new political actions. In this case the behavior of the opposition in these both countries is very similar. Here the opposition petitions people to complain about …

On November 7 it was already clear that the checks and balances was very different. The authorities were celebrating their victory and the opposition powers were getting ready for new political actions. In this case the behavior of the opposition in these both countries is very similar. Here the opposition petitions people to complain about …

Whenever our pro-authoritarian television networks get an assignment, they put in a lot of effort to do their best but in the end ruin everything. It is sort of like a child that gets straight As just to please his parents and then suddenly starts studying poorly. Of course, the television networks know what to …

There are two days in the months of fall which are closely connected to each other. The first one is November 7, which is known as the day of the October Revolution, also known as the day of the revolution. The second day, which unfortunately not many people know, is October 31st-Political Prisoner’s day. I …