Whether you wish to find an old tune related to Asian or African culture, or cast an eye on how technology evolved through centuries or are craving for a cartoon movie, www.archive.org is the site for you. Some days back I was watching a documentary on the life of the US President Barack Obama, on a TV channel.

The `biography` of the man presented a detailed account of his life to date. The footages were awesome. They must have sought help of some old library in order to gather so many historical movies and photos, I thought. However, when the credits were rolling at the end, www.archive.org was mentioned to have been consulted for the documentary, besides names of different libraries and other institutes.

This pushed me into visiting it, and, lo! What I got was a website packed with all types of discourses related to human knowledge. Whether you wish to find an old tune related to Asian or African culture, want to cast an eye on how technology evolved through centuries, seek to freshen up your soul, or crave for an important documentary, the site is for you! I could locate cartoon movies of my favourite characters, Casper and Popeye, as well. This is not all, though.

Media, being a strong moving force, has changed almost every aspect of our lives. Our outlook towards world politics, social issues, ancient cultures, etc., has changed exceedingly. Issues like feminist movements, eradication of the caste-system and demand of equal rights for all human beings are the products of awareness, which media — in one form or the other — has been spreading. However, there remain certain `technical` aspects of media and politics which need careful study plus observation.

Many quality videos related to state, constitution, laws, forms of government and topics such as Faith in Exile the Lesson of Tibet and The Ground Truth the Human Cost of War are offered  on the site. Going through News and Public affairs section will improve your judgment of world affairs and politics.

Furthermore, if you want to find and trace the history of a nation or discourses about what had happened when, the site comes handy too. For example, you can go through Gandhi-Jinnah Talks and Verdict on India, etc.

The Audio section puts forth valuable audios related to different fields like religion, music, (audio-) books, news, etc. There is a special feature — Way Back Machine — which will give you the timeline of any website you enter into the field available through which you can see what changes have been made to that particular site over time.

The website`s layout is quite simple which makes it easy to locate what you want. There are many other features of the site that will prove to be an asset for students of all ages. However, the site seemed too focused on America and it needs to add more content related to different countries and languages. To see how it can help you, log on to www.arhive.org