The Mood – Food Relationship
But the more I sought comfort in pizza, momos, noodles, or ice-creams, the more I found my mental health deteriorating.
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Bursting cracking on Diwali – A question of Tradition?
The IPCC’s sixth assessment report talks about the concentration of air pollutants increasing significantly over India, even if effective decarbonization techniques are implemented, the levels could not be brought down to levels advocated by the WHO.
Jai Bhim: A narrative of downtrodden and the voice of the voiceless
Even today, the oppressed, very particularly the Scheduled Castes including the minority Irulars are unable to procure land grants, are treated with inequality as if they are slaves by the dominant-intermediate caste, and are jailed on false charges.
If not now, then when
A significant change in the recent post pandemic global scenario is the rise in protests and campaigns over climate change issues
A white line and a mosque
Why did the frontier-tourists secretly wish to imitate the coolies, walk right up to the twelve-inch white line and put their foot across it? What did it mean to go back home and say they had crossed over?
Should we not have more women in the Indian Army?
Cutting across all socio-economic strata, women in India face a wide range of discrimination; be it in their job choices, political rights or voicing out their rights. They do confront various degrees of inequality when it comes to developing themselves in any sphere of life. Women empowerment is, thus, in the foremost need to extract…
Tamil Nadu and Korea: An untold tale of princess Sembavalam
Can you believe that incredibly, six million Koreans or almost 10% of the Korean population trace their ancestry to an Indian Princess who is said to have travelled to Korea in search of her groom? Yes, it is true.
Community, State, and the Virus
A society can act through communities which are in turn formed and reproduced through sharing of pleasures and losses. A community is one where people know what they are achieving and losing- both collectively as well as personally. The deadly Covid-19 pandemic has encircled perhaps the whole of humanity into its effects but it has…
Thank you letter to a ‘narrow-minded’ father
Dear Papa, I have a confession to make. As a kid, I saw you as a conservative and a narrow-minded person. And my only reason for seeing you was because you never liked Di and me wearing clothes that were even a little revealing. I used to get envious of my friends and cousins who…
Would Andhra Pradesh understand that democracy is more than elections?
Why should the government silence such a small opposition in Andhra Pradesh? Is it the insecurity of the ruling party about the fragility of its public finances? Or, is it the desire to rule the state without any opposition?
The mirror of history
Humanity possesses a natural tendency for remembrance and its transmission. For those interested in ideals of progress, history is a laboratory of social theory.
Listening for Well-Being: A Discourse for Democracy
I would like to make it clear at the outset that my objective is to engage with the ideas in the book, rather than providing a book review. I adopted a style to amalgamate sentences taken from the author and apply them to my own experience.
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