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Unhinged
I sit in my balcony during lockdown, I hear the birds singing . I just wonder how lucky they are, They can fly as much as possible And poor me stuck in lockdown. I sit in my balcony during lockdown, And imagine how I controlled my fluctuating emotions during these times. I thank my friends…
Literature and Activism: Feminism in Twentieth Century Indian Literature
The tools for activism are many but perhaps, literature serves as one of the most important tools for social change and activism. Any great literary work holds the power to act as an agent for social justice and change. Inherently activist literature is not necessarily didactic or allegorical but is rather a pragmatic juxtaposition of…
Maharani Web Series: Exploring Bihar-centric political potboiler
Even before the rise of over the top (OTT) platforms based web series, the state of Bihar and its political and socio-cultural landscapes has gathered topmost attention of the silver screen/ Bollywood. The charm of Bihar attracted filmmakers to plot classic super hits movies like legendary Bimal Roys’s Do Bigha Zamin (1953), Raj Kapoor’s Teesri…
What is Conversion Therapy and why it needs to be banned?
Two new legal challenges are targeting conversion therapy. The first is a civil suit in New Jersey in which four former clients of a counseling group called Jonah are suing for deceptive practices. The patients argue they paid thousands of dollars for therapies that did not rid them of same-sex attractions, and that they then…
Begum Rokeya’s Guide to Utopia
Begum Rokeya’s guide to a utopia was a vision of women empowerment and gender equality. Her death anniversary is commemorated as Rokeya Day on December 9 in Bangladesh
Politics in two-dimensional charts with Nolan and Pournelle
The terms ‘left’ or ‘right’ have collected emotional weight through the education or growing up process of an individual.
Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore’s criticism of the concept of nationalism has kept humanism at the core.
Parallel Flashback
Poet pens a heartfelt poem connecting the partition, the memories of the past and lives lost to the present.
No End in Sight to Rapes in Rajasthan
Rape is one of India’s most common crime against women. In India, a girl is raped every 20 minutes.
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‘1Q84’ is a Surrealist Advocate of Dissent
There can never truly be an ‘escape’ from the worlds we create for ourselves, and perhaps, it is fate that controls our exercise of free will as well.
Students, Stress and Rising cases of Suicide
The pressure from parents, the pressure of rising competition, the pressure of getting a job all lead to high stress in students if not taken care of, this stress starts raising many health problems like anxiety issues, depression etc. and even result in suicide.
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