Media representation of COVID 19: Power and media
A Foucauldian understanding of power and media can be a silver lining since, unlike Chomsky, power to Foucault and the construction of knowledge can come from multiple sources
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The Trials of Deepika Padukone
BJP’s reaction made it clear that it was alarmed by the A-list actor’s presence at the meeting. Tejinder Singh Bagga, a national spokesperson of the BJP, called for a boycott of her films “for her support to #TukdetTukdeGang and Afzal Gang”.
Revisiting Sunshine: How my reception of this movie changed
Can the science this mortal being has developed help us beat or save the God that created us? And if it does, does that not make us God ourselves?
The King and the Aurelian plot
Surprisingly, there was one bloody Homosapien who was totally unaware of the heist – the King himself! Did you just think, “I have heard this before.”?
The national language conundrum
Article 343 of the Indian Constitution diluted all these expectations giving Hindi and English the status of twin official languages at the Union level
Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns
The book is about the lives and unlikely friendship between two women, generations apart, in the changing landscape of Afghanistan.
Geopolitics of Arab – Israel peace
The Middle East peace process is slowly but steadily solidifying the new geopolitical fault lines
Institutional Idiosyncrasies at the fore in the Courtroom: A Case Study
Indian Social Action Forum moved the Apex Court challenging certain provisions of the FCRA and its incidental rules as being unconstitutional
Cigarette smoking & alcohol consumption are injurious to health
The slow-motion shots, the thumping background score, and seeing their favorite idol smoke cigarette or drink on-screen would influence others negatively
The Kalapani dispute: Indo – Nepal relations
Commenting on the New Political Map of India, Nepal’s Ministry of External Affairs commented that they are not at all ready to offer their consent to India’s decision, while India has considered its map as accurate
De-Rationalizing Indian Minds: Role of Indian Media
Indian media’s biggest project for the past 3-4 years now has been the derationalizing of Indian Minds.
Dreams of longing for distant
And so, distractions are used as shield
And multitask as armour
I Keep longing for my self
I Keep longing for my own company.
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