Welfare in India: Business, BJP and Middle Class
How does the BJP government that posits itself as neoliberal and pro-business, manage to not only maintain existing welfare schemes but also launch new ones?
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Gulabo Sitabo – Worth a re-watch?
Gulabo Sitabo marks the fourth collaboration of writer-director duo, Shoojit Sircar and Juhi Chaturvedi. 2012 onwards, this collaboration has culminated in some of the groundbreaking movies in Hindi cinema. However, the film seems a bit of a letdown with the absence of heavy emotions as portrayed in Sircar’s Piku or October or a unique storyline as portrayed through Vicky Donor.
Life vs profit: Dilemma of capping COVID treatment prices
In a country like India, where caste and class inequalities have dictated the distribution of wealth and access of resources, unless the government does not move further than the capping of prices in private hospitals, it will be leaving a significant amount of the population without any affordable medical avenue.
Yemen amidst a humanitarian crisis!
The ongoing civil war in Yemen has been labeled as the ‘worst humanitarian crisis in the world’ by the EU and characterized by the UN as ‘entirely man-made.’ The Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) only exacerbated the situation.
Lost in Translation: Looking through the eyes of poets
Our mind can collate all our experiences into one large entity, which in turn gives us a ‘Big Perception.’ This big picture is our subjective view of the ongoings of daily life. A lot of the time, we are lost looking for the inherent meaning of our lives. At most, we try to follow suit with others.
Grave of the Fireflies: An anti-Hollywood war drama
There have been many attempts to remake this film involving real people in it. Twice, once in 2005 and again in 2008, this project was brought to life. But neither of the two could match the quality of the original work. A consensus, apart from varied formative analyses constituted by the experts, is that some things can never be repeated, and it’s not a wrong belief either.
Food security – Is One Nation One Ration Card the answer?
ONORC looks like it is the need of the hour. However, the costs and implications outweigh the benefits from the perspective of states’ administrative capacities
Journeying as a Feminist
It is in this sphere of bolstering women’s leadership and empowering our agency that I now work in. I am at the intersection of academia and policy. As an academic and a current student of international history, I realize that women’s voices and narratives have been absent and systematically marginalized from intellectual discourse. Fighting patriarchy that pervades academic writing and narratives is a conscious choice and commitment.
Pressure Groups in the USA and UK – A comparative study
Pressure Groups in the USA were found to be more successful than the UK, as the Cabinet with agenda-setting, coalitional-cohesion, the confidence of the House created strong incentives for it to legislate for majoritarian voters instead of special interests.
India- Charm of pseudoscience and need for scientific thinking
A lot of Indians attach great value to astrological predictions basing their entire life decisions on it. This can be a reason for worry, as some may make rash decisions based on a horoscope reading. It is not uncommon in India to find highly educated people inclined towards astrology.
Of lockdown, domestic abuse, patriarchy, and women
This should be the time when the already marginalised sections are given priority in the management of COVID. Unfortunately, they have been neglected by the society as well as state to the extent that something as important as sanitary napkins were kept out of the list of essential services when the lockdown began.
Hearing your conscience
Relax and hear your conscience, the voice that makes us human. Have a belief in it. In the end, you would realise that you have become happier and calmer than you were earlier.
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