Articles

  • Amidst lockdowns, the innovation India’s rural markets need

    A discussion on the current impact of the ongoing lockdown on consumerism in rural India can be initiated in the realm of agriculture. In a village in Maharashtra, a farmer is not able to transport tomatoes to even small towns as the truck drivers are not operating because they have gone to their native village….

  • Women’s movement in India: Challenges and prospects

    [responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Male” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] The history of the Women’s Movement is replete with radical advances and pragmatic withdrawals. Feminism is an intellectual tradition and a social movement at the same time. Since a new tradition takes time to garner legitimacy from the intellectual establishment, it often becomes imperative for…

  • TikTok vs YouTube: Where Dhruv Rathi goes wrong

    [responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Read out this Theel for me”] Popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathi uploaded a video talking about the new YouTube versus TikTok controversy. Many people commented, expressing their surprise as the former usually talks about political and socio-economic issues. But Rathi being consistent (he also gives a second to the need for maintaining…

  • Zizek on COVID-19: On burnout and other crises

    As a project deeming itself free of external and alien limitations, the I is now subjugating itself to internal limitations and self-constraints, which are taking the form of compulsive achievement and optimization” Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society. A society under lockdown is a prime example of stringent external limitations being imposed on people. Due to the…