India accounted for 44%, or 323 million, of 2019’s total TikTok app downloads. Social media, especially in their app format, is quite addictive and gives a dopamine kick to the brain by creating the illusion of being famous, having friends, and youngsters measure their worth by the number of likes and comments on their online presence. The…
In today’s world, marriage has become a sacred contract between irrational people rather than a holy agreement between 2 souls. Moreover, it has become a commercial institution. Here, in this article, I would like to express my thoughts on how the interpretation of law about marriage could benefit humanity and save the institution of marriage. …
You are urged to read this fully as the fight against COVID-19 will be a long, yet doable one. Preparation is the best way we can fight this virus! “It is always better to prevent and prepare than to repent and repair” “Everything we do before a pandemic will seem alarmist. Everything we do after…
In the discourse about the status quo and the zeitgeist of the modern times, it is evident that the emphasis is majorly on the building and sustenance of financial capital. The World Bank’s The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018 report shows that the global wealth grew an estimated 66 percent ($690 trillion to $1143 trillion) from 1995 to 2014…
“The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” Winston Churchill If someone asks you, “What do you understand by the word democracy?” what will you answer? Most of us answer, saying, “Why? I have the power to vote in my country, and that is my democratic right.” Well, my question…
Non-vegetarians are those who choose from a varying platter of eggs, chicken, fish, lamb, goat, cow, pork, turkey, etc. I’m one of them. In India, they are primarily of two kinds – the non-beef eaters and the non-pork eaters, depending on their religion. The vegetarians are those who refrain from consuming animal proteins, except milk…
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Everyone’s favorite career advice to give and to listen to is ‘follow your passion’. No matter how charming it may sound, it’s not easy to follow and even harder if your passion is not anything related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). What to do if, in this world obsessed by STEM, you like studying…
In a country where women are worshiped as goddesses, we never realized when all that gender bias kicked in. In India, marriage is believed to be a sacred union of two beings. The two come together, take vows to be there for each other in sickness and in health, and decide to spend the rest…
(This article on education received a book prize as part of the Republic Day OpEd contest organised by The ArmChair Journal) On 28th November of 2019, while surfing Facebook, I came across a picture of a burnt body. Not painted but photographed. A burnt, blackened human body. With the photograph of the body, was a…
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts.” While the Bard of Avon is known for his words of wisdom, the current American president has a knack of taking Shakespeare’s philosophies too seriously or…
The recent protests related to CAA claiming lives in the national capital have reminded people of horrific times like the 1984 Sikh riots. I was not born at the time of sikh riots, nor am I witness to the Delhi riots. All I know about it is through social media. In this context, the following…
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