Op-Ed Crafting: The Imperative for Sociologists to Contribute
OpEd writing is an effective way to contribute where journalism and sociologists can have conversations about social progress.
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The binary and the fallacious choice
Patriarchal world forces women to look at world as binaries. Mental health experts should consider socio political histories into their advice.
Amitav Ghosh’s ‘The Great Derangement’ and Public Response to Covid-19
In the months following the emergence of the first known cases of the Covid-19 virus across several countries, the most common and immediate response observed in people was denial. Despite its rising numbers, a vast majority dismissed the virus as similar to one that caused the common flu, attributed Covid-19 deaths to undisclosed diseases and…
Childhood in contemporary India
“Children are living beings- more living than grown-up people who have built shells of habitat around themselves” Rabindranath Thakur Childhood is the age through which socialization takes place to develop, transform and mould children into social actors. Though childhood is a natural stage lived by every individual, the ideas, norms, regulations and also the perception…
Swimming in Tonga with the Humpback Whales
An encounter with humpback whales at ‘Eua is a magical experience. Somehow the whales only choose Tonga to visit and mate every year.
Sports in politics and politics in sports – Time to separate!
Across history, many sporting events were affected by political decisions including the Olympics. More social connections are to be inculcated through sports rather than continuing separations between people.
Silent Waters: Religion, Gender and Nationality during Partition
The film Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) portrays how the gender subjugation forms as the undercurrent for the political partition of India and Pakistan into two nations by the British.
What COVID taught us about female entrepreneurship and digital solutions
COVID has itself contributed to widening the digital gap. Both gender constructs and access to technology and education contribute to the prevalent standing of limited agency for female entrepreneurs.
The anti-national district of India – Least spoken and almost forgotten
In the Khunti district of Jharkhand, sedition cases are a common practice to forward the goal of ‘development’.
Congress Mukt Bharat or Gandhi Mukt Bharat: A dilemma
Gandhi family should closely observe the newness of Indian politics without grappling with the long electoral history of their family members.
Letter to Japan from a frustrated Indian PhD scholar
An Indian PhD scholar shares about his loneliness and proposes a strategic relationship with Japan to open Okiya-Geisha branches in India
AI-Powered writing tools and their impact on the Humanities
AI writing tools have advanced significantly over time, having both positive and negative effects on the humanities. While these technologies have made writing easier and raised the quality of authors’ work, it is essential to make sure that they are utilized sensibly and morally.
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