Valhalla – A rant for the 21st century millennial
21st-century millennials are burdened with the challenges of pursuing a passion, amidst a lack of adequate jobs, and cutthroat competition. They lead very pessimistic lives.
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The music of humanity
Gandhi warned that partitioning India would not solve communal problems and that it would lead to catastrophic violence.
Understanding Gender Politics by Dissecting Vakeel Saab’s Maguva Maguva song
Any modest attempt to understand women’s lives in general should not be starting with this type of portrayal of women.
A Hard Rain Falling: Radicalism in Indian Politics
A baleful feature of contemporary Indian politics is the subjugation of the mind to partisanship in the narrowest sense.
Capitalism and the pursuit of freedom
Social and economic policies are tangible manifestations of the moral and spiritual perspectives the society holds dear to them. They are representations of the lexicons of morality that serve as the principle guiding values that dictate the ‘inherent’ nature of human beings. The transition from the feudal to the capitalist signaled a shift and a…
The violence of capitalism: Revisiting Arun Prabhu’s Aruvi (2017)
Aruvi is not a violent film; it is an entertainer. However, the systemic violence in it is not inconspicuous; it is the crux of the plot.
Ashoka University- Of the elite, for the elite, by the elite
If Ashoka University is accepted in its current form and looked at as a model to be replicated for many other universities like Krea University, such an acceptance is the final nail in the coffin for social justice and economic equality.
Governments pass the buck of suicides, every time
While discussing suicides and mental health, we do not talk about governments correcting structural factors, but focus on individual, community, and so on.
Jeff Bezos- A Utilitarian profiteering during crisis?
Profit maximizing sounds like a utilitarian idea that Bezos has been following despite the pandemic to increase his profits. However, how correct is it to call him a utilitarian in Bentham’s world?
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…
Amidst pandemic- Capitalism as the ‘naked emperor’
In the 17th Century, Galileo said: “our universe is a grand book written in mathematical language.” That word is true in our daily lives. But now, with the spread of the corona pandemic around the world, the fear of death toll and the relief of recoveries day by day reveal how our lives have been…
Violence on doctors as a neglect of healthcare
My father, with his ‘middle class’ worldview and aspiration for a good life for his children, wanted at least one of us to become doctors. He stressed there are three gods (mother, teacher, and doctor) that roam the earth in human form. While the mother gives birth, the teacher provides meaning to life, and the…
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