A 52-year-old potter, Shanti resides in a picturesque village of Kuniyur, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Shanti and her husband have been trying to sustain their lives for a couple of years now. Sometimes twenties, other times a few hundreds, she doesn’t know what will the next day
Category: Opinion
AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU (NOT) REAP
It was a sight to behold when hundreds of farmers in Punjab and Haryana took out a tractor march against the three agricultural ordinances passed by the central government. The new rules have also created conflict amongst political parties, both ruling and opposition: whether to support ‘opening up’ of the
WILL WE EVER GO BACK TO STATUS QUO?
Ever since the coronavirus showed up, the urge between people to be outdoors is understandable. Traveling or even going out for work/school/college has been put on hold. People can’t even see a doctor unless it is very urgent. The worst casualty of this pandemic is the loss of human contact/
LEGALISATION OF MARIJUANA IN INDIA VS THE WORLD
Marijuana is a mixture of the dried flowers belonging to Cannabis Sativa. It is popular by other terms like pot, herb, weed, mary jane, ganja and other slang words. Marijuana is smoked by people either in the form of a rolled-cigarette known as joints, in pipes, through bongs or rolled
FEMINISM: FIGHT TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD
“We realize the importance of our voice when we have silenced” these famous words by Malala Yousafzai are highlighting the paradox of the statement, depicting the lack of privileges women hold in their lives. Feminism was a movement which began as a fight for these basic privileges. In the current
INDIA’S ROAD TO BECOMING A SUPERPOWER IN THE 21ST CENTURY
It’s been more than 70 years since India gained independence, the newly born Indian nation was struggling for its survival. This was a time when challenges were many but the resolute in the minds of those who fought for our independence was strong. They dreamed of an India that was
HUMAN GENDER: THE SOCIETAL CONNOTATION
Gender has been a much-debated topic currently. While some Gender Scholars try to define and research on this subject, there is a mass of people who are not aware of the very meaning and nature of Gender. Historically in India, the significance of gender has been prevalent and strongly felt
A SYNOPSIS ON PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS
As a layman, most of us would have not been very familiar with the terms like quarantine, lockdown until COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by WHO. In simple words pandemic is when a disease spreads across geographical boundaries affecting a large number of population. Pandemics are not new to
THE IMPACT OF VIRTUAL DISRUPTIONS ON THE REAL WORLD: LOOKING AT INTERNET
The current health crisis has to lead to an increasing acknowledgment about our dependence on the internet technology. All sectors including health, education, trade, leisure, governance and now even our jobs would find it difficult to survive without the internet. Apart from its utilisation during the peaceful times, social media
GLOBAL NEWS NETWORKS AND THEIR EDITORIAL POLICIES
Since the start of the 21st century, it has been observed that national governments across the world have been investing in global news media. The result is that today we have Al Jazeera English, Telesur and China Global Television Network (CGTN). AJE is funded by the Emir of Qatar, Telesur