Human beings were believed to be born with two kinds of phobias; ‘Basophobia’ or the fear of falling and ‘Phonophobia’ or the fear of big sounds. As a person grows up, the list gets longer and new phobias keep on getting added. With technology taking a firm grip of human
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CAN THE INTERNET HELP THE RURAL KIDS RECLAIM THEIR CHILDHOOD?
It is estimated that sixty-six percent of India’s population lives in its villages. Despite, the internet becoming synonymous with urbanisation, it is the rural India that holds the key to the digitalisation of the nation. With the internet making inroads into our villages, it becomes imperative to explore the impacts
FRAGMENTED SELF: DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER
Mental health has been extensively explored by popular media and oftentimes they have their own take on mental illnesses. Conforming to the codes of psychological thriller and “detective story” narratives, films portraying Dissociative Identity Disorder has become a popular and enduring genre. While some movies may successfully highlight mental health
KUWAIT EXPATRIATE BILL AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIAN IMMIGRANTS: GULF-INDIA RELATIONS
Historically, India shares economic ties with the Arabian peninsula, especially with the gulf regions alongside its eastern shores. The maritime trade route between the Indus valley civilization and civilization of Dilmun, located on the island of Bahrain and adjacent to the shore of Saudi Arabia was the first such route
A WALK THROUGH THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT
“It would be my greatest sadness to see Zionists (Jews) do to Palestinian Arabs much of what Nazis did to them” these famous words spoken by Albert Einstein are somewhere highlighting the whole Israel Palestine conflict in just a few lines. The emergence of this conflict can be dated back
Assam Floods 2020: Over 5 Million People Affected
Assam, the land through which the mighty river the Brahmaputra flows, is among the eight north-eastern states of India and is widely known for the ‘Assam Tea’ that makes an appearance in almost every cafe in the country and is known among culinary enthusiasts across the world. It is an
WOMEN OF YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own” ― Audre Lorde This is 2020 and a 12-year-old Meera peeps outside her window for hours day after another. She sat through the morning sun and waited for the moon to
Is the MTP (Amendment) Bill Really Progressive?
One of the least discussed rights in the realm of gender equality debate is the women’s right to abortion. It is one of the least discussed rights in the mainstream media landscape as well as in the realm of gender equality. It’s unfortunate because even the United Nations has declared
THE CITY-STATE’S PATH TOWARDS A SMART NATION: SINGAPORE
The city-state of Singapore obtained its formal independence in 1965. Its condition during that period looked completely different from the state that it is enjoying now. Back then, the country was flooded with problems. There was an alarming unemployment rate with the majority of the population under poverty, lack of
UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence has always been understood by the masses as a very narrow concept- as only relating to the cognitive aspects of an individual. However, this is not the case at all- intelligence is not only to do with so-called ‘intellectual’ processes but it also related to the ‘non-intellectual’ processes in