Share Sharon Panackal: Gender based discriminations are undeniably prevalent in the current society, across the world. Despite having equal education, work experience and other qualifications women are neither considered equal to men, nor given equal opportunities. This is followed by the persistent preferences for men in job interviews, payments, trainings and promotions. People have a common idea that women [...]
Share Yash Bharadwaj: What is the West? Who are parts of the West? Or who defines the West? There have been endless questions on the western world and its various aspects. Practically speaking, the word ‘West’ does not hold an international definition; it is a social, cultural and political concept passed down through ages to its present [...]
Share Praveen Kumar: Everyone in this competitive world wants to be successful. And the ludicrous part is, we often miss the main question- What is success? How do we define Success? Well, these questions are subjective and are different for different people. For some, success is earning lots of money, for some it is to buy a house, [...]
Share Rudrani Das Gupta: The world is surely a crazy place. We started the year with a “yes we can”, and oodles of hope in Obama. The media made him out to be the New Age saviour who would herald change for the world. Everyone including a bulk of the Indian populace was rooting for the [...]
Share Praveen Kumar: The world around us often seems to hold the upper hand to our dreams, our desires, and our destinies. This is because we live in a world of disadvantages. Physical or Mental challenges, Poverty, Oppressive employers, Chronic diseases, Social Marginalization, and so on – disadvantages everywhere. People, thus, allow their entire mind to [...]
Share Lewitt Somarajan: While world over, youth brigade is getting spellbound after watching the ‘Avatar’ saga; I, for a change, decided to explore the critically acclaimed Wake-up Sid!; Story of an urban careless youth, son of a richhe-rich dad, being portrayed beautifully and; his journey of self-realization along the course, becoming a responsible youth. I thought [...]
Share Sameera Ahmed: I am at an airport waiting for my security check. Its a routine procedure- first check-in, then immigration, next security check and then finally boarding. A man, bearded with a topi walks up to the officer and presents his passport to him. Five minutes later the officer is scrutinizing his face; then unlike [...]
Share Monadhika Sharma: The moment this topic was given to me, I tried to think of a sympathetic viewpoint for the culprit assuming that rapists have a bitter childhood and do not realize the gravity of their crime. I tried my level best to empathize with them presuming they suffer from a traumatic mental condition that [...]
Share Avnish Gaurav explores the harsh reality of the African myth. When a wheel rotates, different points on the wheel rotate in different directions. Same is the case with man made vicious circle, as a result of which different geographical locations progress or perish in a different manner. The difference between the two lies only in [...]
Share Read on as Nayana Phukan gives her opinion on compulsory voting in India. The Gujarat Assembly passed a landmark bill which makes voting compulsory in local body polls, the Himachal Pradesh government said it favoured the same to make democracy broad-based. Voting is the personal right of every individual. According to the constitution when an individual [...]
