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Natalie Wynn’s Contrapoints: Humor, Drag, and Philosophy
Column In Picture: Natalie Wynn Credits: Dazed The article reviews the work of trans YouTuber Natalie Wynn (who runs the channel...


Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri And The Malady of Writing Writing is not an easy task at all. Often ideas come to you like flashes, the wisp of a thought...


When the Marginalised Threatens the Mainstream: A Representation through Art and AI
‘In our robotic future,’ begins The New York Times’ article on Jeanette Winterson’s Frankissstein, ‘Victor says, “Humans will be like...


Limits to Cultural Hegemony, Political Democracy and Constitutional Justice
Image Credits: Youth Ki Awaz On the 2nd of November 2021 ‘Jai Bhim’, a Tamil movie was released on Amazon Prime starring Suriya, Lijomol...


“Global Village”: A Fallacy?
Do you know how many hours you spend on your smartphone daily? Do you care? It was one Tuesday evening in 1964 when the late Marshall...


Caste Census: The Conundrum of Counting Caste
Guest Opinion With the decennial census at our doorstep, the demand for a 'Caste census' has also intensified. Let us analyse the...


'False Allies' By Manu Pillai: A Review
False Allies : India’s Maharajas in the Age of Ravi Varma Author : Manu S. Pillai Rating : 4/5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “To simply dismiss the princely...


A New “Hindu” Rate of Growth: History and Perspectives
The political regime matters. It matters insofar as to indoctrinate an outlook for where the nation is headed. The regime is asymmetric....


Perpetuating Problem Unknowingly: The Principle Of Shirky
Clay Shirky in his book ‘Here Comes Everybody: the power of organising without organisations’ writes “...Social Networks provide new ways...


Perceiving Civil Society: A Multipolar Conundrum
Column Image Credits: Shutterstock The term “civil society” enjoys a considerable degree of celebrated acceptance in popular discourse...


Hegemony and Identity
PART 1 The high voltage Uttar Pradesh assembly elections slated to be conducted in 2022 has brought forward themes of social and...


Shadow Banking in India
The cataclysmic collapse of IL&FS, Dewan Housing and the fall of 6 debt funds by Franklin Templeton, all exemplify the feeble structure...


Understanding Asset Monetization
(Image Source : ABP News) NITI Aayog's document titled "Asset Pipeline "asserts that the Indian government's commitment towards speeding...


Talking Gendered and State Violence in Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Draupadi’
Image Credits: The Quint Not long ago, the University of Delhi dropped Mahasweta Devi, an extremely significant author whose works...


Saturation of Democratic Politics in India
Image: gettyimages For students and critical observers of Indian political trajectory, at least since the last three to four decades...


Analyzing Success of Small Efficient Nations : How Some Small Nations Outperform Larger Ones ?
Image: unsplash.com In conventional wisdom, the size of a state is often equated with its success. But we must recognize that not all big...


The Pandora Papers: Unleashing the Veil of Civility
Part-1 At a time when the national media was busy covering SRK’s son’s arrest over a rave party as their primary story, and the Lakhimpur...


Sublimating Modernity
So, the whole question comes down to this: can the human mind master what the human mind has made? - Paul Valery Image Credits: Pinterest...


The Dark and the Derogatory of Humour
Let us descend into the dungeon of dark humour with contrasting takes on drawing the line between what’s funny and what’s insensitive. Or...
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