The fine line between positivity and toxic positivity

The paper contends that climate change functions as a structural force within the Indo-Pacific security complex, reshaping threat perceptions, maritime strategy, and alliance behaviour. Climate stress catalyses securitisation, drives eco-geostrategic cooperation, and transforms regional institutions and partnerships amid intensifying geopolitical competition.

Abstract This commentary examines the institutionalised precarity of environmental migrants in the Yamuna Khadar, where the seasonal cycle of flooding (Baadh) is compounded by the hostile interventions of the state. Drawing on field observations from Chilla Khadar and Geeta Colony, the analysis argues that the residents' crisis is defined by a double-edged governance model. While the state provides minimal resources through legal documents and subsidized rations, it simultaneously acts as an...

The paper contends that climate change functions as a structural force within the Indo-Pacific security complex, reshaping threat perceptions, maritime strategy, and alliance behaviour. Climate stress catalyses securitisation, drives eco-geostrategic cooperation, and transforms regional institutions and partnerships amid intensifying geopolitical competition.

This paper explores the convergence of gender, caste, religion and colonial history in influencing the ritual labour associated with a significant regional festival in eastern India namely Chhath puja, through a thorough examination of religious traditions, folk customs, and historical data, how women's devotional rituals have been systematically converted into coerced labour under patriarchal and Brahmanical standards illustrating how fasting, culinary practices, and purity practices emerged a

The paper argues that although India’s Constitution promises integration and protection of tribal communities, the poor implementation of measures such as the Sixth Schedule and Forest Rights Act has deepened marginalisation. These failures erode land-based identity, weaken autonomy, and highlight the gap between constitutional intent and lived tribal realities.

This paper will delve into the motivations and implications of Akbar's key religious policies. It will explore the purpose and evolution of the Ibadatkhana debates, the significance of the Mahzar as a tool for reconfiguring political and religious authority, and the broader philosophy of Sulh-i-Kul. Through these topics, this paper aims to evaluate whether Akbar’s policies reflected genuine religious tolerance or were driven by political necessity.

In Plato’s dialogue, Crito, that delves into themes like justice and injustice, Plato implies that silence means consent. This article takes this thought-provoking claim as the point of departure. It begins with delving into Plato’s idea and its relevance in the present context; then it goes deeper into critically questioning the same, underlining the complexities of the society. By unpacking what silence is and what it signifies, the article asks an essential question: does silence mean consent

The 2025 Bihar election delivered a decisive mandate; yet, this article argues that the verdict was potentially manufactured through mass voter deletions and administrative opacity. Highlighting the controversial "Special Intensive Revision" and unexplained data anomalies, it serves as a stark warning: Indian democracy is being eroded not by force, but by the quiet manipulation of electoral processes.

The article explores the thin boundary between healthy optimism and toxic positivity. It explains how over-emphasising positivity can lead to emotional suppression and distress, while highlighting approaches like mindfulness, cognitive-behavioural therapy, and emotional acceptance to promote well-being and psychological balance.

The article explores the constitutional recognition of the Right to Digital Access under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, emphasising its significance for inclusivity and digital empowerment of persons with disabilities in the society.

The Uniform Civil Code is not a storm of reform, but a silent wave reshaping India’s legal harbours. Concealed within verdicts, unveiled through laws, it fulfils a dream deferred long ago. From the Hindu Code Bills to the Triple Talaq ban and Uttarakhand’s UCC, India has been steadily harmonising religion with law. Each reform, verdict, and amendment has drawn the nation closer to a unified legal system rooted in equality, justice, and secularism, not through a radical imposition, but by buildin

The world, as we know it, is changing rapidly at an unprecedented rate. Change, while feared by species for the fear of the unknown, has a very different definition when it comes to world order and inter-country relations. Right now, as we sit in the comfort of our homes, living our day-to-day lives in our respective countries, a pivotal shift has already taken place that is now shaking the very foundations of statecraft and international relations as we know it. This shift takes us away from al

This paper aims to explore the gendered design of AI in cinema, particularly how the representation of women as AI often reinforces stereotypical gendered tropes and has self-perpetuating impacts on the socio-cultural and professional corpus of the world that we live in. The key issues that this paper focuses on are sexualisation, objectification, the cinematic male gaze, AI, and feminine identity.

This article synthesises evidence from current and previous studies to explore the many-sided function of technology, or mobile technology, in the context of learning, with particular emphasis on its integration with Career and Technical Education (CTE) and its implications for students' engagement, anxiety levels, and readiness for future schooling and career opportunities. Through the analysis of the potential of mobile learning pedagogies and the overall school-to-work activity influence hist

This essay traces their journey from early discovery to modern reinterpretation. Drawing on Fuller’s radiometric studies and evolving archaeological perspectives, it reimagines these towering mounds as ritualized expressions of pastoral life and emerging village societies, reflecting the dynamic transition from mobility to settlement in early human history.

The 2024 Lok Sabha results were a sharp correction for the BJP. The party had succumbed to its own "400 Paar" hubris, relying excessively on the popularity of PM Modi and the emotional high of the Ram Mandir inauguration. In doing so, it neglected its core strength: local organisation and the systematic communication of its five-year performance. The voters, feeling unheard on ground-level grievances, delivered a shock.

Image Credits-Article 14 “The actual constitution of a country has its existence only in the actual condition of force which exists in the country, hence political constitutions have value and permanence only when they accurately express those conditions of forces which exist in the country.” This is going to be an uncomfortable pill to swallow, but the defenders of the Caste system might come up with the most bizarre argument that this system is but another name for division of labour, which...

Image Credits- Financial Times Introduction The public sphere is a domain of social life where opinions can be formed and expressed. It is characterised as being open to all, where no force of intimidation occurs (Habermas 1991). The force of argument is the principal driver of deliberation in these spheres. This Habermasian idea of a public sphere has now become an ever-present part of our modern political democracies. However, in today's age of social media and the new-age internet, these...