BY KARNIKA BEHL In the recent years, classrooms have evolved from blackboards and chalks to digital boards and projectors. The whole dynamics of education has changed and classrooms aren’t just about books. Classrooms are thinking labs where students are preparing to take on the world. Since the spread of COVID-19, schools and colleges had come... Continue Reading →
Withdrawal of Tanishq Ad : A Defeat for Inter-Faith Tolerance
BY ANANYA AHLUWALIA In multicultural India, cohabitation among different religions, even if not exactly peaceful, has been keeping a tolerant attitude towards each other. You do your customs, while we do ours and we live in peace, even though there has always been some tension simmering underneath this peaceful restraint. Not that there haven't been... Continue Reading →
Child Rights in India : The continuity of poverty, hunger and malnutrition
BY ANANYA AHLUWALIA Global Hunger Index (GHI) recently published its 2020 report, ranking India at 94 out of 107 countries, in the ‘serious’ category on hunger. Even as India claims to have achieved food security, it has not been able to ensure there is food on every plate and that no child sleeps on an... Continue Reading →
Swami Agnivesh : A Rare Secular Monk-cum-Social Activist
BY NIDHI SINGH Swami Agnivesh, a man in the saffron robe who fought against those who are trying to defame the saffron colour and the values associated with it died on 11 September after suffering a cardiac arrest at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences. He was born in Andhra Pradesh and studied Law... Continue Reading →
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind : A Critical Review
BY MUSKAAN CHOUDHARY “How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d” ― Alexander Pope A movie about love lost and love found, memories of pain and memories of happiness, memories lost and memories found. Writer Charlie... Continue Reading →
From #Justice for SSR to #Justice for Rhea , a whole new ball game !
BY KARNIKA BEHL 14th june , 2020. It was a Sunday afternoon and I was cozying up in my blanket when my father called me on my phone. Irritated and groggy , I answered the call. He told me , “ Sushant Singh , that actor from Chhichore has committed suicide , switch on the... Continue Reading →
Tamasha : Finding The Rebel Within You
BY NANDINI LAHOTY “Chehre jo ode tune wo tere kahan, tu aur hai, koi aur hai”- the entire movie Tamasha was based on this concept.It was a 2015 ecstatic movie written and directed by the storyteller Imtiaz Ali whose solemn purpose was to let people discover their hidden selves. The ‘SELF’ refers to the one... Continue Reading →
The Media Witch-Hunt : A Call For Basic Fundamental Rights
BY ASHIMA SINGH Gold Digger. Khalnayika. Vishkanya. Witch. Murderer. Manipulator. A little disturbed reading these words? Well, us netizens and the media have been referring to Rhea Chakraborty by these names for more than two months now. And notice, these are not ending with a question mark, rather they are declarations made by us in... Continue Reading →
The injustice of risking the lives of students through exams amidst the pandemic
BY SHASWAT KUMAR The new economic policy which has come after 34 years is definitely giving many hopes to the nation but still India and its education system is not over with the written examinations criteria for selecting students for higher studies. Evaluating students on just basis of a single entrance exam or on the... Continue Reading →
Kangana Ranaut has the Right to Express her Problematic Views in a Democratic Polity
BY RASHI LOHAAN What started as a brave woman stating her opinion to the public about the evils of our society has today turned into Kangana Ranaut v/s the movie mafia/BMC/Maharashtra Govt. It has become a topic of conflict not only in the nation but also in our minds as well. Ranging from issues of... Continue Reading →