The Tragedy of the Co(rona)mmons
byWe see memes and videos on Facebook and Instagram of people at grocery stores hoarding “essential” goods such as toilet paper, clawing and screaming…
Society
Mother’s Day Ritual
byI watch my mother jump to a sneeze and anxiously ask who among the three of us coughed the night before. I watch her…
The COVID-19 Social Network
byEconomic, political, and social interactions are embedded in social settings, and the structure of these relations, determines how people behave, and the outcomes of…
The Prisoner’s Dilemma in the Age of Lockdown
byThe Prisoner’s Dilemma, is a quintessential thought experiment, taught to any Social Science student as a classic example in an introductory Game Theory class….
A War Childhood Can Be A Childhood Nonetheless
byAs all-consuming as wars are, we rarely pause to think what part children play in them, and how much they understand. It’s the adults…
Do You See Us Now? One Hundred Years Of Solitude And Post Article-370 Ladakh.
byThere is a peculiar episode from Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s years as a journalist for El Espectador. A correspondent had cabled in reports of fighting…
What Arundhati Roy Gets Wrong About Capitalism
byDespite its many flaws—which became most apparent following the sub-prime crisis of 2008—capitalism remains virtually intact. Cries of anguish and disdain on the streets…
The Music And The Crowd: An Interview
byThe life of an artist cannot be an easy one. The hustle, the inconsistent journeys. From working at dive bars, practising in rooms and…
Two-Party Domination In A Multi-Party System In Meghalaya
byThe aim of Mechanism Design is to plan or devise a mechanism that guarantees certain objectives, based on the two assumptions that agents have…
One Size Does Not Fit All!
byNo one chooses the circumstances into which they are born and thus, no one should be responsible for the consequences that follow. The lottery…