On Voice
byWe talk, chit-chat, babble, chatter and prattle. We use our voice to voluntarily express views, to exchange information, to signal changes in preferences, and…
Society
Of Malls And Musings – Why Are The Youth Of Shillong ‘Anti-Development’?
byFridays For Future is a global movement seeking to advocate for intersectional climate justice that I am proud to be a part of. Intersectionality,…
Of the Digital Divide and Mental Bandwidth – How The Pandemic Augments Inequities Of Education?
byOf the many repercussions the coronavirus pandemic has brought, perhaps one aspect which has continued to bear its brunt is the education sector. Not…
TRADE WAR TRUCE: A GAME WON OR LOST
byThe US and China have an opportunity to unite and fight this pandemic, but alas! Literature shows that since 1949, the US– China relations…
Social Distancing As A Privilege
byConsider a housemaid living in a two-room dwelling, with her three sons, her mother in-law, and her husband who is a construction worker. Recent…
To Play or Not to Play: A Game Theoretic Analysis of Trade War
byIn May this year, as the world dealt with the spectrum of horror that the pandemic brought with it, we also witnessed the slow…
Unintended Consequences
byAn important matter in the social sciences, relates to what a government should do in the face of imperfections and when it should intervene….
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…
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…