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India And Covid
by“Parking lots and parks have been temporarily converted into crematoriums.” India has reached a grim state in its fight against the pandemic. Delhi, the…
Tesla Or Tata?
byElon Musk is one of the richest people on Earth and he’s decided to bring his trillion dollar company, Tesla, to India. Tesla’s latest…
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,…
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…
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…
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…