Introduction As a nation, India has histories of transformation, transitions, and trauma. After over 70 years of Independence and the Partition of the country into India and Pakistan, the nation is still reeling to get on its feet and healing from the collective trauma of violence and separation. Postcolonial India Read more…
What is Reward-based Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is the concept of more people donating smaller amounts, which helps in two ways – raise larger quantities and get millions of people to know about the project/initiative. Reward-based crowdfunding refers to a campaigner promising backers they get a non-monetary reward in the future in Read more…
What Does Any Threat to Democracy Mean? A power imbalance between any citizens and any other organization (be it an individual or governmental) where the state is protecting the latter signifies the diminishing strength of democracy. Any threat to democracy is fatal because the failed social structure exposes almost every Read more…
Sanity comes from the Latin word Stanitas which roughly translates to ‘Health and Wellness’. Simply put, the meaning of sanity is a healthy person, and insanity equals unhealthy. There are different ways to interpret sanity. The type of sanity I’m talking about is the well-being of the individual. Their ability Read more…
If we look at the human condition, one thing becomes absolutely clear: we are beings shaped by the sheer power of our will and our environment. Our willpower is a by-product of our consciousness. And we can exercise our will only when we become aware of the impressions that our Read more…
A loved one once said to her lover, “O youth, thou hast seen many cities abroad. Which of them, then, is the fairest?” He replied, “The city where my sweetheart is.” ~Rumi The Abrahamic account of creation says that in the beginning before time was not and only God existed, Read more…
Economics is inherently a study of scarcity by determining the cause-and-effect relations between all sorts of things. Without scarcity, the need to quantify things and gather vast amounts of data wouldn’t arise. Lack of resources — and therefore the question of how to distribute them — provides an incentive to Read more…
On August 28, 2020, Rhea Chakraborty gave an interview to NDTV and India Today. She made several revelations, but this article is not about her ongoing cases. This is also not a commentary or an opinion piece about the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. This is a piece about the Read more…
When I read Audre Lorde’s essay ‘The master’s tool will never dismantle the master’s house,’ a line caught my attention: “Only within a patriarchal structure is maternity the only social power open to women.” The more I think about it, the more sense it makes. In a patriarchal society, women Read more…