Sana Syed


Social Issues

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The Shifting Balance of Emotional Ethics During the Time of Social Media Validation

For individuals, social media offers a platform to showcase their feelings, emotions, achievements, or even a thought. It has tapped on the basic human instinct of validation, which come in the forms of appreciation, comments, and a series of emoticons. But the craving for validation sometimes takes us too far from what truly makes us human – kindness and empathy even beyond the lens of the camera.
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All in the name of religion…from east to west and north to south

Religion is a touchy issue, and in most liberal societies it is considered a topic off limit during formal discourse. But the question is why? If it is so detested, why do most of us have a religious identity, though some also choose to present themselves as atheists, in a struggle to find harmony? It is perhaps because history is evident that most of the atrocities and human sufferings have been inflicted on people under the garb of religious bigotry.

When Adolf Hitler caused the greatest infl
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Domestic violence cases surge amidst lockdown: Why society tolerates injustice against women

Family is the smallest unit where humans interact and engage. It consists of a household with different personalities and our engagement at the micro level determines the society we intricately yet unknowingly build at the macro level.

Many of us react vehemently to societal inequality played in public glare but conveniently ignore it at the familial front. While the world has been distraught, combatting a pandemic like Covid-19 since past few months, something unlikely is also making headlines
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Hathras case: Does justice stand a chance in today’s India?

It was a chilly December morning in the year 2012, when Delhi and the entire India woke up to the torturous news headlines of a gruesome gang-rape. As the details of the crime emerged, one could not help but cringe and shudder at the thought of what the young woman had to go through in the hands of five perpetrators, who committed the crime in a moving bus, and left the brutalized victim on a deserted roadside.

The uproar was unanimous. The police, media, and common men and women stood together
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MSP shield for farmers not only needs to be continued, but made stronger too

Failing crops, and falling prices when the produce has been abundant, are a recurrence beyond differentiation in the agriculture sector of India. The two factors have a direct bearing on the predicament of farmers. With an atmosphere of unpredictability looming large, it is not surprising that the rate of suicide is exceptionally high in this sector, even though India has an agrarian economy. Farmer suicides account for 11.2 percent of the total suicide cases in India, which is a sign of deep ro
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Is there a life lesson to learn for parents in the unfolding tragedy of COVID-19?

Sana Syed



Perception is selective for most of us. We are deeply affected by the microcosm world around us and the farther the distance from a situation the more negligible is the impact it creates on us. But, coronavirus pandemic has affected not just the macrocosm but the microcosm existence, and its ripple effect crosses sovereign boundaries, social strata, and the world’s hemispheres.

It is difficult to say who is hit the hardest. World leaders and celebrities are choosing self-isolatio
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The Orchestrated Crisis of Identity

For any Indian born during the eighties and from a middleclass background, the most exciting thing that happened in the family was the purchase of a television set. It was no less a festivity for friends and neighbors to rejoice. Children looked forward to the familiar tune of Doordarshan logo appearing on the TV set. It was a state controlled media that entertained, informed, and educated people to herald a new era of mass media.

Of all the programs entertaining or mundane, there was a particu