When Algorithms Curate Minds…
The tools and technologies that were initially designed to help us understand the world around us are increasingly determining and controlling how we think.
Social Issues
Are we Willingly Writing the Story of our Isolation?
According to a global survey, around 33 percent of adults felt lonely worldwide, with Brazil (50 percent), Turkey (46 percent) and India (43) topping the list. The advent of better means of communication have given us the chances and avenues to connect and communicate with people more than ever, but certainly it cannot propel our will to open up.
Of Fairytales and Nightmares
Recent researches have been conclusive on the impact of social environment on human brain development. The results suggest a potential neural connection between gender inequality and cognitive and emotional disability.
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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.
Mental Disorder – An Ailment Crying for Empathy and Change in Perception
According to recent studies, it is estimated that approximately 20 percent of Americans, over the age of 18, suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder. The stigma with mental health issue probably comes from the fact that we have remained largely elusive of it.
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
When Adolf Hitler caused the greatest infl
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
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
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
The uproar was unanimous. The police, media, and common men and women stood together
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
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
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
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
Of all the programs entertaining or mundane, there was a particu