by Anish Esteves While the country and world largely focussed on the crisis of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, another crisis was lurking last month: that of Heat waves. The past few weeks, mostly in May have been difficult for many states such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Haryana to name a […]
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The Paling Crimson
by Kunal Roy Flesh trade or sex trade or prostitution whatever we say at this hour is the oldest profession in the whole world. Since time immemorial prostitution has been a thriving business. Not only the women from the backward sections of the society but also the ones who belong […]
A Simple Story
by Kunal Roy There is no touch of radiance. There is no touch of wisdom. There is no lap of luxury. It is always the darkness that leads you to them. Through the blind lanes and by-lanes and half-broken steps smeared with filth and grime. The dimly lit vestibules reek […]
Doordarshan Era V/S Private Channels
by Shubhangi Kotwal Those were the days when we had only one channel on TV and that was Doordarshan. There was uniformity, each one used to watch Doordarshan news, programs, and serials. This I am talking about the 1970s and 1980s decades. And not all households could afford TV sets […]
Women’s Mobilisation in the Soviet Central Asia
by Monalisa Deka The female labour force in Central Asia played a very important role in the communist movement. In fact, one could say the real emancipation of women came after the communist parties started mobilizing them for their political purposes. Women often were ignored as unskilled and illiterate beings […]
Social Emotional Learning
by Fortuna Seva-Casiller As a teacher, how do we connect with our learners? Do we understand them? These are things that an educator should ask themselves. Why? Having a good connection leads to a better understanding of the learners’ differences. Part of these individual differences includes physical, emotional, social, spiritual, […]
Paradigm Shift
by Anjana Subramanian Have you observed a paradigm shift in today’s world? Whether it is shaking up the normal 9-5 office schedule, introducing new forms of digital currency into the market, or technological or regulatory changes. Schools and Colleges have shifted to a hybrid model of learning which includes online […]
Capital and English Language
by Pradip Kumar Nath There is a close relation between language and capital as capital is a social relation of production. Without a ‘language’, capital is unable to expand. It is from around 1600 we see the rise of England, and subsequently the gradual unfolding of the English Language as […]
Toy ‘Cult’ure
By Sakhi Thirani A comfort, a stimulus, an amusement, a means to learn– a toy provides a child with an experience that sustains way beyond the mere realms of stale memory. “Being there for a child is the noblest thing a toy can do,” Woody had stated throughout the course of Toy […]
Musings
by Swati Moheet Agrawal I would like to be in so many places. I would like to be traveling and vagabonding. I would like to write in a quaint café in Montparnasse. I would like to get lost in books at Shakespeare and Company. Like Proust, I would like to […]