Society

To assign any definition to this term will not do justice to the humongous variety of lifestyle it encompasses. As an entity that is living and ever-changing, the Indian society encapsulates all ideologies that we adhere to, and the processes of socialization we undergo since the day we are born. It represents a plethora of both possibilities and problems, and it is essential that this community comes to terms with both in order to learn from the past, improve the present and dream of a bright future.

Society

Digital India 2.0: Rethinking Healthcare

October 27, 2020February 17, 2021 Tanya Mittal 0 Comments AADHAR, advantage, animal-care, ASHA, citizens, Citizenship, coronavirus, COVID-19, democracy, dependent, digital health, Digital India, digitalization, disadvantage, divine, electronic, environment, equipment, Government, healthy, humanity, initiative, laboratory, medicines, New normal, NHIN, Online, PAN, pandemic, Passport, people, perspective, pharmacy, planet, policies, population, Power, Precautions, project, Ration card, responsibility, safeguard, self-care, solution, technology, uncertain, unique, vaccine, virtual, warriors, work from home

The Covid-19 pandemic has imposed a whole lot of rules and protocols on people to maintain safety and avoid the spread of the virus. Makes one think – in spite of all advancements and progress we have made so far, were we truly prepared for something like this?

Opinions Society

The Bigoted Godman

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020 Editor 3 Comments Agra religion, Ala-ud-din Lodi, attacks, Babur, Britishers, CAA, citizens, conquest, court, Daulat-khan-Lodi, debate, Delhi, delhi sultanate, democratic, elections, followers, forgiveness, Gautam Buddha, Genghis Khan, God, governors, Humayun, Ibrahim Lodi, ideologies, Isha Foundation, judicial review, left, legacy, Lodi dynasty, Mughals, mythical, Noble Truths, NRC, peace, philosophy, policy decision, Power, prejudices, Prime Time, Rajput, Rama, Rana Sanga, right wing, righteousness, Sadhguru, slaughter, Social Media, spiritual guru, Supreme Court, territory, Timur, tolerance

The dynamics of this world has witnessed umpteen number of movements, change makers, and the human force willing to bring that change. But, as an individual it is our duty to make an informed choice. What to believe and whom to follow is on us. More often than not realities turn to be illusionary but one can always make a way out of it.

Society

Understanding and Living with Eco-Anxiety

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 Debopriya Bhattacharya 0 Comments Amphan, anxiety, balance, Celsius, century, Change, chronic, climate, contour, crisis, cyclone, damage, Disaster, Disaster Management, doom, eco-anxiety, Eco-psychology, environment, environmental issues, epidemic, Fahrenheit, Fani, fear, immunity, intellectual, Landfall, medical diagnosis, medicine, Mental health, mental illness, mental well-being, movement, Obama, pandemic, physician, precaution, professional help, Psychiatry, self-resiliency, social, temperature, therapy, threat multiplier, UN

Our planet is destabilizing and it is not difficult to notice with the extreme weather events, temperature drops, climate changes, and ongoing disasters across the world. People today are being diagnosed with Eco-anxiety – a newly recognized psychological disorder affecting those who are bothered by these environmental cataclysms. If you too are worrying about this impending doom, then rest assured, you are not alone.

Culture Society

Revival of Kootiyattam Traditon and participation of women

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Debopriya Bhattacharya 0 Comments 1949, 1950s, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1986, All-India Radio, attam, audience, Bhasa, caste barrier, chakyar community, Chennai, Chintavishtayaya Sita, classicism, Coralie Casassas, cymbals, dramatist, gestures, hasta abhinaya, Hindu temples, Kalamandalam Girija, Kalamandalam Shailaja, Kalidasa, Kerala, Kerala Kalamandalam, KKM, kooti, Kootiyattam, Kuttampalams, language, Mandodari, Mani Madhava Chakyar, Margi Sathi, Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, nangyar, Nangyar Kuttu, netra abhinaya, Painkulam Rama Chakyar, pedagogy, poems, role model, Sanskrit, Satya Chaitanya, temple rituals, theatre, theatrical tradition, UNESCO, Usha Nangiar, Women

India’s rich cultural heritage consists of a variety of theatre forms, one of them being Kootiyattam. This unique article talks about this Sanskrit theatre, the challenges it faced and how they were overcome.

Culture Society

Re-thinking Indian Childhood: Conception, Gendered Socialization and Education

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Supriya Kaushik 0 Comments adulthood, American, benefit, boundaries, boy, boyhood, British, carefree, child, childhood, cognitive, colonial, comprehension, conception, confident, deprivation, emotional, experiment, feelings, fluid, freedom, Freud, generalization, girl, governmental, Happiness, ignorance, immature, india, Indian childhood, influence, kids, knowledge, learning, mature, mental, oblivion, participation, pedagogy, physical, Piaget, process, Protection, prototype, research, safety, school, sexual, skills, social, societal, system, talent, teaching, teenagers, thought, unaware, viewpoint, Western childhood

Of all the seasons we weather in our lives, childhood is one we hold on to. We carry it with us wherever we go. Virginia Woolf had said, “Why must they grow up and lose it all?”. The question is, does childhood actually have a proper definition or do we mould it as per our needs to see what we want?

Society

Beyond Glamour: hassles of a film producer

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Arushi Kapoor 0 Comments 3rd National Film Awards, Academy Award winner, artists, Bahubali, Best Bengali Feature Film, Best Feature Film, budget, Cinema, creativity, determination, director, Entertainment, expense, feature films, filmmaker, films, glamour, graphic artist, industry, lyricist, modern, music composer, Oscar, Pather Panchali, producer, production, Satyajit Ray, screenwriter, special effects, VFX

The film industry entails a lot of struggle along with its glamour. There is a lot of emotional, physical and monetary capital which goes into film making. Unlike today, there were times without VFX. What drove the director and the team to the culmination of films? How did they manage? Well, an Academy Award Winner has his narrative to share.

Polity Society

TIK TOK Ban – Privacy, Truth and more

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Tanya Mittal 0 Comments adjuncts, app, authoritarianism, ban, BeautyPlus, boycotting, COVID-19, Crime, cyber war, cyberspace, Dance, data mining, data nationalism, dialogues, digital authoritarianism, domestic, endangered, Entertainment, foreign, Government, Indo-Chinese, influencer, integrity, livelihood, Music, pandemic, phishing, platform, policy, political, privacy, privacy-breach, propaganda, purge, risk, safety, security, Shein, socioeconomic, sovereignty, spy, spyware, swadeshi, techno-nationalism, techno-politics, threat, TikTok, trade-off, trend, unemployment, vulnerability, We-Chat, Xi Jinping

The entertainment app of Tik Tok was banned amidst the ongoing pandemic as it was said to be a national threat and sharing personal data of its users. Millions of people suffered due to the same and Indian Tik Tok users are still facing the reality of living without it.

Society

Education at “the soul of India”: Ashram Schools

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Smriti S. Raj 8 Comments community, Culture, Development, education, environment., holistic education, inequality, learning, life skills, rural/urban divide, stakeholders, students, teachers, technical skills, Tradition, unity in diversity, urbanisation, village

While there can be no standardised holistic form of education, in order to smoothen the crevices of our educational topography, we can take inspiration from Ashram schools, models of learning that aim to be inclusive, integrated, and multi-faceted.

Society

Unveiling the Marriage Industry: Commodities, Digitalisation, and the Pandemic

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 Vrnda Dhar 0 Comments “virtual marriage”, Bollywood, commodification, community, COVID-19 pandemic, cultural capital, Culture, digital infrastructure, economy, employment, globalisation, homogenisation, luxury, marriage, Power, privilege, ritual, Society, status, wedding industry

As social beings, we reinforce the meanings and values of our lives through a collective of people. Due to social distancing, we have lost touch with the essence of the collective, and our values and traditions have reached a saturation level.

Culture Society

Socially Conscious Veganism

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Srijal Srivastava 0 Comments adulteration, agriculture, alternatives, artificial insemination, autism, battle, brahmin, calcium, carnivorous, Caste, cruelty, Culture, Dairy, debate, diabetics, differentiation, Discrimination, disease, economy, egg-based, environment, environment friendly, gene, Health, health benefits, horticulture, indigenous, inorganic, insemination, lactose lactose intolerant, Lifestyle, livestock, meat-eaters, morals, mutation, non- vegetarian, non-vegan, nutrition, nutritionist, omnivorous, oppressive, organic, pathology, personal choice, Plant-based, products, public health, Society, Vegan, veganism, vegetarian

A lot of people today are following or trying to follow the Vegan lifestyle due to its multiple benefits. It is environment friendly, animal cruelty free, and has shown to have positive health advantages. However, as a separate movement, it continues to face its own battles and challenges to find acceptance.

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