India has an alarming trend that sees nearly 20 women dying every day as a result of harassment over dowry- either murdered or compelled to commit suicide!
Continue reading “All you need to know about the Indian Dowry System”
India has an alarming trend that sees nearly 20 women dying every day as a result of harassment over dowry- either murdered or compelled to commit suicide!
Continue reading “All you need to know about the Indian Dowry System”
The world today is reeling under the vagaries of the Coronavirus Pandemic (Covid-19) which has claimed more than a million lives till now and where countries have kept their fingers crossed for the development of a potential vaccine
Continue reading “Covid-19 vaccine and associated Vaccine Nationalism”Another shameful incident took place in the Indian state of Uttar-Pradesh where a young girl was assaulted brutally and gangraped. She succumbed to her injuries 2 weeks later. She was just 19!
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Today while reading through the gruesome crime of human trafficking in the world and India, in particular, I was startled to see the massive figure. And this appealed me to dig a little deeper into the matter.
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The lockdown is slowly being lifted up and the daily business is getting back to normal. A new normal, indeed.
Few months back going out seemed to be the scariest work one could imagine.
Continue reading “What my family has taught me”Women across the world remained unheard for time immemorial. It was largely as a result of an external domination accompanied by wilful submission. It gives me a sense of great relief to see that the situation at present
Emile Durkhein, the father of Sociology, wrote a wonderful thesis on Suicide. This becomes even more important to us today when the suicide rate globally is ever rising and despite our best efforts, we’re not able to contain it.
Durkheim has a great contribution in founding Sociology
After centuries of submission and struggle, India finally got its independence from the colonial powers on 15th Aug, 1947. The empire ended. But does it still rule our mind? Is our mind still colonised to the English hegemony?
The Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) in India has seen a consistent decline in the last few decades from 42% in 2004-05 to 23% in 2017-18 which is, sadly, the lowest among the list of emerging economies today.
The important question remains-