Covid-19 and Mental health

According to a recent research, the prevalence of major depressive and anxiety disorders rose by as high as 28% globally. The rate was higher for women than men.

Poverty- A Multi-Dimensional Approach

What is poverty? We have all read this term in our school textbooks. But can we define it? Is it economic insufficiency to meet the basic necessities like food or does it have a broader meaning?

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!

Covid-19 vaccine and associated Vaccine Nationalism

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

Psychology of a Rapist- Explained

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!

Human trafficking and Sex workers in India

Hello everyone!
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.

What my family has taught me

Hi everyone, how are you all doing?
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.

How Indian women progressed over time?

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

How to prevent Suicides?

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

Is our mind still colonised?

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?