Trigger Warning: Violence, murder, domestic abuse The Crime that Often Keeps Repeating On 10 April 2021, a gruesome incident took place in broad daylight that shook the nation’s collective conscience. The incident transpired in Delhi, where a man allegedly stabbed his wife to death. Why? Because he wrongly suspected his wife of having an illicit… Continue reading Being Exposed to Gender-Based Violence in Media has Weakened Our Emotional Response
Category: National & World
72nd Republic Day — A Republic Day Like No Other
On 26th January 2021, India celebrated its 72nd annual Republic Day amidst the pandemic – an unasked “guest” in the country for almost a year now. Surprisingly, the annual celebration under the shadow of Covid-19 became an invisible concern when the political and communal tensions hijacked the national capital soon after the sacred ceremony at… Continue reading 72nd Republic Day — A Republic Day Like No Other
Tractor Rally 2021: Chaos and Shame
The Tractor Rally was supposed to be peaceful. What started as a peaceful war of ideology and conflict of interest, took twists and turns in such suspenseful ways that one cannot have ever thought of. Farm Bills, 2020 was in dispute and the farmers and their supporters did a phenomenal job holding their ground in… Continue reading Tractor Rally 2021: Chaos and Shame
Something to ponder upon – Euthanasia
Trigger Warning: Mentions of suicide. On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Lord Bhishma laid down on the death bed of golden arrows, he asked Yudhishthira to offer him water to which Yudhisthira shot an arrow which pierced into the earth, digging out “The Ganges” as its drops moistened Bhishma’s lips, eventually embracing his own death through… Continue reading Something to ponder upon – Euthanasia
The Distressing Impact of Lockdown on the Indian LGBTQ+ Community
COVID-19 has quite literally taken the world by storm. Lakhs of people in our country have also contracted the virus, and various communities are affected. Ever since the lockdown that began in March, millions of people have been tremendously affected in a multi-faceted fashion. There has been absolute devastation of the healthcare system – be… Continue reading The Distressing Impact of Lockdown on the Indian LGBTQ+ Community
