When India’s economy got trimmed by -23.9 per cent in 2020, it was certain that almost every citizen was going to be affected by the economic depression — one way or another.
With the COVID-19 pandemic soaring at the fastest rate and the economy, which was in the precincts of a catastrophe long before the pandemic hit, collapsing at the highest negative rate in the world, many are rightly wondering if we are at the economic nadir of independent India’s history.
Amidst the economic turmoil that has literally pushed millions of Indians under the cosh, the bottom section of the…
For a girl, and later a woman, life throws numerous challenges at almost every point of time towards her.
A lot of challenges in a woman’s life are born out of social and cultural impositions, and others, that are natural, are given a social and cultural background.
From the Hindu religious text of Manusmriti to the English literary works of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, there is literary evidence that declares women to be controlled and made submissive to the male patriarch. …
Ableism is when able-bodied people often do not realise their privilege because social structures favour their bodies.
Ableism exists when society and social norms are constructed to favour people without any physical or mental disabilities, and such a way of life is considered as the ‘normal’ (What is Able-Bodied Privilege? 2017).
Oftentimes, we simply assume that every individual has as much access and opportunities that we do, which results in discrimination against persons with disabilities. …
One year on, as the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, there is some hope that vaccines will bring back some normalcy to the world.
A lot of major pharmaceutical industry players have created a vaccine for COVID-19, including companies like Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and Pfizer. Scientists from the University of Cambridge and other disease control centres across the world have also played a key role in getting making the vaccine.
But this hope of a vaccine is also accompanied by a race- a race for getting the vaccine first. …
As the Quad is regrouping against China’s increasing hostility in South Asia, international relations in the region are very sketchy.
The relationship between Australia and China has been a unique one, from years of tension going way back to the Chinese Civil War and establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, which Australia officially recognised in 1972, to a successful trade partnership.
Despite the differences, the relationship has grown considerably over the years, with both countries actively engaging economically, culturally and politically through numerous accords like Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (AEPC), East Asia Summit and the G20. …
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