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ANIMATION LOOP AND ITS EVOLUTION
Read more: ANIMATION LOOP AND ITS EVOLUTIONBy — Manya Mittal Abstract The historical evolution of the animated loop from its mechanical origins in nineteenth-century optical toys to the digital universality in contemporary GIFs and ambient streaming environments is accompanied by a transformation of these loops as a source of animated shock to cognitive soothing and regulation of emotions. Modern digital loops…
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Animation Throughout the Ages: Cartoon as a Wartime Contrivance
Read more: Animation Throughout the Ages: Cartoon as a Wartime ContrivanceBy – Prishaa Abstract Animation has been one of history’s most effective propaganda tools. This article examines the systematic weaponisation of animated media by ruling governments across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, using Gramsci’s concept of hegemony and Nye’s theory of soft power. From Disney’s wartime output and the Censored Eleven to Soyuzmultfilm’s Socialist Realism…
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Did Patel Deserve Better Than a Vanity Statue?
Read more: Did Patel Deserve Better Than a Vanity Statue?By – Harshi Upadhyay Abstract In October of 2018, India unveiled the Statue of Unity as the world’s tallest statue built at a cost of roughly 3,000 crores. The conversation around it is often framed in the past tense. Seven years later the statue doesn’t just remain a questionable call in 2018, it’s an ongoing…
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Watching The Wild: AI’s Role in Wildlife Conservation
Read more: Watching The Wild: AI’s Role in Wildlife ConservationBy – Shreya Parameshwaran Abstract Wildlife conservation is being dramatically altered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) through automating the analysis of the numerous ecological datasets created by technology such as camera traps, drones, acoustic sensors, GPS collars, and satellite images. Machine-learning algorithms are detecting animal species, identifying potential poaching threats and monitoring changes to animal habitat faster…
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The Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project: Cost, Viability and Public-Interest Assessment
Read more: The Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project: Cost, Viability and Public-Interest AssessmentBy – Suryaansh Gupta Abstract The Mumbai Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project is a crucial infrastructural leap in India’s independent history. A country dominated by trains running with an average speed of less than 80 kilometres per hour which has initially attempted to upgrade to Vande Bharat trains capable of running at upto 180 kilometres…
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Animation of the Agency of Two Royal Muslim Women Over Time
Read more: Animation of the Agency of Two Royal Muslim Women Over TimeBy — Aarushi Ghosh Choudhury Abstract In this article, the Mughal and Colonial era will be examined through the metaphor of animation of two royal Muslim women in the history of India, Empress Nur Jahan and Shah Jahan Begum. They were brought to life through painting, coinage, architecture, and texts in a culture where women…
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Can a Government Build a Successful City from Scratch: The Promise and Gamble of Nusantara
Read more: Can a Government Build a Successful City from Scratch: The Promise and Gamble of NusantaraBy — Jayesh Sharma Abstract Can a government actually build a successful city from scratch simply by throwing massive capital at it? Historically, states have routinely tried to construct master planned cities to jumpstart regional economies, ease population pressures, or project geopolitical power. This article uses Indonesia’s new capital, Nusantara, to evaluate the mechanics of…
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AI Paralegal and the Indian Legal System: Navigating Efficiency, Bias, and Constitutional Accountability
Read more: AI Paralegal and the Indian Legal System: Navigating Efficiency, Bias, and Constitutional AccountabilityBy — Vridhi Parakh ABSTRACT: In the 21st century, it is impossible to live without consuming food, water and Artificial Intelligence. Its impact is so domineering that it’s concluded that in the near future, AI will take your jobs. The professions that practice with justice in the country thought that they were safe from this…
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Dalit women and the Digital Sphere: Activism and Exclusion
Read more: Dalit women and the Digital Sphere: Activism and ExclusionBy — Manushree Mahat Abstract The article aims to contextualize how experiences of Dalit women vary significantly in the digital sphere, where both empowerment and harassment are ever-present. While some online spaces become spheres of activism, others become means through which hatred and bigotry is actively spread. The article will examine how being a woman and…
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Marked, Wanted, Unheard: A Beginner’s Guide to Fetishising the Lower Caste Queer Person
Read more: Marked, Wanted, Unheard: A Beginner’s Guide to Fetishising the Lower Caste Queer PersonBy — Siddarth Poola Abstract Indian queer spaces like to describe themselves as “casteless,” which is roughly as believable as a landlord describing himself as anti-property. This essay is a slightly irritated, completely sincere analysis of how caste survives inside queer community by rebranding itself as desire. Dalit and Bahujan queer people are not usually…
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GIFT City and India’s Financial Ambition: Can It Rival Singapore and Dubai as a Global Financial Hub?
Read more: GIFT City and India’s Financial Ambition: Can It Rival Singapore and Dubai as a Global Financial Hub?By — Dhruvi Solanki Abstract Global financial centres have become important aspects of countries’ national economic strategies due to globalization. Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) serves as an example of such an ambitious step taken by India in order to create an international financial service centre that would be able to attract investments from…
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