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POST COVID ERA: IMPACT ON GOODS AND SERVICES TAX

This article intends to explore the recent report shared by the OECD in order to strengthen the tax base of countries, especially after the covid pandemic. Further, the article establishes a connection between the newness of the GST regime, the covid era impacting the country’s economy and the new tax regime brought in place in…
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The Narratives of Intellectual Property Rights in Developing a Wholesome Economy

IPR refers to the legal rights granted to the inventor or creator to safeguard his innovation or creativity for a specified length of time. These legal rights grant the inventor/creator or his assignee the exclusive right to fully employ his invention/creation for a specified length of time. heir economic returns are contingent upon the expenses…
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Sports and Soft Power: Qatar Diplomacy in light of Football World Cup

Countries have used sports to assert dominance and mark their presence for centuries. This article explores the role of football in improving or deteriorating diplomatic relations between nations and how Qatar used the FIFA world cup to become more relevant and assert its soft power, and how impactful is sports diplomacy.
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Queerbaiting: From a Marketing Tactic to Cancel Culture

As social media continues to tackle the problem of correct word usage, “queerbaiting” has become one of many such buzzwords. What is repeatedly ignored are the implications and consequences of shifting its inclusion in the discourse surrounding real people. This article looks at the complexities contained in this shift of “queerbaiting” as a narrative technique…
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Patriarchy, Capitalism and the Systematic Oppression of Women

The oppression of women is ancient and it predates any other form of oppression. Women of the world have since time immemorial borne the brunt of patriarchy which, due to its dynamism, has gradually and incrementally overlapped with newer and more universal forms of oppression i.e capitalism. Patriarchy and capitalism have together sustained and perpetuated…
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Gender Rights and Fast Fashion

The essence of fast fashion lies in its replicability and its ability to be of the moment. Their relevance is often short-lived resulting in countless environmental problems, consumerism and drained workers. They rely heavily on cheap labour and materials to produce quick clothing at low rates. This essay examines issues surrounding fast fashion from a…
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Police Interrogation and its Predicaments

Coercive and deceptive interrogation by the police impedes justice. It often harms the process and outcome of the case, which in itself is detrimental when we consider the innocent people who might get framed, the victim who never got the justice they deserved, and the actual culprit who was let free without any consequences.
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Brace for Impact: Europe’s Upcoming Recession

Europe is heading for a recession. With sky-high energy prices, a surging dollar, and China’s slowdown, most economists have now begun to discuss the severity of the recession and what it would entail. On that front, this article takes a hypothetical trajectory and predicts three possible scenarios that might pan out for Europe in the…
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The IRGC Strikes Back: Iranian Involvement in the Ukraine War

Iran is one of Russia’s principal foreign allies in the ongoing Ukrainian war. By supplying weapons to Russia, Iran has to an extent reversed the traditional client-patron relationship between Western and Middle-Eastern states and opened a new frontier in its proxy conflict with the United States. This article examines the background of the Russia-Iran alliance,…
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Nudging Patriarchy into the Grave of Stereotypes

This article aims to analyse how the application of Nudge Theory can turn the failure of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative into a success by adding a few ‘new nudges’ recommended by me.
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AFTER NEHRU, WHAT?

In contrast to the traditional Gandhian ideology, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India, was a true economic modernist with radical ideas. He was one of the few leaders who appeared to be open to modern industry. He believed that rapid industrial expansion was the route to elevate the masses as opposed to…
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Gender, Partition and Time through the Lens of Literature

Partition brings about memories of colonial rule, violence and migration. However, during such memories, the images of women are absent. The role of women was not shown in Partition history which left women invisible when we talk about this traumatic incident. This article highlights some of the literary works from the Partition era and investigates…
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