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Powering the Indian Energy Sector: Why the new Electricity (Amendment) Bill is necessary but not sufficient to revive India’s broken energy economics
Read more: Powering the Indian Energy Sector: Why the new Electricity (Amendment) Bill is necessary but not sufficient to revive India’s broken energy economicsThe provision of electricity, as a good, has two main components: its generation and its distribution. The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 focuses on reforming the distribution component of the Indian energy sector to remedy its long-standing malaise. This article analyzes the Bill and its potential impacts, specifically defending its necessity as an economic and public…
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Bursting the EdTech Bubble: Why India Needs to Regulate the EdTech Sector
Read more: Bursting the EdTech Bubble: Why India Needs to Regulate the EdTech SectorThe EdTech industry in India has been experiencing rapid growth in the past few years, fuelled by increased access to technology and digital literacy after the pandemic. While the industry has transformed learning and paved the way for a more blended form of learning in both online and offline mediums, the industry is breaking its…
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Choice or Tyranny: Body Hair Removal Through the Lens of Bollywood’s Iconic Unibrow
Read more: Choice or Tyranny: Body Hair Removal Through the Lens of Bollywood’s Iconic UnibrowThis article aims to map out the trajectory of the perception of body hair removal and how, over the years, a hairless woman has become the feminine ideal. This paper isn’t restricted to what has been but also brings to light the changing conversation around body hair, body freedom and femininity. One of the major…
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How Prohibition led to one of the First Feminist Movements in the United States of America
Read more: How Prohibition led to one of the First Feminist Movements in the United States of AmericaHow does alcohol relate to feminist movements in America. The article talks about how alcohol led to social mobilisation amongst the women and helped champion other rights too eventually such as the right to franchise. Prohibition was historic not just because of it being a state being the morality police but also because of the…
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Unchained Sun: Japan’s New National Security Strategy
Read more: Unchained Sun: Japan’s New National Security StrategyJapan’s new National Security Strategy has taken its military spending to unprecedented levels. This marks a drastic departure from historical precedent, and has major implications for Indo Pacific security. This article will examine the historical development of the Japanese Self Defence Forces and the diplomatic and military measures outlined in the new NSS.
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Case commentary: Shreya Singhal Vs. Union of India
Read more: Case commentary: Shreya Singhal Vs. Union of IndiaThis article is a case commentary on the Shreya Singhal V. Union Of India case. It focuses on the right to privacy aspect of the judgment and its groundbreaking contribution to the furtherance of fundamental rights. The article focuses on the need for the laws to be clear and not ambiguous while also highlighting the…
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American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA)
Read more: American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA)Federal consumer privacy legislation has been discussed for decades, even though individual States in the United States have sole control over consumer privacy laws. However, it appears that Congress has made some headway with the American Data Privacy Protection Act (“ADPPA”), which has been suggested as a historic piece of U.S. Federal privacy legislation, following…
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Gender and Property Rights in India
Read more: Gender and Property Rights in IndiaWomen’s inability of acquiring land and property is a sheer barbaric and misogynistic representation of India’s age-old ethos. It has been ardently argued by various sections of society that ownership and control over land is a major stepping stone towards attaining greater gender equitability. The orthodox mindsets of people cause these huge gender gaps between…
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Where are Bollywood’s Working Women?
Read more: Where are Bollywood’s Working Women?This article examines the portrayal of women in Bollywood films, in the specific context of women’s careers. Through several archaic and sexist tropes, Bollywood keeps reinforcing the idea of a reality or at least the aspiration of a society where women either only have certain socially approved professions such as teacher or nurse or have…
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One-China Policy’s True Meaning
Read more: One-China Policy’s True MeaningTaiwan and China’s relationship has evolved over several decades and both sides have looked forward to a sense of closure. As is the case for most conflict-prone areas, the concerned parties are unable to reach any accord. The only difference is the status quo which they have derived for themselves was a stopgap, which is…
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Is Welfarism an Answer to Rising Hindu Nationalism?
Read more: Is Welfarism an Answer to Rising Hindu Nationalism?The Aam Aadmi party’s victory in Punjab has been marked as the dawn of a new political bloc making the party be reckoned amongst the likes of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC). A political startup has officially achieved the status of a two-state party without aligning under any regional…
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The employability of the clean energy sector
Read more: The employability of the clean energy sectorThe clean energy sector has seen a lot of progress in recent years. One highlight came when the IEA announced that for the first time, the clean energy sector created more jobs than the fossil fuel industry worldwide. This article looks at the progress India has made in the sector and the various goals they…
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