Society & Culture – Page 4 – NICKELED AND DIMED

The Reasonable Expectation of Privacy and the Labyrinth of AADHAR and Constitutionalism

Through this article, Professor Ashit Kumar Srivastava explores the idea of privacy, it’s relationship with AADHAR and how it links to Constitutionalism. The article also looks at judgements from the U.S Supreme Court and relies on them to further elucidate on the concept of informational security. Read on more to find out..
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An Inquiry into the Morals of Marriage

Bertrand Russell’s, “Marriage and Morals” was published 9 decades ago and yet the foundations of modern marriage are deeply embedded in the past which have invoked a certain moral bias. This article by Guneet Singh Sidhu juxtaposes Lord Russell’s arguments against contemporary marriage scenarios to examine the “modern marriage”.
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How Does Popular Culture Relate to Global Politics?

Prachi Pahuja talks about the relevance of popular culture in global politics and displays the close relationship between them through illustrations and a case study of the song “Rasputin” which was introduced during the reign of the Tsarist Government.
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Rohingya’s in Delhi: “Had I Not Escaped I Would Have Been Killed”

Despite having been termed “the world’s least wanted”, the Rohingyas are determined to get back their rights they were once denuded of. Devika Sahni writes about their escape from Myanmar to India, for a livelihood. But having earned nothing but betrayal from the government, they should now make do with what’s left of them… In a…
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Book Review: Debt-Updated and Expanded-The First 5000 Years

In this sharp review of D. Graeber’s book, ‘Debt-Updated and Expanded: The First 5000 Years’ released in 2014 Tejaswini Chepyala traces the financial crisis of 2008 back to the historical roots of debt to weave an informative and eye-opening essay. Have you wondered why a U.S dollar note has the word “debt” imprinted on it?…
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Sectoral Analysis: E-commerce in India

In the past few decades, rapid development in the information and telecommunications sector has greatly impacted the way we live- especially with the growing importance of the e-commerce sector. While the traditional shop-based retailing still thrives, e-commerce has been consistently gaining ground with the entry of e-commerce behemoths such as Amazon and Alibaba along with…
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Coming South in search of a Bride

Despite Haryana’s infamous skewed sex ratio and terrible treatment of women, Malayali women are marrying Haryanvi men. S.Irudaya Rajan and Sharada Srinivasan explore the strange case of how women from Kerala are wedding men from Haryana in what often turn out to be disastrous marriages. Some trends seem astonishing at first, but begin to make…
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Examining Migration Governance in India

In this article, the migration expert, Dr. Irudaya Rajan argues for a stronger and better coordinated migration policy which focuses on the well-being of Indian migrant workers at all three stages in a migrants life-cycle. The World Bank classifies India as one of the top emigrating countries in the world with a stock of 13.88…
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A Redistributive Economy: A Socialist Justification

The mere contemplation of the idea of redistribution seems very antagonistic of the economic system one lives in, a capitalist system if you may. If the structure is a perfect economic system, which is well regulated with the right amount of control, then why does the idea of redistribution creep into every aspect of economic…
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Reimagining India’s Role in the Thirty Meter Telescope Project

Kalyani Unkule talks about India’s participation in the controversial TMT Project in Hawaii which is facing protests on cultural and environmental grounds and proposes a rethink in light of India’s own rich culture of supporting heritage over moneyed development. Scientific research is becoming increasingly internationally collaborative in nature and several of the Government of India’s…
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The Beef Ban: An Irrational Decision with Economic Implications?

There are several questions that remain unanswered about the motives of this ban. In this article, Hrideja Shah aims at bringing out the economic implications of this law. The 20 year old bill, Maharashtra Anila Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995 was finally signed and approved by the President. The bill prohibits slaughter of oxen and bulls…
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Process of Nationalism and Identity Transformation in Kashmir and its Implications

Abstract: The paper discusses the mechanism and processes of nationalism and religion at work in Kashmir and the consequent evolution and assimilation of the Kashmiri identity into the pan-national identities determining the birth of India and Pakistan. This process was not one-sided and was in fact mutually reinforcing. The genesis of the Kashmir imbroglio was in…
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