Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018 was passed in Bangladesh on Oct 1, 2018, to address cybercrime and related issues. The law was introduced to update and replace the previous Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, which had been criticized for its overly broad provisions and potential for misuse. DSA criminalizes a wide range of online […]
To Speak or Not To Speak: The Modi question that we must answer
It is obvious that the barometer of any piece of media being ‘controversial’ or ‘infamous’ can be directly gauged as and when it trends on social media. By that, I do not necessarily mean the media, but what it creates, recreates, and so on. As someone with a social media account right now, you can […]
Anti-Sikh Riots (1984): Another Chapter of Injustice in Indian History!
Contextual background of the riots The 1984 Sikh massacre, also known as the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom, refers to a series of violent attacks against the Sikh community in India. Removal of Sikh militants from the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar through Operation Blue Star caused substantial tension between the Sikhs and the government earlier that […]
Abdul Rahman Makki is now a global terrorist: Analysing India’s success at UN Security Council
On January 16, 2023, United Nations Security Council’s(UNSC) 1267 Sanctions Committee, designated Abdul Rahman Makki as a global terrorist after China lifted its “technical hold” on the India-US proposal to designate Makki as a global terrorist. The designation of Makki as a global terrorist is an important step, in India’s fight against terrorism. This zero-tolerance […]
A Woman Taking A Stroll In Delhi’s Hauz Khas Village: Are Free Drinks Emancipatory?
The freedom of anonymity for women in cities like Delhi can be emancipatory, allowing them to temporarily escape from the traditional patriarchal authority and power structures at home. Living in the capital city can be empowering, but it is also shaped by historical, social, cultural, political, and economic factors that govern the city and the […]
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Where are the female characters?
Published anonymously in 1818, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus can be considered Mary Shelley’s magnum opus. Considered by many as the first ever work of science fiction, the novel is interwoven with elements of Gothic horror as well as Romanticism. Frankenstein can be seen as a response to the era of Enlightenment that witnessed a […]
“Still broken”: The appalling practice of caste system in India
Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind. […]
Tryst with blood : Deciphering the Menstruation Benefits Bill, 2017
Women’s bodies have always constituted the canvas on which the scripts of patriarchy had been violently inscribed, resulting in their historical exclusion from the sphere of production and subjugation in the domestic sphere. Feminists had been up in arms against the oppressive structures, employing multiple strategies to challenge the hierarchies that enforce the exclusion of […]
Impermanence: The Sacred Truth of Life and Simple Ways To Accept Change
The only thing constant in this word is change. That’s the best way to define impermanence. To some, this statement may sound rhetorical, to others it may sound self-contradictory. But when I first came across it, I was left amazed by its veracity. I realised how often we forget this idea while going about doing […]
Rabindranath Tagore’s literature and the theme of resistance
Rabindranath Tagore: The patriot Rabindranath Tagore, as a theatrician, occupies a very important position in the history of Bengal theatre. Writing at a time when theatre practices in Bengal were still in a very nascent stage, Tagore introduces an air of freshness. Though initially he drew inspiration from the European dramas, those of Shakespeare and […]
