Category: Op-Eds
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Do You See What I See When You See a Monkey? A Personal Reflection on Aesthetic Bias and Perception in Campus Ecology
Is it true that empathy is measured on a scale of aesthetic value? Do we truly see animals like monkeys and deer the same way? Our correspondent Anshira reflects that beauty (and the benefits that accrue to it) is indeed in the eyes of its human beholder. Read More
6–9 minutes
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Gender and Gym: Being a woman in the world of fitness
Damned if you lift, damned if you don’t. Walking into a gym as a woman can feel like stepping into a world that wasn’t built for you. In our latest article, guest correspondent Doel reflects on the gym as a largely masculine space. Read More
3–5 minutes
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Is Our HS Department Ready for a New MA Program?
Promise of rebirth or plea against redundance? This opinion piece by Chenni raises vital concerns about the new Public Policy program, which shall seemingly hang like a golden apple in the HSS bough. But will it bring impending strife in its wake? Read More
5–7 minutes
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Five Minutes of Happiness: Smiling at Strangers in A Fragmented World
In a world of exorbitant prices and ever-increasing costs, a boost of happiness (however fleeting) is a gift that keeps giving. Our correspondent, Anshira reflects on all aspects of this gift of smiles: the sad, the awkward, and the joy in moments. Read More
4–6 minutes
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The Reality behind the Unreality of Pro-Wrestling
From the scripted fights to real-life battles with illness, WWE walks the line between fiction and raw emotion. And no one embodies that journey more than Roman Reigns. Our Guest Correspondent, Joseph Kumar ruminates on this journey of media, stories and fights. Read More
5–7 minutes
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State of Free Expression at IITM
Resistance culminates in speech-acts. In this opinion piece, Lokesh raises a clarion call to resist amidst ever-narrowing walls, exposing how IITM’s new email policies, which might look like inbox management, are in practice a quiet clampdown on dissent. Read More
3–4 minutes
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Walls, Gardens, Ladders and an Obituary to a Resisting Internet
The internet wasn’t always this closed off. Once upon a time, users found ladders for every wall — torrent sites, file sharing, open forums. Now? You’re stuck in a walled garden, can’t post a link on Instagram, and even Wordle Bot is behind a paywall. In today’s article, Nidan Ali Basheer writes an obituary to… Read More
4–6 minutes
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What Happens If You Don’t Get Your Chips Packet in Ten Minutes?
In our home away from home, ordering what we crave with a 5 minute transaction is perhaps a trivial task. But this simple action masks several political and social layers of exploitation against whom we call “Gig Workers”. With his opinion piece, Alfid (Insta ID) describes the dangerous and insecure conditions that quick-commerce workers navigate. Read More
3–4 minutes
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S’s Dream
– Garima & Aravind With thanks and apologies to Begum Rokeya. One evening I was lounging on my bed trying to prepare for the Ǫuiz the next day. I was certainly sleepy, but I am not sure whether I had dozed off or not. But as far as I remember, I was as awake as Read More
7–10 minutes
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