Category: Op-Eds
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Attention Span And Social Media
Read more: Attention Span And Social MediaOver the recent years, content on social media – be it written text or video content – is being tailored to the supposedly reducing attention span of humans, having attention-grabbing and clickbait-y titles. Short-form content is growing increasingly popular also because of the sense of universality it has in its creation and consumption. It breaks…
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How to Politically Neuter Your Social Sciences Department (With Surprise Example!)
Read more: How to Politically Neuter Your Social Sciences Department (With Surprise Example!)The sad, hollow, neutered artificiality of a Department which decks itself out with ostentatious, politically provocative tribal art yet remains “aggressively apolitical” certainly gives us a lens into our times. If the 5-Year Integrated M.A. Programme – this amazingly exciting, unique initiative that planned to introduce students to a whirlwind romance with the Humanities and…
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Re’lov’ution: A Brief Timeline of Pride Month
Read more: Re’lov’ution: A Brief Timeline of Pride MonthAs a celebration of Pride Month, the digital world adopts a rainbow colour scheme. Companies rebrand themselves, Google releases a special doodle, and multinational corporations announce new campaigns and policies promoting gender diversity and inclusivity. In June, there is an increase in vocal expressions of solidarity for the LGBTQ community through discussions, seminars, galleries, and…
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Why Pride?
Read more: Why Pride?On June 16, 2023, in the midst of Pride Month celebrations across the world, one of Britain’s prominent newscaster and journalist, Piers Morgan, while moderating a debate between LGBTQ+ activist, James Barr and conservative political commentator, Tomi Lahren, asked a question which, according to his judgement and critical analysis, was an essential question for current…
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When The Clock Strikes Midnight
Read more: When The Clock Strikes Midnight— Gowri Raj Varma As a rom-com enthusiast, it is tradition for me to indulge in watching Bridget Jones’s Diary every time the new year comes beckoning. I and the millions that instituted Bridget Jones as a Cultural Icon™ kept cheering her on as she went to outright crazy and absurd lengths to uphold her…
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Break or Burden?
Read more: Break or Burden?— Khushi M P I spent all semester waiting for the semester break, the time where I can do whatever I want and live life the way I want it. No college to decide when I get up, when I eat and how late I should stay up. I don’t need to adhere to any…
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Flanerie
Read more: Flanerie— Neha Cherian I have always taken unembarrassed delight in the sounds of the French language- its softness and slight musicality, the abundance of “z” sounds, the elusive “r” and the maddeningly unreasonable rules of pronunciation. So it made perfect sense that when I stumbled upon the word that would have described an ideal semester exchange…
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Movie Stockings: A Christmas Watch List
Read more: Movie Stockings: A Christmas Watch List— Lakshmi Yazhini “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” – Dr Seuss What does Christmas mean to you? The one day you get to set up a beautiful tree in the middle of your house? That day your neighborhood is filled with trilling Christmas Carols? Or…
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Myriad Perspectives: On Restructuring the MA Program
Read more: Myriad Perspectives: On Restructuring the MA Program— Lakshmi Yazhini “Hello! Where do you study?” “IIT Madras” “Wow, that’s amazing! Such a prestigious institute. Which course?” “An MA Integrated in Development/English Studies, from the Humanities department” “What? An MA in IIT? Never heard of that. And what is this about Humanities?” Not sure about the rest of the HS student body, but…
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The Ease of Reading
Read more: The Ease of Reading— Khushi M P Bookstagram. Booktok. Booktube. These words have been created by blending the word ‘book’ with different social media platforms. They refer to a significantly large online community that deals with books. Bookstagram is probably the most popular and influential community, so we will be examining it in this article. This community is made…
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