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Society

Making Sense of the Forced Global ‘Gap Year’: Musings on Virus and Vocabularies

by Manishankar Prasad4 August 202013 August 2020 4 min read

The function of language is not merely to facilitate communication, but to tool the mind for the journey ahead.

Economy

India’s Rising Petroleum Prices, Despite Global Fall

by Ajit Phadke10 July 202012 July 2020 4 min read

Since imports account for nearly 84% of India’s petroleum consumption, any change in the global prices significantly impacts the prices in the country.

EnvironmentScience

What’s Wrong with The World: From a Conservationist’s Diary – Part 1

by Rushikesh Chavan7 July 202012 July 2020 5 min read

So, what is really wrong with the world? Why are we destroying ecosystems and, in effect, our very existence?

Societyमराठी

आमच्या अंगणात कोरोनाही सुसह्य

by आरती अनिल सोहोनी15 June 202019 June 2020 4 min read

घर कुठलं, जिथं आजोबांचा खोकला, आजीची स्तोत्रं ऐकू येतायत. आईची नि सुनेची स्वयंपाकातली गडबड नि लुटुपुटुची भांडणं. एखादी लाडकी नणंद. तरुण मुलामुलींची ये जा. बाळाचं रडणं नि खेळण्याचा भरपूर पसारा.

Societyमराठी

समूहाचे मानसशास्त्र आणि कोरोनाव्हायरस

by अरूंधती मुंजे13 June 202016 June 2020 4 min read

जगभर पसरलेल्या या साथीमुळे घडून येणाऱ्या सर्व परिणामांचे परस्परसंलग्न स्वरूप लक्षात घेऊन जगातील मानसशास्त्रज्ञांनी मानसिक परिणामांचा अभ्यास सुरू केलाय का, याचा कुतूहलाने शोध घेतला.

PoliticsSouth Asia

Imran Khan’s Imploding “Naya Pakistan”

by Abhilash Halappanavar12 June 202014 June 2020 4 min read

18 months into the Prime Minister’s office, Imran Khan has plunged Pakistan into economic and social chaos, resulting in the Pakistani Army tightening its grip over majority of the power structure in the country.

Societyमराठी

करोनाशी दोन हात करताना व्हा स्वतःच स्वतःचे मानसोपचारतज्ञ

by डॉ उज्ज्वला करंडे1 June 20209 June 2020 4 min read

सुदृढ शरीर हे सुदृढ मन निर्माण करते व सुदृढ मन हे सुदृढ शरीर. याखेरीज मानसशास्त्र असेही सांगते की भूतकाळाच्या किंवा भविष्यकाळाच्या पाशात अडकणे मनःस्वास्थ्याच्या दृष्टीने धोकादायक ठरू शकते. म्हणजेच भूतकाळाबद्दल खंत नको व भविष्यकाळाबद्दल चिंता नको.

Society

Seven Things Hong Kong did to Humble Covid-19 in Record Time

by Ranjit Khanolkar25 May 202011 June 2020 4 min read

One may argue that maybe Hong Kong did not test enough people. However, while France achieved a rate of testing 7103 people per million, UK achieved a rate of 11,245, and USA achieved a rate of 17,885, Hong Kong still led by testing 19,426 people per million!

Society

Navigating the Web of Online Schooling Amidst Coronavirus Pandemic

by Preetha Kadhir20 May 202012 June 2020 4 min read

The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown have not been easy for children. From being confined to the house to attending online classes, their challenges are many.

Society

In an Uncertain Lockdown, Life of Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Continues

by Nivedita Khandekar10 May 20209 June 2020 7 min read

Here is a different take on common Delhiites on a cloudy morning and a bright sunny afternoon around the end of April 2020.