War for Data: Nations, Platforms and Rights – Rishiraj Sen
Scholarship about digital platforms has concentrated on economic and labour-related issues (Burbano 2021; Arnoldi, Bosua and Dirksen 2021). Or on…
Copywriting in a Panopticon of Numbers – Aashirwad Chakravarty
Writing as a cardinal tool of communication reinvented itself as a tool of persuasion with the birth of the advertising…
Digital Devotion: No Ifs Or Buts? – Himasweeta Sarma
Introduction In today’s fast-paced world, survival constitutes not just bread and butter but also technology. The Internet’s launch on January…
An Ethno-Walk: Reliving the Bazaar Through the Author’s Camera and Field Notes – Bhoomi Bohara
‘Being a Delhiite for over four decades, the challenge to me has been to not become insensitive to our surroundings…
Of Steel Frames and Iron Cages: Re-Imagining the Bureaucracy Today – Soumodip Sinha
“Doctors, engineers, academics and other professionals enjoy greater esteem than most other members of society. It is difficult to explain…
The Normalization Trap: How Glorifying the Grind is Destroying Lives – Vaishali Jadon
Whenever I open any social media account—be it Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn (yes, I consider LinkedIn social media too)—I…
Health and Dietary Supplements: A Sociological Study – Aishwarya Chatterjee
Consumption, in today’s world, does not simply involve the purchase of material commodities but also refers to obtaining and making…
Rat Trap: Coal Mining And Oppressed Communities – Sujan Bhakat
The documentary film Rat Trap directed by Rupesh Kumar Sahu in 2022 explores the lives of rat-hole coal miners (Santhals…
The Individual, State and Conflict in Manto’s Toba Tek Singh – Archisha Rai
Toba Tek Singh is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto in 1955. The story is set in the…
Digital Democracy: Social Media’s Role in the 2024 Indian Elections – Srishti Ganguly
On June 4, the enormous task of tallying millions of votes for the 18th Lok Sabha election was completed by the Election Commission of India, marking the world’s greatest six-week, seven-phase democratic process. Like many others, I found myself immersed in social media, particularly Instagram’s ‘reel’ section, where I spent hours…