By Annavajhula J C Bose, PhD Department of Economics, SRCC Like George Orwell’s portrayal of state or party surveillance (Big Brother is Watching You), Shoshana Zuboff, as you see above, has got a ground breaking portrayal of the surveillance capitalist practices of corporations such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Shoshana, a radical professor retired from [...]
By Gitika Arora, Junior Editor Downton fans will remember that it took Carson - The Butler, an anxiety attack to finally stomach the fact that women were going to serve in the great hall. While today, when you think of servers the picture of a “sassy” waitress pops up popularised by the likes of Penny [...]
By Medha Arora, Deputy Editor Trigger warning: Suicide, Death Following Hindi film industry actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death by suicide, was an indelicate media trial of his former girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, who was accused, by the media and public at large of being responsible for his death, from abetting his suicide to murder. Most TV [...]
Almost every industry has taken a hit due to the pandemic in some shape or form. The education sector is no exception. In the United States, enrolments in the fall have dropped 15%, - that’s approximately a $23 billion loss for the industry. Aside from the obvious concerns about the effectiveness of remote learning, cost [...]
By Bharati J Krishnan, Editor-in-Chief America's general elections are scheduled to be held in November this year. Most Americans have either already made up or are in the process of making up their minds regarding whom to vote for- if they decide to vote, that is. The entire chronology seems pretty orderly. Primaries are held, [...]
By Ahalya P. Rajesh, Junior Editor The objective of structuring a policy, a principled guide to action put in place by the executive branch of the government, is to help solve one of society’s numerous problems and in some cases, to prevent disastrous situations from arising. There is no better case to analyse and study [...]
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