By Gitika Arora, Editor-In-Chief Dr. Gary Becker was an instrumental economist with groundbreaking and defining contributions to the field. He was born on 2nd December 1930 amidst the dark shadows of the Great Depression. Becker got his PHD from University Of Chicago in 1955 under the renowned Nobel Prize Winner, Milton Friedman. Like Friedman, Becker [...]
By Ashmita Chowdhury, Junior Editor For those exposed to the justice system, conviction is not the only connection. Rather, judiciaries across the world have created a group of outlaws linked through their shared experience of incarceration, crime and discrimination—here, specifically, class discrimination. It has been shaped as just another system that institutionalises and renews inequality [...]
By Bharati J Krishnan, Deputy Editor Major events in history, like wars, pandemics, terrorist attacks, technological changes etc., often come to be understood as monolithic occurrences. Initially there might be a lot of explanations for the said event, however eventually one of the explanations is usually given more attention and credibility. The other reasons might [...]
By Medha Arora, Deputy Editor A ‘Legal Prison Escape’ seems like an oxymoron of the highest order, for well, obvious reasons. How could it possibly be within the law to flee from the consequences of breaking a law? It’s often viewed almost as severe as the crime itself and is naturally bound to be a [...]
By Shreyanka Pal, Deputy Editor Have you ever wondered why your favourite crime show, Breaking Bad, Sacred Games or Narcos, usually features a male criminal lead? Well, the simple answer would be – men commit more crimes than women, and so, receive more representation. To put this into perspective, in the United States men commit [...]
By Medha Arora, Deputy Editor Ever been upset or seen somebody brood over an increase in the tax on alcohol? Heard that it wouldn’t “solve” anything but rather just generate revenue for the government? Did Mankiw crop up in your head as he explained ‘dead-weight loss’ as an important and inevitable consequence? Well, while the [...]
Now, when someone from a relatively inferior group tries to marry into a so-called superior group, it supposedly ‘hurts’ the latter’s ego, and their fraudulent honor. And to relieve themselves of the lifelong disdain from other members of the society, the parents decide to kill their own blood and the lover.
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