Women’s Day and the Market Economy
With a lot of excitement, my daughter approached me to inform me that some of the apps on her phone were offering fantastic deals on various items in observance of…
Dr Trishna Sarkar
Gig economy and mental health
After the visitors had finished their dinner at around 10.30 pm, one of them suddenly realized that he had forgotten to bring some essential medications. At this point, an app…
Living in the Information Age
Ishani, who lives in Canada, uses video calls to speak with her parents in India almost every day. She can concentrate on her work after feeling less anxious about her parents…
Living in the Age of Global Warming
Relatives typically visit my Delhi home in May and June to take a break from their annual summer vacation and head up to the hills. But this year due to…
Smartphones in Class Rooms
The well-known saying "The show must go on" is frequently used to uplift the players in the entertainment industry. Similarly, the market needs to continue uplifting the confidence of the…
Working Women And Empowerment
My Facebook acquaintance recently posted photos of delivered dishes along with the remark, "Seems like women are getting more educated." I became agitated upon realizing that this was directed towards…
Inflation And The Bulging Corporate Profit
Inflation has always been the intriguing topic for the consumers, the economists, the politicians and most importantly the corporates. Every one holds a different reason to be excited about this…
Story of Arun Mallik
Arun Mallik, who was over sixty, was a guard in our society, which was a gated community in Delhi. He was often seen pushing the larger vehicles to rearrange them…
Women in the balancing act
The other day, my newly appointed domestic help (Premdevi) was morose and after a lot of persuasion, I got to know the reason. She narrated that her husband who is…
Modern Ouroboros
‘Society does not consist of individuals, but express the sum of interrelations, the relationships within which this individual stand’- Karl Marx. The interrelation of individuals and the production process was…
From the poster boy to derelict
Take one, scene one: A man in his late thirties riding a scooter with his wife as pillion rider and a kid is standing on the leg space. Man seems…
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