Prioritizing the Vaccine’s Reach
A worldwide run to gain immunity against Covid-19 has begun.
Shivangi Shanker Koottalakatt
Writer & marketer, Shivangi's mind dives deeper. Culture, politics, gender — she explores the complex web that shapes our lives.
Choice and Life
A democratic idea of choice gets pitted against a massive essence such as that of life in the debate over abortion rights
What Next After an Era of ‘Demonisation’?
Biden has won, but that’s not all that America needs.
The Rabble-Rouser in House
With Marjorie Taylor Greene’s win, her ideology too gets a helping hand for worse
Bye-Bye Climate Action – But, Not for Long
Trump’s plan has finally materialized today with America’s formal exit from the Paris Agreement, but Biden promises to get back in.
Trouble for Labour
The opposition in Britain is feeling a crumble in its order over Anti-Semitism
Watching from Afar
Europe is closely observing the American election this year. It does not take much to realize that the US-EU relation has been dwindling owing to Trump’s choice of adjectives for the region’s leaders and policies, and the overall lack of consensus over key issues like climate change and
This is Outrageous – But, Quite the Lesson
What we can learn from China, economically.
Not the Time to Open All Doors
The Corona Virus is spreading through Europe. What should we do?
Where’s the Real, Where’s the Unreal?
The votes might not be wholly counted until Friday. Major swing states like Pennsylvania are still left to be claimed as a victory ground for the Blues or the Reds. By the time you read this, perhaps there would be more clarity about who wins, without any weight being given
All’s Fair that Ends Well
The Democrats of 2016 were characterized by complacency. They did not regard Donald J. Trump – business tycoon and a ‘brat’ of a man – as a worthwhile contender who could make it to the White House, let alone get a whole term as President. Hillary Clinton and her campaign managers were
Secularism, Politics, and Everything In-between
France’s secularism, laicite as it’s called, prohibits the public expression of religion. Democratic rights also include that to blaspheme. So, it wasn’t out of context or an act of destruction when Samuel Paty displayed controversial cartoons to prove this point in his module on freedom of expression.
A Luck-Bound Deterrence
If the fiasco of Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren’t enough to steer the world’s attention towards the damage that nuclear weapons could do and the scale of such damage, the 45 years that followed should have served that purpose. The Cold War between the US and erstwhile-USSR (a term
Trials of Yesterday, Trials for Today!
“Inside the bar, it’s like the ‘60s never happened. Outside the bar, the ‘60s were being performed for anyone who looked out of the window.” The Trial of the Chicago 7 is being regarded as a true reflection not just of the past, but of the present state of
Coups for the Monarchy
Britain has a monarch. So does Thailand. But, there’s a key difference between the two which if ignored makes our reading of the two countries drastically misinformed. While the UK’s monarch, the Queen, is its titular head, in Thailand, the story is on the contrary. The latter’s