Writer & marketer, Shivangi's mind dives deeper. Culture, politics, gender — she explores the complex web that shapes our lives.
The final debate had Donald Trump making outlandish claims about a lot of things - the economy, his stature as an egalitarian leader, anti-discriminatory approaches, the handling of COVID-19, and much more. But this is nothing new. For one, he’s always been quite a man for exaggeration, loving every
The "China" buzzword takes the focus off the real more important issues.
History lessons often pose students and inquisitive adults alike with a perennial question – ‘why are we learning details about events that happened centuries ago, ones that hold no significance today?’ The simplest answer to these questions goes somewhat along the lines of not repeating the same mistakes as before. We’
If I had a penny for every time someone told me they disliked The Catcher in the Rye, I’d have a mansion overflowing with riches today – the monetary metaphor does little to prove my point, but I’m tired of having heard too many comments of discontentment regarding J.
This year was special as far as the Nobel Prize Announcements were concerned – many remarkable discoveries found acknowledgement and were considerably relevant particularly in the trying period that we’re going through. But it was unique because women won ‘big’ this year! There were three winners for science– two for
Jacinda Ardern just sealed her victory and a second term as New Zealand’s Prime Minister. Well-wishers are terming it a win for socialism but above all, the election shows just how crucial the handling of COVID-19 is for political verdicts. Certainly, there are enough leaves in New Zealand’s
Alexei Navalny and Alexander Lukashenko – these men are at the centre of all focus that Russia receives today. Navalny is nothing like Lukashenko. The latter is an incumbent in his country while the first, an outlaw where he sought to emerge as a political opponent. Lukashenko is ‘friend’ to Putin
This is the Post-Truth era: we favour ‘projected’ realities to the real; the grand narratives to truth; and hyped rhetoric to informed speech. Therefore, there’s no surprise when conspiracy theorists like QAnon make an appearance. Premonitions about an ideological downslide did not occur to the past century's
She’s a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer; She’s won the Peabody Award in 2018 for the very series that’s now under the scanner – Rukmini Callimachi has just walked into a controversy that on-lookers in the field of journalism were perhaps hawking for. Feeding right into the mouths
Turkey’s authoritarian trails had always been there – but, Erdoğan’s Turkey is not, in any measure, like Ataturk’s. This does not come as a shocking revelation today. If the latter’s reformism was pro-Europe and secular, the former upholds a revision of the country based on pan-Islamism. It’
The new conservative Christian woman – strong in her views, multi-tasker at home and at work – is on the rise. If Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a beloved icon for pop-culture and feminism alike, Amy Coney Barrett is now the symbol of ‘unflawed’ conservatism that the right had been yearning for. Femininity
With the German Pilot Project set to begin early next year, it's time for Europe to consider UBI as a guarantor of social security and sustainable economic growth.
Read about the importance of multilateralism in the current global scenario, in the light of the recent Nobel Prize for Peace awarded to the UN World Food Programme.
With data regulation, we can regain agency and dictate where our data enters and gets utilized. However, regulations should not become a distorted canvas for partisan politics to play out.
Insights into the complex world of vaccine development and the importance of patience in the pursuit of scientific progress.
Europe needs to be cautious and proactive in countering Chinese intrusions that could threaten European security and interests, particularly in terms of Chinese investments and 5G infrastructure in Europe
