Guest Commentaries Society & Culture Famine in Africa: How Politics Kills People Famines have existed in Africa for ages, but they persist due to environmental factors, political unrest, colonial legacies, violence, civil... BY Harshita Rathore, Dr. Karamala Areesh Kumar January 4, 2025 0 Comment
India & South Asia Society & Culture Stories The Plight of Disappearances: Balochistan’s Unheard Voices The largest and most resource-rich region in Pakistan, Balochistan, has long been a hotbed of violence and human rights issues.... BY Sounak Ghosh, Dr. Karamala Areesh Kumar December 28, 2024 0 Comment
Stories Society & Culture Will the World Ever Know the Full Truth About Sednaya Prison? The infamous Sednaya prison, located approximately 30 kilometres north of Damascus, Syria, has long been synonymous with the brutal repression... BY Sounak Ghosh, Dr. Karamala Areesh Kumar December 17, 2024 0 Comment
Society & Culture Stories Hinduisation of the Vernacular: Folk Deities and Subaltern Beliefs Significance of folk-practices A. L. Basham described India, as in truth, a land of contrasts and diversities, a great mosaic... BY Yashasvi Prashant Tamse December 14, 2024 0 Comment
Stories Society & Culture China’s Soft Power Strategy: A Cinematic Approach Many superpower states use soft power strategies through cultural industries to expand their sphere of influence and hegemony, leading to... BY Akshita Malik, Dr. Karamala Areesh Kumar November 16, 2024 0 Comment
Explainer Society & Culture The Cultural and Social Dynamics of Melanesia Introduction to Melanesian Culture and People In the words of Edward B. Tylor, Culture is that complex whole that includes... BY Yashasvi Prashant Tamse October 26, 2024 0 Comment
Guest Commentaries Society & Culture Fighting Hunger with Hope: Food Security of Philippines Background Food security is defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as the availability of sufficient safe and nutritious... BY Hanna Sunny, Dr. Karamala Areesh Kumar October 19, 2024 0 Comment
India & South Asia Society & Culture Stories Why do Goans have an affinity for Portuguese, while the rest of India lacks a similar connection with British Colonialism in India was made possible, sustained, and strengthened by cultural technologies of rule as by the more obvious and... BY Yashasvi Prashant Tamse October 14, 2024 0 Comment
Society & Culture Stories A Dual Tale of Cultural Resilience & Amalgamation: The Goan Experience of Cultural Colonialism In Nicholas B. Dirks’s words, Colonial conquest was not just the result of the power of superior arms, military organisation,... BY Yashasvi Prashant Tamse September 28, 2024 0 Comment
Society & Culture Stories An animal of Controversy as well as Prosperity : Analysis of Horse’s role in Indian History Over the past decades the field of ‘animal studies’ has emerged, running in parallel with other counter-hegemonic disciplines such as... BY Yashasvi Prashant Tamse August 26, 2024 0 Comment