Feminism, as a social movement, has a unique fluidity to it. Born as a natural antithesis to a manmade society, it has an almost divine quality: a testament to the Olympian bravery against the Titans. …

But if it fudges, get ready for grudges. Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.’ While the latter clause of JFK’s now-immortal line rouses and rivets the dullest of hearts, the president clearly dodged a bullet on the former (too soon?). The question “what can — or rather…

Rethinking China: India’s Foreign Strategy As the world battles the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, India has another fight to tackle, quite literally. In what was the deadliest clash in four decades, Indian and Chinese troops were involved in a skirmish in the Galwan valley of Ladakh, on June 15th 2020. Twenty…

Chap. 10: “Why the Worst Get on the Top” “The Road to Serfdom” is one of the most popular works of Friedrich Hayek, a theoretical economist and a philosopher. Belonging to the Austrian School of Economic Thought, Hayek had been the proponent of a complete laissez-faire system (perhaps, except for the banks), with minimal to zero government intervention in…

How South Korea commodified idols Back in 2012 when Gangnam Style by PSY first made a big splash, it was when the Hallyu — the Korean Wave — hit the Western world. Some may argue over the nature of its viral popularity (bordering on notoriety) in Internet meme culture than…

The term “physics envy” conjures an amusing image of an economist lying on a reclining lounge, talking his heart out to everyone’s favourite psychoanalyst. Physics has sneaked its way into Economics and Finance from the Brownian Motion assumption for the Black- Scholes Option Pricing Model to the Gravity Model of…

As the lockdown has almost everyone strapped in their homes, seem to have hit the bookshelves for solace. Perhaps, it’s the ideal time to wipe the dust off H.G. Wells’ lesser-known debut work The Time Machine and check whether the future really has manifested the way Wells prophesied. The novel…

This pride month, we’re focusing on the sexual oddities of an unusual pair, burdened with their share of inescapable curses – Budh, a neither man nor woman and Ila, who was both. Tara (Star), tired of the prosaic ways of her husband Brihaspati, the preceptor of the Gods, fell for…

In fact, you might be one and not even know it. Do me a favour, would you? Close your eyes for a minute and tell me what you think about when I say the word: Satan. Did you picture a red fiend with horns, a pointy tail and a pitchfork? Or did you, imagine a specific figure, say, an angry, orange…