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    Green crackers the new Trend but are they really green?
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    Green crackers the new Trend but are they really green?

    Is Diwali about bursting crackers, Tanishq called out on social media, dampening sale of crackers, rising AQI in cities amidst the...
    Your clothes are causing climate change.
    • 4 min

    Your clothes are causing climate change.

    Through this report the writer has brought out, how the increased production of clothes to meet the changing trends of fast fashion is...
    How Ethical Are Your "Luxurious" Brands?
    • 3 min

    How Ethical Are Your "Luxurious" Brands?

    Muskan Tyagi Source: https://thegoodfill.co/blogs/news/fast-fashion-workers-the-environment Have you ever wondered who makes your clothes...
    Thrifting; As Sustainable As It Needs To Be?
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    Thrifting; As Sustainable As It Needs To Be?

    Satvika Mahajan Source: http://clipart-library.com/clipart/n853888.htm "I started thrifting because of the unique clothes I could get in...
    Farm Bills and Farmers’ protests post Diwali
    • 3 min

    Farm Bills and Farmers’ protests post Diwali

    On November 20th, 2020, several farmer organizations from Punjab and Haryana decided to observe 'kali Diwali.' Here are the reasons for...
    Retail Therapy or Shopping Disorder?
    • 3 min

    Retail Therapy or Shopping Disorder?

    DISCLAIMER: Though this article is using a light-hearted tone about this issue, keep in mind Oniomania can lead to real life problems and...
    Reflecting upon the Horrors: Reel vs Real
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    Reflecting upon the Horrors: Reel vs Real

    An insight into how reality is not so different from the horrors we see on screen By- Ashima Pargal After watching a horror movie, most...
    Trick or Treating, in our homes
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    Trick or Treating, in our homes

    The chances of celebrating and partying on Halloween were unlikely because of the pandemic. Still, the festival did not lose its charm on...
    From Pizza to Ezra: A Treasure Trove of horror movies from the South
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    From Pizza to Ezra: A Treasure Trove of horror movies from the South

    Even with some unique and iconic horror movies being made in the film industries in South India, the limelight is limited only to Hindi...
    Karva Chauth - A Festival Popularized by a Film
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    Karva Chauth - A Festival Popularized by a Film

    From people travelling to Ladakh after seeing its beauty in 3 Idiots, trying to recreate the La Tomatina scene in Spain from Zindagi Na...
    Religious and Cultural Clothing brings out Individualism
    • 3 min

    Religious and Cultural Clothing brings out Individualism

    Muskan Tyagi and Karmistha Bhimwal The connection between religion, culture and attire can be fascinating. An attire can open up one’s...
    Ram Leela 2020
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    Ram Leela 2020

    Kshitij Kumbhat The festival of Dussehra holds a verse significance for the Hindus in India, as it denotes the triumph of good over evil....
    Covid-19 and the Informal Sector: The Case of Idol Makers and Sellers
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    Covid-19 and the Informal Sector: The Case of Idol Makers and Sellers

    Workers belonging to the informal sector faces a bleak future as coronavirus impacts the religious festival economy. SANCHIT PRADHAN...
    Movie Review—Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitaare
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    Movie Review—Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitaare

    Kriti Soneja ‘Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare’ courageously portrays the subject of female desire— one that appears to be irrelevant...
    Hate Crimes’ Continued “Moment of Existence”
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    Hate Crimes’ Continued “Moment of Existence”

    Ishita Dang and Anjali Rana "Marrying into your own clan (gotra) is like marrying into your own family. Young men and women of the same...
    Embroidered into our society
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    Embroidered into our society

    Conventions such as how women are not allowed to speak openly about their sexuality or how being a virgin before marriage are necessary for
    The "Weaker" Gender
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    The "Weaker" Gender

    Even after living in the 21st century, we still experience gender discrimination, resulting in female infanticide and female feticide.
    Shift in Perspectives
    • 3 min

    Shift in Perspectives

    Smartphones and the Art of Photography
    “We are merely surviving”, says a Kashmiri Artisan
    • 2 min

    “We are merely surviving”, says a Kashmiri Artisan

    The pandemic has affected the main source of income of many Kashmiri artisans. Inventories are piling up and sales are almost absent.
    Greenhouse Gases can be Curbed from Rice Agriculture
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    Greenhouse Gases can be Curbed from Rice Agriculture

    Uzair Firdausi Shubhankar a rice farmer, wakes up at 5:00 A.M. in a village called Rajendrapur, about 55 kilometers from Kolkata. He gets...
    How Climate Change Induced High Temperature Is Affecting Farmers In Maharashtra
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    How Climate Change Induced High Temperature Is Affecting Farmers In Maharashtra

    Isha Chincholkar Farmers are the most vulnerable group of people who are affected by climate change. Agriculture in India depends heavily...
    The 2020 US UN-Presidential Debate
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    The 2020 US UN-Presidential Debate

    Kriti Soneja and Tanishaa Vikas Jain "Will you shut up, man? This is so unpresidential,” said an enraged Biden to Trump, and the rest of...
    “Nobody’s Willing to Hire Us” say Young Indian Graduates
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    “Nobody’s Willing to Hire Us” say Young Indian Graduates

    Struggles of young graduates entering the workforce during the pandemic By Isha Chincholkar and Manu Kaushal “The pandemic has forced...
    Covid-19 Shadow on Entertainment Freelancer
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    Covid-19 Shadow on Entertainment Freelancer

    Freelancers in the entertainment industry struggle to meet ends amidst the pandemic Isha Chincholkar Kalyani Shah, a 29-year-old art...
    Social Media Influencer or Social Media Influencing?
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    Social Media Influencer or Social Media Influencing?

    By Sidhant Koshi “Stop spending so much time on your phone”. Being in my early 20s, I am pretty sure this is a line that most young...
    A day in the life of doctor; Covid edition
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    A day in the life of doctor; Covid edition

    Vedangshi Roy Choudhuri “On difficult days, we work between 28 to 48 hours till we get our replacement medical staff to take over”, said...
    Who Runs the World? PATRIARCHY.
    • 4 min

    Who Runs the World? PATRIARCHY.

    In a male-drive world, how does it feel to be a working woman? Especially a journalist in the time when the main goal is getting more...
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