Category: Essays

  • What does the Expression ‘Health is Wealth’ mean? – Essay

    A very common phrase named Health is Wealth, but people still do not know the exact meaning of it. People frequently mix up healthy life with just being free from illnesses. While this might be correct in some cases, it is not the entire picture of good health. For example, if you eat junk food…

  • 10 MAJOR PROBLEMS IN STUDENT LIFE – SOLUTIONS ESSAY

    Problems in Student Life: Every child hears that college years would be the best days of their life and that the experience of student life is unparalleled. Surrounded by like-minded peers and a treasure trove of knowledge, it is no question that student life remains an integral part of one’s life. The period during which…

  • Youth in Politics: Challenges, Importance, Role (Essay and Debate)

    Political participation: overview and faced challenges “Where few take part in decisions there is little democracy; the more participation there is in decisions, the more democracy there is” (Verba & Nie, 1972). The present statement proves that the political presence of different individuals has a huge impact on democracy and policy. Hence, the present article…

  • INTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONS: A MOVE TOWARDS ORGANIC SOCIETIES

    Whenever we hear the term – “International Migrations”, the first image which comes into our mind is of Rohingyas crossing the Myanmar Border and heading towards Bangladesh or India, or Syrian Refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea to seek refuge in South European countries like Italy and Greece so that they could save their lives. The…

  • The Churning of a Caste: A sociological review of Manthan

    Manthan or “The Churning” is a 1976 Hindi film that provides a fictional narrative of the formation of Amul in India and the ushering of the White Revolution. The film was financed by over half a million farmers who donated Rs. 2 each and became India’s first crowdfunded film, this story of the might of…

  • Beyond Workplace Surveillance & Intrusion: A contemporary culture perspective on Well-Being @ Work through Augusto Boal’s Theatre of The Oppressed

    While sipping my morning cuppa, I chanced upon an intriguing article (Khaira, March 4, 2020) published in an online journal sometime back, which spoke of sanitation workers in Chandigarh who are compelled to wear GPS trackers as part of a ‘Human Efficiency Tracking System’. The wearable tracker registers the movement of the worker by geo-fencing their…

  • CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENT THEORY

    Through this essay, I will be detailing scholarly understandings, critiques, and analyses of the New Social Movement theory. To begin with I’d like to lay out the differences between collective action from a Classical Marxist perspective, and New Social Movement theory. After which I detail features of New Social Movements. This will be followed by…