Category: Social Change

  • Invisible Stories: Disability, Representation, and the Limits of Journalism in South Asia

    Whose stories get told – and whose remain invisible? In South Asia, the media plays a powerful role in shaping public understanding of social realities. From television news to digital platforms, journalism does not merely reflect the world; it actively constructs it (Hall, 1997). Through selection, framing, and repetition, media narratives influence how viewers comprehend…

  • How Healthcare Failures Expose Gaps in Social Accountability

    When healthcare systems work as expected, you rarely question who’s responsible for your safety or costs. Care feels routine, decisions appear justified, and trust remains intact. Problems surface when something goes wrong, and trust erodes. At this point, responsibility often feels unclear, and accountability becomes hard to trace. Healthcare failures aren’t limited to treatment errors….

  • The Social Exclusion of Dalits with Disabilities

    Abstract – This paper will be analyzing the social exclusion of three types of people- Dalits, people with disabilities, and Dalits with disabilities. Social exclusion is a very widely practised concept in India; It can be defined as the “denial of basic welfare rights which provide citizens positive freedom to participate in the social and…

  • Education For All? Analysing Social Mobility and Academic Inequalities in India

    India is burdened by distinct, rigid social hierarchies that mark almost all bureaucracies and institutions in the country, of which academia is certainly not an exception. For the longest time, the popular discourse has been that schooling and education in general, bring about certain benefits that ensure a secure route to upward social mobility (Froerer,…

  • Social Change: Definition, Characteristics, Causes, Types, and Examples

    Humans are social beings. We exist in a social world and observe norms, rules and traditions that are all social constructs. Therefore social change is a concept that is threaded to the very root of society. Similar to the Earth completing a strenuous rotation around the Sun every year, society undergoes social change. It shapes…

  • The Impact of Video Sharing Applications like Tiktok, Reels on Society

    Synopsis: TikTok emerged out of two apps- Musical.ly and Douyin. Post its introduction to the US and Global market it has impacted every corner of society from politics to mental health to the music industry. Some of these are positive while some are very harmful. The success of TikTok meant the introduction of similar applications…

  • UNDERSTANDING OF THE FAT ACCEPTANCE MOVEMENT

    The fat acceptance movement is certainly a lot more than one would think it might be. It means that all body types (especially those of the larger size) are inherently worthy. So who are the fat people? Every individual has a set height and weight is usually determined as per the height, for example, the…