Category: Social Issues

  • Trade Unions: History, Role, Objectives, Functions, Types, Problems

    Trade Unions or labour unions can be described as a form of workplace association that is created along the lines of concern regarding wages, benefits, political and social power enhancement, and is created by a community of workers in a particular trade or association. One of the main principles utilised by unions as a whole…

  • Understanding Police Brutality: Custodial Deaths of Jayaraj and Fenix

    A democratic society is comprised of three primary forms of power the legislature, the system that creates the laws which are passed by elected members of the parliament, the executive, the system that ensures the implementation of the laws approved by the legislature and the judiciary, the system that decides consequences for those who disobey…

  • COVID-19 Masks: The Emotional and Cultural Questions

    The COVID-19 pandemic is infecting millions at an alarming rate and has brought our existence to near-standstill as the government imposed strict restrictions on social interactions and movements to contain the virus spread. It’s been months since we’re into the massive timeout forced on us. Hardly can anyone convincingly refute the fact that the pandemic…

  • 6 Major Social Issues in India: Causes and Measures

    India suffers from a host of social issues ranging from poverty to gendered violence. This article covers the concept of social issues and highlights the different experiences of rural and urban sectors. Further, it studies six important social issues namely poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, the caste system, gendered violence and communalism by analyzing their causes and…

  • 10 Most Serious Problems in the World ( Global Issues)

    As the world currently grapples with the Coronavirus Pandemic, other major global issues have been swept aside. With the onset of the pandemic, it has highlighted major loopholes that international bodies haven’t rectified and there is a dire need to do so. This article talks about problems that are common to all and hence they…

  • Gender wage gap in the 21st Century

    Over the years, there has been increasing debate over the low wages paid to women. According to unwomen- For every dollar a man earns, a woman earns only 77 cents, making the gender-wage gap very much apparent. Women today still face economic discrimination despite a number of laws being made to reduce it because even…

  • CONTROVERSY OVER THE HINDU CODE BILL

    Right before the attempt to reform the Muslim society under the Uniform Civil Code, there was another controversy to make the Hindu Fold an egalitarian one.  This article, on the Hindu CodeBill, talks about the Hindu society and its foundations with respect to women.  Besides talking about the plight of women, the reader will also…