A common man in his busy life does not know much about what happens next door. He neither has time to inquire into things nor bothered about others. All the information he knows is only through media. Indian media has been recognized as sensitive patriotic and very influential tool in the socio political sphere since [...]
“A National Flag” as pointed by Lt. Cdr. K.V. Singh in his book ‘Our National Flag’ is the most solemn symbol of a country. Be it a Head of the State, King or peasant, salutes it. A piece of cloth called the National Flag stands for the whole nation, its honour and glory. When it [...]
Introduction This article is aimed at the socio-legal study of the representation of Homosexuals (LGBT) in the literature, media, and cinema with respect to Indian society. Homosexuality became very much contentious because of the representation it got through media and because of media’s attention given to this issue, people got inspirations and started showing their [...]
On the 6th of October 2010, the Supreme Court of India gave a very debatable decision in a case S.K. Singh vs. State through CBI[1], more famously known as the Priyadarshini Mattoo case. Priyadarshini Mattoo was a third year law student at the Delhi University. She was repeatedly harassed and followed around by Santosh Kumar Singh, [...]
When I was a child, they used to scare me. The very thought of they being around was abhorrent. But as the time passed, I realized that they are also humans, though a bit different from us. Yes, I am talking about “eunuchs”, the group of people who are being denied their rights just because [...]
Introduction She is the super mom, the guileless daughter, the eloquent lawyer, the nasty corporate climber, the austere judge, the super model and what not. Whatever the role, television, film and popular magazines are full of images of women and girls who are typically white, desperately thin, and made up to the hilt. Over the [...]
21st June, Tuesday evening, I was going through THE INDIAN EXPRESS. Temperature- burning, trees all around but not a single leave seems to be delighted, but as always I was here sitting in the balcony enjoying my cup of tea, as my mom always says “tea makes you feel fresh” & tea and a newspaper [...]
The term “Reservation” has been doing the rounds within the Indian media circuit of late owing to the government decision to implement 27% quota for the OBCs in the educational institutions of higher learning. The term was initially came into existence during the famous “Poona Pact”[1] of 1932 which demanded the 18% of reserved seats [...]
Honour killing is a menace that has rotten the roots of the Indian society. To be young and in love has proved to be fatal for the Indian society. The stereotypical image of the society that a young boy and a girl can’t fall in love with each other has not undergone many changes. The [...]
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