Whether it’s to soothe the mind after a rough day of online classes or inject that much-needed shot of fun in a conversation, memes have become the go-to fallback mechanism for almost the entirety of the current generation. Initiating outrageous conversations and crazy ideas such as “meme investing,” memes have … Continue Reading
The Validation Game
Call it an accident or fate, by the serial flicking of stories on Instagram I came across a 15-year-old’s. Two girls in a frame, very keen on validating their friendship on camera, and the caption was “My adopted mom” It may seem scandalous, but relax it’s just an outburst of … Continue Reading
From Prejudices to Profanities: Women’s Social Media Ordeals
TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Harrassment and Sexual Violence
Gender-based abuse on the internet is a reality today. In the name of freedom of expression, perpetrators of violation of online privacy are indulging in infelicitous behaviour. A rampant number of cases of highly inappropriate content is being reported daily, but … Continue Reading
Do You Dare To Have An Opinion Online?
The year began like any other year, with New Year’s parties, exams, and ill-fated gym memberships. The Internet remained a valid, virtual alternative to the real world and its in-person interactions. Then came along a virus, and the lockdown that soon followed made the online world the only world. This … Continue Reading
Words For My Knife
Let me take you through the lanes of a hype,
Mindless opinions and heartless words to type;
On topics heart wrenching and worse,
Intolerance to add some spice to the burns,
Burning a hole in several souls as they build a home of their own.
It begins with some striking … Continue Reading
Behind the Screen : The Mathematics of Manipulation
As everyone is becoming more aware of it, especially in an ongoing pandemic, social media plays a significant role in many lives. Social media networking sites have made communicating and connecting to the world effortless for us. Be it Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Twitter, or Youtube — these big names have … Continue Reading
Social Media as a news source
In today’s day and age, social media is becoming an imperative and rather unavoidable aspect of our lives. The internet, today, has greater outreach than ever before. It has emerged to be a continual source of news, information, and entertainment for people around the world for over the past decade; … Continue Reading
Grow Up, Not Rich
Social media are places to grow, discover and reinvent ourselves.
While the social media storm of Facebook has considerably slowed down, it has been replaced by more visual alternatives like Instagram, YouTube, Tik Tok (musical.ly) and the like. But what was once a college-only platform has now effortlessly oozed itself … Continue Reading
The Cognizant Citizen: Gujarat Migrant Exodus
On the 28th of September, 2018, a disgusting act took the state of Gujarat by surprise. An infant, no more than fifteen months old, was raped in the district of Sabarkantha. Ravindra Sahu, a labourer from Bihar was convicted for the felony on the same day. The heinous crime led … Continue Reading