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Author: Mehak Neel

  • ANALYSING THE FILM ‘PARASITE’ THROUGH A POST COLONIAL LENS

    Bong Joon-ho’s award-winning Parasite beautifully depicts the realities of class conflict, wealth and social inequalities- all defining features of the post-colonial world. Set in Korea, the film follows the life of a poor family, the Kims; that con their way into all getting employed by the same rich family, the Parks. Just when it seems…

  • 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…

  • Women’s Movement in India: All you need to Know

    Women’s Movement in India: All you need to Know

    This paper will discuss the cultural and gender implications of the women’s movement in India, examine the role of reformers like Jotibha Phule in the movement, touch upon the current scenario of the movement and status of women in the 21st Century as well as discuss the legal framework of the movement. Introduction: As of…

  • How the Bretton Woods Conference changed the Game after World War 2

    The Bretton woods Conference and the subsequent Marshall Plan was a game-changer in the global economic power. The conference resulted in a shift of economic power from Britain to the United States of America. It is regarded to have changed the economic system and was a first of its kind monetary arrangement. It was at…

  • Feminism Today

    “I’m not like other girls.” “Stop being such a girl.” “Man up!” Why is it that even today, in the 21st century, women tend to hide their feminine traits in order to be taken seriously? Why is it that being “girly” is considered an insult? For centuries now, men have enjoyed supremacy over women. The…

  • Anatomizing Queerness

    ‘Queer’ is used to describe individuals who are not cisgender or heterosexual. Such individuals do not fit the ‘traditional’ ideas of gender or sexuality. “The term ‘queer’ itself is fraught with contradictions. Even as it is constituted as a larger umbrella category to understand non-heteronormative systems of gender and sexuality, it comes undone in the…

  • Parenting Styles and It’s Impact on Children

    Abstract: The initial years of an individual’s life is considered to be one of the most important periods of development. It is said that those children are like sponges- they absorb everything. Parents are the primary contacts of children and thus, the manner in which a parent or caregiver interacts with a child has a…