Category: Research papers
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WOMEN, FOOD AND BODY: A TRIO IN MODERN CAPITALIST WORLD
This essay will talk about ideas of food security and bring gender into the story where it not only focuses on women’s relationship with food but also how ideas of body image often twist and turn this relationship. Women and their relationship with food have often been dependent on the patriarchal norms that operate in…
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Analysing the Issues Brought Forward By Shadow Education in Kota
Abstract: The past ten years have seen a drastic rise in students ascribing to the shadow education system in India. An increasing number of students rely on coaching centres as opposed to formal schooling. The common belief among the students is that coaching classes will provide them with the appropriate tools and skills in order…
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From vilification to romanticization: Viewing mental disorders from the lens of media
Synopsis: Media has a huge impact on how people perceive mental illnesses. Historically in popular media, portrayals of mental illnesses were mostly negative and stigmatizing. Characters with mental illnesses were often portrayed as the villain who was extremely violent. However, over time, there began conversations about humanising mentally ill individuals and media started shifting away…
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Conceptualising a New Sociology of Pandemics
ABSTRACT: Over the last year, the entirety of the world was made to come to an unprecedented stand-still. Naturally, plenty of attempts have been made to understand the nuances of this event called the COVID 19 pandemic from the lens and purview of social institutions such as the scientific, technological, medical and public health entities….