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banes and boons of social media
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Social Media- Banes and Boons

The depiction of an “Instagram-able” life, which apparently seems absolutely perfect is NOT the reality. But young consumers are driven by their lack of awareness and a desire to lead that so-called perfect life, which results in depression, lack of self-confidence and various other delusional psychological illnesses.

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Female gaze in Indian cinema
Chronicles

Lust Stories 2 and the Male-Female Gaze

“The ‘male gaze’ is a theory propounded by Laura Mulvey. There is no ‘female gaze’ as such because both men and women are equally capable of it and have proved that a film’s success – art house or commercial – does not necessarily depend on exhibiting the woman’s body as a sexual object,” explains Shoma A. Chatterji, film scholar and writer, who has written extensively on gendered cinema.

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Assamese short story The Medal
Belles Lettres

Translated Fiction: The Medal

Rameswar felt as if Dutta had slapped him. He was not ready for this betrayal. He felt his uniform ready to slip away from his body; the artificial leg seemed heavier too. Dutta could not bear his dumb-founded look for long. He slunk away.

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Linguistic imperialism
Belles Lettres

Name and Language- What’s Her Choice?

As expected, she didn’t lift a finger to remember our names. It seemed that she didn’t want to be bothered by Japanese names which must have been difficult for her to pronounce properly. So, she decided to call us by English names.

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climate refugees
Chronicles

We May All be Refugees

As our planet reels from the myriad challenges posed by climate change it is important to consider how definitions of

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short story on father daughter relationship
Belles Lettres

Fiction: Daddy

Daddy would personally supervise when mashi, the old maid who stayed with us to take care of the household, oiled my thick hair every Sunday morning. Sundays were special days. Daddy would not allow mashi to enter the kitchen; he took great care to cook all the dishes I loved.

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