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Technology: A Grim Tale of Desensitization and More

Introduction: The good versus the bad One can argue that the new technologies of today have contributed more good than bad in the world. The faster speeds of connectivity have allowed access to all sorts of information with just a click of a button. More recently, online platforms have also played a valuable role in…

ByWafa MalikJuly 10, 20200Comments

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Is a 4-day workweek really a solution to everyone’s work problems?

4-day workweek: A modern or an archaic concept? This is the only news employees worldwide seem to care about. Tech giant Microsoft celebrated a 40% boost in productivity after implementing a 4-day workweek for the whole month of August, in one of its Japan’s subsidiary as part of its “Work-Life Choice Challenge” . Proponents of…

ByWafa MalikJuly 9, 20200Comments

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Explaining Pertinent Black Voices

In the context of ongoing Black Lives Matter protests against systemic racism, police brutality, and the marginalization of black people in communities all over the world, social media has been inundated with quotes from prominent black figures the likes of James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, and Toni Morrison. These people wrote and spoke about the…

ByFarah JassawallaJuly 6, 20200Comments

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Eco-Fascism: Combining Nazi Beliefs with Environment Consciousness

The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have brought about the dark side of environmentalism. Or is it just a revival of old ideologies? “Coronavirus is Earth’s vaccine. We’re the virus” Behind these environmentally friendly and seemingly harmless rhetoric lies a murderous, racist ideology that combines unchecked violence with environmentalism, all in the name of saving the…

ByWafa MalikJuly 3, 20200Comments

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The popularity of memes and how money is being made from it

A decade ago, had you told someone that making memes would earn you money, they would have laughed in your face but now it is becoming a serious reality. How memes are the forefront of internet comedy A meme is defined as a piece of virtual media (usually a photo with text) that generates laughter…

ByAbdullah KhalidJuly 1, 20200Comments

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Hip Hop and Black Lives Matter

Hip Hop began as a lyrical movement in the South Bronx in America. This lyrical movement has its roots in the Black American male experience. The movement is dominated with rhythm and lyrical stimulation, replete with metaphors from the life experiences of these black Americans, which are underscored by social and economic injustice. The lyrics…

ByFarah JassawallaJune 29, 20200Comments

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Rising Tensions between India and China – Explained

There is a long history behind the border fight between China and India. This dispute, however, predates the independence of India and took root during the colonial rule of the British in India. In the latter half of the 1800s, the British drew two borders in an attempt to demarcate the tenuous and undefined frontier…

ByFarah JassawallaJune 27, 20200Comments

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The sudden increase of cycling in Pakistan

If you are driving through the streets of urban areas in Pakistan, chances are you will see many cyclists with safety gear on, cycling on one side of the road especially at night. But had you visited the same streets a year ago, you would have seen little to no cyclists so what has changed…

ByMahnoor KhalidJune 24, 20200Comments

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Everything You Want to Know About the Birth of the Universe

For centuries, human beings have looked to the sky for answers. Where are we? Who are we? How did this all begin? While philosophers will continue to battle the answers for centuries to come, by looking up to the stars as we have always done, we are the closest we have ever been to understanding…

ByNaufil AyazJune 22, 20200Comments

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Paperback Book Culture Now

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” ― Jane Austen The scent of pages of an old book, there is nothing else like it. Nothing beats the feeling of opening a thick paperback for the first time. Even if it is a dusty…

BySeirut JavedJune 19, 20200Comments

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