"Comrades-comrades come along, let's choose the prettiest of them all- that young girl so thin and tall with lustrous hair, spotless skin is surely the best and will rise above the rest." Today, there are a no. of platforms that can be used to evoke progression, and for creating breakthroughs one of these they say are pageants. These extremely glamorous beauty pageants have somehow managed to gain popularity since their centuries-old tradition and are holding their position of esteem even in 2020. Why have these pageants been so sought-after? One of the most important reasons is, they are said to provide a huge platform to the candidates to present themselves before the world, besides this, they generate employment for a section of the society thus enabling more job opportunities in the field of acting, business, etc. but for the good of a few can the harm it is doing by setting such unrealistic standards of beauty in the society be neglected? When these contests allure a...

Have you ever wondered why nuclear disarmament attempts always fail? Or why we have a festering problem of "free-riding" when it comes to public goods? Or on a fundamental level, why is it said that we can't live peacefully in the absence of a state formed on the basis of a social contract? This article tries to explain these phenomena by borrowing some ideas from the yet developing but fascinating branch of social sciences called Game Theory, devoted to studying strategic decisions. Ideas from the game theory have very wide applicability and can help us understand many social situations. "Prisoners' Dilemma" is one such idea which I'm going to use to explain the need for social cooperation or theoretically a "social contract". To illustrate what this dilemma is all about, let's turn to one of its classic representations given by one of its earliest developers A. W. Tucker: Suppose there are two prisoners A and B, suspects of a major cr...

Acid attack is one of the most heinous crimes which make the life of the victim irrecoverable, especially women. It is a form of “violent assault” which is define d as the act of throwing acid intentionally on the body of another person to disfigure, torture, or kill. 72% of the reported acid attack s have involved women while the most common age group involve d is 18-28 years . In 78% cases, the attack is due to rejection of love, refusal to marry, denying dowry or sexual advances, quite a reflection in itself of how prevalent male egoism, patriarchy, and misogyny are in society. ACID ATTACK: A TOOL FOR CRIME Acid, owing to its nature has been in use always for many purposes. During ancient times, it was used in metallurgy and for etching. With an increase in usage, the demand increased and so did the supply. But this apart from accelerating the advancements gave rise to the misuse of acids. The misuse begins with the use of acid as a weapon of vengeance. Some of the prom...

LGBTQ is an acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer people. All around the world, these people have been subjected to discrimination and hatred on the grounds of who they are and whom they love. LGBTQ people in India also are subjected to torture, blackmail, imprisonment, and fear of expressing themselves and much more just for being who they are.  The Indian Penal Code, 1860 under Section 377 deals with unnatural offenses. Before declaring this part of Section 377 unconstitutional in 2018, homosexuality was considered unnatural, and having sexual intercourse with the same-sex was a crime punishable with 10 years of imprisonment. After a long fight for the rights of queer people, this was decriminalized on 6 th September 2018, and consensual gay sex was legalized. Source: livemint.com People often confuse a person’s sexuality in defining their character and gender. No matter what a person’s sexual orientation is, he or she is entitled to his or her rights. W...