Articles by Richa Singh

NO NATION CAN SURVIVE ISOLATED IN THE MODERN AGE

In the era of globalisation, it is indeed a reality that no nation can remain isolated and still survive. The increasing aspirations of the people for...

The Happiness Question

“Comparisons are odious’’ especially, when we are to compare an abstract feeling like happiness of the modern person, with their ancestors. In this ar...

THE INTOXICATION OF POWER

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men…”, said Lord Acton, aptly summing up what...

COVIDONOMICS: IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE INDIAN ECONOMY

Since last many days, a hundred and eighty nations square measure within the same line of threat by the fateful Coronavirus pandemic or the COVID-19. ...

DIGITAL ECONOMY- OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

The digital economy has been getting a lot of attention, with increasingly strong headlines offering apocalyptic as well as breathtakingly exciting sc...

FINDING THE LIGHT IN DARKNESS: DIWALI IN COVID-19

The year 2020 began a bleak note, with an obscure virus (SARS-CoV-2) fanning out through countries quickly, carrying the entire world to a stop. We as...

PATH OF GLORY LEADS BUT TO THE GRAVE

A thought that makes life the liveliest is the idea of ‘memento mori’ which means ‘Remember that you must die.’ The fact that mortality is the ultimat...

INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS

“Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever lay down one without a feeling of disappointment,” said Charles Lamb. It is the art of generating cur...

CAREER OPTIONS FOR THE YOUTH IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

The dawn of the new millennium has thrown up a plethora of new career opportunities that were hitherto unknown to us. They have made the task of choos...

THE RELATIONSHIP OF STUDENTS AND POLITICS

Studies and politics are diametrically opposite attributes. A student is expected to commit his time and attention to education, rather than involving...

“WHAT IS THIS LIFE IF FULL OF CARE, WE HAVE NO TIME TO STAND AND STARE”.

This article warns that “the hectic pace of modern life has a detrimental effect on the human spirit.” Modern man has no time to spend free time in th...

RELIGION: A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

“Religion is never the problem; it’s the people who use it to gain power.” said Julian Casablancas, aptly picturing the current status of the world. M...

IS GOD DEAD?

To pose such a portentous question as the above, could be only attributed to a cynic, who does not view God in the proper perspective. It could stem f...

ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION IS THE ONLY PANACEA FOR OUR ILLS

“For each according to his abilities. To each according to his needs,” said Karl Marx, the architect of the communist revolution that swept across con...

THE CATHARTIC HEARTBREAK PROTOCOL

Everywhere you turn, love is in the air. Even on The Bachelor, every exit interview reveals a raw glimpse into how it seems we’re all searching for l...

INTOLERANCE IN THE NAME OF RELIGION

Acts of violence committed in the name of religion or due to matters related to religion have made religious intolerance an issue of debate in recent ...

True Cause(s) of Suicide

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GENDER HIGHLIGHTS A PATRIARCHAL MINDSET

“If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?” A term that was derided and abandoned a decade ago has come roaring back to life...

Are we happier than our forefathers?

Juvenile Delinquency

The misled behaviour of today’s youth ignites in me the urge to put forth my views on the currently burning issue, ’Juvenile Delinquency.’ Yes, my dea...

WINDS OF CHANGE

Very delicately and gradually, a larva transforms into a pupa. It then comes out of its shell and faces the fresh air and the moist ground for the fir...