Kamala Harris: More than Meets the Eye
“While I may be the first woman in this office, I won’t be the last. Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. And to the children of our country, regardless of your gender,…
Living Unplugged from Social Media: no FOMO
I have not been doing well lately, and I thought that I should take some time off from human contact. I was about to deactivate Facebook when I was faced with a unique conundrum. Facebook has brought everyone closer, but…
The 10 Minute School Issue: Why Suppression of Content is Problematic
Religion is an integral part of our identity. However, it is not what everyone chooses to appoint as their identifier. Throughout our lives, we face a variety of experiences, and we choose for ourselves, which of these experiences should identify…
Why Black Lives Matter: Understanding the Movement and its Momentum
#BlackLivesMatter started off as a Twitter movement. African-Americans had been fed up of being shot down and denied the right to plead due to prejudice time and again. They have been denied the right to fair trials, the right to…
An Overview of the Systemic Discrimination against African Americans
What do we associate with African-Americans? Drugs? Gang violence? Petty theft? This association is called stereotyping. Stereotyping: The association of certain attributes, mostly negative, to a certain community with no logical backup. Narcotics is bad, but narcotics is abused at…
Slavery: How History Set the Stage for the Oppression of African Americans
Imagine waking up one day and not finding your father home. You go to school thinking he’s already left for work. You come home. You play around until late. Then you realize, he might never be home again. Among people…
Spacex Makes History, Launches Two Astronauts into Space
Known mostly for their prodigality, SpaceX finally launches two American astronauts into orbit from American soil. Manned space missions had reached a halt ever since the retirement of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. NASA had recently teamed up with…
Why Self-Quarantine is the Best Bet During Coronavirus Lockdown
The entire globe has been worried about COVID-19 for quite some time now. 9,455 cases have been confirmed in Bangladesh till now, of which 665 have been confirmed in the last 24 hours. There are disputes about the official number…
The “Do”s and “Don’t”s of Coronavirus Lockdown
The prime instructive for everyone should be to get tested immediately, as soon as you start exhibiting the symptoms. Unfortunately, hospitals in Bangladesh lack infrastructures such as medical kits and PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment) to detect a SARS-CoV infestation. This…
Why the Coronavirus is Dangerous: Confirmed Cases So Far
The movie “Contagion” is premised on a novel virus breaking out globally. Entire countries went into lockdown. All hell broke loose. People started hoarding supplies. The streets became quiet. Global market had a nose-dive. Democratically elected governments worldwide started to…
