Author: Mehak Dua Author Affiliation: Department of Journalism, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi   Abstract: Social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and YouTube have swiftly transformed the way people enter into discussions, by allowing for plurality of thoughts and voices. It has also given a space to women unlike any other conventional…

  Author: Nupur Ray Author Affiliation: Department of Political Science, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi   Abstract: Vast feminist literature has emerged in the past few decades where various political, social and cultural institutions/ ideologies have been reexamined through a critical feminist lens thereby unraveling the patriarchal assumptions underlying these structures. This paper focuses…

  Author: Ramesh Aroli Author Affiliation: Department of Journalism, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi   Abstract: In India, media scholars who worked on the Indian language press and its role in reshaping the regional societies have often looked at the circulation figures and data that is readily available for access. For instance, works of…

  Author: Rupali Khanna Author Affiliation: Department of Economics, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi Abstract: More than a billion people (mostly rural) all over the world are still living in energy poverty, which is defined as the inability to access and afford modern cooking fuels and the lack of a bare minimum electric lighting…

  Author: Sophy K.J. Author Affiliation: Assistant Professor, National Law University, Delhi   Abstract: Both the cases, Rajesh Sharma (2017) and Dr. Subhash (2018), decided by the Supreme Court, were dealt with under two different laws, the commonality that invites a re-reading of judgments is the ignorance of the judiciary towards its history and objectives…

  Author: Jyoti Raghavan Author Affiliation: Department of Journalism, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi   << Published in Akademos 2019 Issue Views: 117

  Author: Sampurna Das Author Affiliation: Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi   Abstract: The rise of moral panic, stigma and illegality that accompanies human migration is a recent phenomenon. This is in part made up by the increasing regulatory focus on extralegal migration; in part, by the bureaucratic ideology; in…

  Author: Aakriti Kohli Author Affiliation: Department of Journalism, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, University of Delhi   Abstract: This paper seems to understand why and what do audiences seek in watching reruns of popular television shows. Is it because of television programming which relies on tested television shows to ensure high volume of…

  Author: Akanksha Mishra Author Affiliation: Environmental Science, Kamala Nehru College University of Delhi     << Published in Akademos 2018 Issue Views: 93

  Author: Aritra Majumdar Author Affiliation: Department of History, Sivanath Sastri College Kolkata, West Bengal   Abstract: The Constituent Assembly was one of the first forums that debated at length the entire political, social and economic structure of what would become the Republic of India. Within this gamut of topics, economic issues received slightly lower…