Category: urban culture
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Has the pandemic accelerated financial inclusion for India’s rural last mile?
Adoption of digital financial services by urban and rural consumers received a boost in the course of the pandemic, however, significant digital literacy barriers continue to hinder uptake for the majority of low-income unbanked and underbanked in rural India.
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The Authentic Self
How do we locate authenticity in our everyday interactions? With the Millennials being told to constantly look for experiences that are more meaningful and true, is society conditioning them to dismiss the present for being less original and authentic?
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Textual Talk: Could We Function Beyond Texting?
I log online with the intention of engaging with communities and forging stronger ties on digital platforms – something that I wouldn’t have thought possible prior to the Internet. But has “textual talk” limited our ways of communication and diluted the nuance of human interactions?
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Re-Engineering Talk II: Revisiting Online Activism
Quiz time: what’s the quickest way to show you care for a cause (say, domestic violence) without stepping out of your home? Well, just like it. Sorry, that should be ‘Like’, as in, visit Facebook.com, search for the name of the NGO or cause – planting trees and green environment, saving abused kids, literacy for…
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Hunger Strikes Are Passe: Try Kiss-Ins and Walks!
Image: Liplock your way to protest against gay discrimination: a couple participate in the kiss-in protest organised outside the John Snow pub in SoHo, London. Tis a season of protests and revolutions, methinks! Just look at the number of regimes that are toppling over in Middle East and Africa, and the number of citizens out…