Author: Shivani Singh

Shivani Singh is a student pursuing Master's in Journalism. Her hobbies include reading novels, music, travelling and sketching.

misogyny in bollywood

Bollywood is one of the most popular forms of entertainment within the country, it’s also a space where misogyny is both produced and consumed. It indulges in the commonly orthodox social frames and more recently has identified women for spreading obscenity and misogyny After the first song from the movie Pathaan (Besharam Rang) got released actress Deepika Padukone became the victim of online trolling for the costumes she donned in the song. The criticism of Besharam Rang and the start of #BoycottPathaan the former member of Lok Sabha social media head of Congress actor Divya Spandana shared her thoughts regarding…

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tobacco ban in India

From banning smoking in public there may be a ban on loose cigarettes before the announcement of the Union Budget 2024-24 If the government acts on the recommendation of the standing committee there may be a ban on the sale and manufacture of loose cigarettes. A similar thing happened three years ago, in September 2019, the government put a ban on e-cigarettes as per the advice of the Health Ministry, due to the dangers to health it poses. The standing committee of India has recommended a ban on the sale of loose or single cigarettes. As Committee suggested that the…

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books vs. e-books

Recent figures show that sales of printed books have increased since 2018 and it is a slow increase from 2014 which are now doubled. With the decline in e-book sales, choosing printed books and the option of cheap printing has also made some authors to traditionally print books rather than ebooks. With the resurgence of printed books here are some reasons they are better for your brain, health and other aspects of life. Most people work on computers and I don’t think that they want to go home and stare at another screen with some writing on it. Readers love…

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