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Oct

2018

A Critique of Modern Democracy – Part 1

Written By : Senex Paris, France Photo credit – Alain Kugel Each one of us is born at a particular pointon the timeline of human history, and in a particular place with its unique culture both human and ecological. These factors,which are in constant flux,define us to a large extent. Not only how we live, but also how we think. Our very mindset and our world view is primarily a product of these two elements. They create the filter through which we view the world. A decade ago I had read a short piece written by Ian McEwan, one of…

Sep

2018

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The changing face of youth in Indian capital

Politics & SocialDelhi, Indian Capital, Young Generation, Youth

Written by: Simran Saini Delhi, India Photo Credit: Prem Singh As the face of a city changes, so does the people residing in it. Or maybe vice-versa. Such is the story of the National capital and its lifestyle which is changing at the speed of one restobar/month. Maybe we don’t notice some things when we’re a part of it, but if you take a step back, a lot seems to have changed. This is exactly what happened when I came back to my hometown Delhi, after spending three years in Paris. Living in Paris, it was never difficult to find…

Jul

2018

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Call them Footballers, not just ‘French’

Sports

Written By Somrita Bhattacharyya Illustration: Arghya Manna 15th July 2018. 9 PM. La Défense train station in Paris. A joyously tired crowd is heading back home after the magnificent victory of France in the Football World Cup 2018. ‘Allez Les Bleus’ slogan cascades through the air like a wave. “Why should we shout ‘Allez Les Bleus’? Our slogan should be ‘Allez Les Noirs’! They don’t want us; they don’t include us, why should we celebrate the victory of the Blues then?”- a voice revolts, in the shadowy railway station of a mid-July late evening. It was the voice of an…

Jul

2018

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Say ‘Yes’ to Abortion, Ireland!

Politics & Social

Deboshruti Roychowdhury Illustration: Sagar Mondal ‘If you don't trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child?’ - Unknown The Republic of Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to overturn the abortion ban by 66.4% to 33.6% just a month back. A referendum held in May resulted in a landslide win for the repeal side. Previously, abortion in Ireland was only allowed when a woman's life was at risk, but not in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality. But why was abortion such a big issue for the Catholic Ireland which had voted on abortion five…

Jul

2018

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Heroes and A Tale of Migration – Part 4

From Director’s Desk Written By: Jayanta Chakrabarty Multidimension Illustration : Avijit Ghosh The island of Lampedusa has an area of 20.2 square kilometers and a population of about 6,000 people. Its main industries are fishing and tourism. By May 2011, as the Arab Spring was in full swing, more than 35,000 immigrants arrived in the island from Tunisia and Libya. By the end of August, 48,000 arrived. Most of them were young males in their 20s and 30s, and the large majority of them were Muslims. Italy had repeatedly requested aid from the EU to manage this large number of…

Jul

2018

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A Quarter Mile Country

Art & Culture

Film Review Written By Senex – Paris, France Have you ever experienced one of those fretful nights when you are drifting from deep sleep to hazy wakefulness, never knowing which is which; from horrific nightmares to brief glimpses of bygone sweetness of tender love; all in a jumbled, incoherent sequence that seems unending… Watching “A Quarter Mile Country” seemed like revisiting one of those nights. All that intensity tightly packed into a 34 minutes package. Noman Robin, the director, takes us to Conrad’s 21st century Heart of Darkness, in the refugee camp in Bangladesh where many hundreds of thousands of…

Jul

2018

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Berlin Wall: The silent Storyteller – part II

Travel

Written by : Kazi Tina Paris , France Photos by Author And the Hero appeared ! I know that the hero of a story doesn’t come at the end of it and we wouldn’t have made the title like this since it would end the curiosity of the readers. The fact is I wasn’t expecting neither a hero nor a story. I went there as an ignorant tourist and all that I was getting was beyond my expectations. So I’ve no right to pretend to be intelligent, by writing an organized story. I’m merely noting down what happened to me,…

Jul

2018

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Heroes and A Tale of Migration – Part 3

From Director’s Desk Written By : Jayanta Chakrabarty Multidimension Illustration : Avijit Ghosh On the other side of Sea, in Europe, another scenario had already unraveled. The overall suicide rate in Greece rose by 35% between 2011 to 2012. The suicide mortality rate for men increased from 5.75 (2003–2010) to 7.43 per 100 000 population during this period, i,e, 2 in a day. Experts attributed the rise to the country's economic crisis. The dream of the Euro as a strong currency was dented. The Greek economy was one of the Eurozone's fastest growing from 2000 to 2007, averaging 4.2% annually,…

Jul

2018

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Berlin Wall: The Silent Storyteller – Part 1

Popular, Travel

Written by : Kazi Tina Paris , France Photos by Author My breakfast: morning tea, coffee and a packet of chips that I’ve eaten because of my anxiety had been completely digested. I could feel the butterflies inside my stomach. Just then a small, round Japanese man answered me with his half-closed eyed smile, “There is the Berlin Wall!” I looked on my right. There was really something that looked like a wall, but is that the Berlin wall? I crossed the road to get a closer look at it. There was a steel plate with, “East Side Gallery” written…

Jun

2018

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What are the Koreans thinking about Reconciliation?

Politics & Social, Popular

Written by Steffy Khanam, Seoul, South Korea Photo : Shutterstock When South Korea hosted the Olympics in 1988, North Korea refused to participate and it also blew up an South Korean Airliner 10 months before the event. But this time, North Korea participated in the events and even sent a women’scheerleaders team. Some might believe that the North Korean team’s participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, in South Korea, might be a sign of reconciliation, but how does South Korean population feel about it? To find out the answer Iactually asked some of the students in Kyung Hee,…