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Pre Romantic Poetry and their Response to Nature

The word ‘romantic’ loosely refers to something sensational or startling. However, this hackneyed meaning isn’t enough to portray the sense of truth which has been expressed in art and literature. The publication of Lyrical Ballads, a joint work by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798, marked the beginning of a new literary movement […]

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The Tired Tirades of a Blocked Writer

Merriam Webster defines it as “a psychological inhibition that prevents a writer from moving ahead with a piece.” Cambridge, in a pleasant surprise, dumbs it down by calling it a “condition of being unable to create a piece of written work because something in your mind prevents you from doing it.” It is the ridiculously […]

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Body Positivity: Not as Positive as it Seems

With everyone from influencers, celebrities, and the media placing it in the limelight, body positivity is being discussed more than ever. The concept is not new by any means. Starting in the 1960s by ‘larger’ queer black women, the movement was initially geared towards challenging the societal standard of what bodies should look like – […]

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Vedanta will be the Future

Swami Vivekananda very emphatically envisioned Vedanta to be the religion of the future. While dogma-based religions which acted as emotional support for mankind once upon a time, ceased to function again and again from the World Wars to the Cold War to the pitiful state of nature and animals it can be seen now from […]

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The Dark Side of Google

Everything has a positive and a negative pole. Google, the technology giant, and the most popular internet search engine is no exception to this theory. Using the priority rank system, Google search returns information from millions of web pages in response to a user query. Google also provides an image-based search service, as well as […]

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Secular Atheism

“Demerits of a religion are nothing but misinterpretations of its teachings by its followers.” The idea of atheism has been with us for a very long time. The word ‘atheism’ originated back in the 5th century in Greece which stood for ‘without gods or deities’. By the 16th century this term gained immense popularity amongst […]

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Cloning: Real Science or Hollywood Fantasy?

Cloning. More than ever, the word stirs feelings and triggers debate; what was once science fiction is becoming a scientific fact. What are researchers working on and why? Do we have anything to attain from their continued efforts? A young American couple, parents of two other healthy children, lost their 10-month old son after a […]

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Euthanasia: An act of compassion or felony?

The constitution of different countries has ordained various human rights for the welfare of their citizens and to extend to all human beings. We are entitled to the right to equality, freedom, choice, education, and many more. The main purpose of these rights is to give people of all caste, sex, race, language, religion, etc […]

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Experiments that question Science

The spellbinding subject of quantum mechanics hoards trillions of mysteries of science. From the Big Bang Theory phenomenon to the famous Theory of Relativity, Quantum physics is the part of physics that describes the smallest things in our universe: molecules, atoms, subatomic particles like protons, and electrons. Quantum mechanics is a diverse subject, ranging from […]

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Zero – The Beginning to Infinity

The universe is perpetual, an immortal place full of unimagined instances. We never know what’s next or what will be our next surprise. It waits for our wits to grow sharper to reveal more of its secrets. All that we have today and all that we will start with zero. It was nothing but empty […]