To quote Daniel Moynihan — “People are entitled to their opinions. What they’re not entitled to are their own facts.” This might seem intuitive, but the shouting down of reason and science with unsubstantiated opinion has been historically prevalent, and continues to be to this day, dominated by the powerful…

On April 11th, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the complete abolishment of quotas for government jobs in light of student protests calling for reform in the reservation system. Bangladesh previously reserved 56 per cent of their government jobs for minorities, women, relatives of freedom fighters, and disabled people. India…

The manners in which men and women physically occupy public spaces betray many extant inequalities prevalent in society. …

On October 24th, an article appeared in Outlook magazine entitled “Dear Bollywood Actors, Would You Dare Name The Weinsteins Among You?” in the form of an open letter. We could disregard the derisively challenging tone of the title, but the rest of the article doesn’t get any better. The author…

Psychology & the Movies M Night Shyamalan’s movie Split (2016) was widely panned for deriving its thrills from inaccurate portrayals of a psychological condition — dissociative identity disorder (DID). …

Traditionally, women in Indian cinema have served decorative and/or ancillary functions. Roles written for women are either as relatives or love interests of male protagonists, or require actresses to gyrate to item songs. …

“We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.” — Christof (The Truman Show, 1998) In June 2016, Elon Musk confirmed that he is a proponent of the simulation argument, specifically stating that he thinks “The odds we’re in base reality is one in billions,” and instead…