How media influences, manipulates, controls and sometimes even capitalises on instances of human loss during times of crisis.
Tag: social media
Insanity
A poem on the mental somersaults we're all going through during this second wave of COVID-19 in India.
‘Hell is Other People’: Social Media and the Gaze of the Other
Our decisions regarding our self-representation are excessively influenced by an invisible gaze.
Is Wokeness the New ‘Opium of the People’?
The true irony is how big companies, corporate news outlets and social media algorithms have been exacerbating and exploiting woke outrage to generate clicks and profits.
Scrolling Through the Aesthetic World of Bookstagram
Bookstagram, a corner of Instagram where bibliophiles review and talk about the books they're reading, has been a wonderful and life-changing find. But it also has its own share …
Six Tips for Coping When the News Is Getting to You
Whatever it is that triggers you, the goal is to find the balance between using the news to stay informed and not becoming overwhelmed.
My Amma Has a Smarter Phone
The way my mother has used her phone during the lockdown – to keep in touch with her enormous family and not scroll endlessly – has led me to …
The Dread of Opening My Laptop
For months, I would wake up thinking of a combination of what I ought to watch and where else I could apply.
Am I Losing the Real Me?
How dow we stop from becoming crass simulations of our real selves? How can we bridge the widening chasm between our joyful projections and hollow inner realities?
A Bottomless Pit: The Devilish Nature of Doomscrolling
When negativity becomes the norm of life, doomsday arrives everyday.