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Seeing The Digital Divide In India in times of COVID 19
We are living in an extraordinary time now. Extraordinary because the ordinary routine of our lives of pre COVID 19 era no longer applies. Circumventing large social gatherings, maintaining social (physical) distancing,…
COVID-19 and Consumer Behaviourism
COVID has given a tight blow on the face of conspicuous consumption of elite class. According to Veblen, tendency of a person to buy expensive items to display wealth and income rather than to cover the real needs leads to the waste of…
The Development Determinants of COVID-19: A Cross Country Stocktaking
The Outbreak of new Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hubai Province of China in the end of 2019 quickly had a spread to other countries of globe. The virus has become undiscriminating in character. It has affected people across community, group,…
Social Distancing or Social Distance? Tales of Othering and Hatred
The State has issued guidelines for Covid-19 prevention both at the Public and Private spaces. One of the major norms came in the form of Social Distancing, which refers to the practice of maintaining physical distance between people for…
COVID Crisis: The Reincarnation of SHG
COVID-19, a global catastrophe has grappled the entire world today. It has become undiscriminating in character. Rich, poor, developed and underdeveloped nations, mega cities to the satellite ones, urban centres to the rural pockets…
Macro level Analysis of Corona Crisis: From World System Perspective
The unprecedented crisis, the world has witnessed in twenty first century is Corona or COVID-19 Pandemic. Emanating as a health pandemic, now it has disrupted each sphere of global affairs starting from supply chain of world economy to…
Digital Education During Covid-19 Crisis: A Path Towards Unification or Segmentation In Society!
Education is a social process , that imparts knowledge, skill, values & behavioural patterns to its younger generations. In this sense education is a process of socialization. From the functionalism theoretical perspective of…
Fending the Pandemic in Parsonian Framework
Starting from December 2019, the spread of the pandemic and fear of the Covid-19 Virus has gradually gripped all continents taking the total number of victims to millions. Major Cs’ like Corona, Covid-19 Virus, Cleaning and…
When Alien Infects Native: Locking Lives & Livelihoods
After successfully controlling the markets across the world with its products, the Chinese virus, if not the Chinese marketing-product, has been infecting the communities across the world. As per contemporary discussion, the…
Corona and the Consequence: A Sociological Outlook
COVID-19 has engulfed the entire world. The new pandemic is all set to bring multiple societal changes. Sociologically speaking, it has initiated a social change in the globalized world in a very different way. This issue is more about the…