When it comes to plastic, it is hard to imagine our society without the same for plastic is ubiquitous in the sense that we utilize the same for almost anything – from manufacturing to storage. And yet, when we consider the question of plastic and our dependence on the same, we can see that it …
It’s been a while since we first started utilizing print media to advertise products, services or used the same to list out news and transactions. As hard as it can be to believe, print media has been around for more than 5000 years starting with woodblock printing in Mesopotamia around 3000 BC. Of course, the …
Cell phones are an essential part of modern life. It is impossible for many even to imagine being without a cellphone for a day. We are dependent on our smartphones for everything. The days of using them solely as communication devices are long gone. Modern phones come standard with some of the most advanced tech …
Electronic media or for that matter media, in general, continue to play an influential role in our society today-careers are made and destroyed, depending on what gets published in the media. Take Kevin Spacey for example, at one point he was the leading Hollywood icon but when stories of him trying to take advantage of …
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Bullying is something that all of us had gone through at one point or another and there’s a very good reason for why we think that it has an inimical effect on society as a whole. Most schools often had to deal with cases of rampant bullying by one person or one particular group, who …
If you live in the Western World, we have ingrained tales of Christopher Columbus’ voyages to the Americas in our minds. Arguably, this is one of the most pivotal moments in world history. The world’s borders, technology, culture, and religion were all affected due to Europe’s exploration of the world’s unknown to them. This, of …
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The 4th estate or as the media houses often like to refer to themselves in the third person, acts as a cornerstone, to most democracies around the world. The ability to get relevant news before others could well make all the difference between success and failure. In general, news organizations enjoy the unrivaled power to …
Tourism is one of the main drivers of the world economy and it also happens to be a major industry. When it comes to the question of traveling to a certain location, it depends more on the country in question than anything else. If a war had broken out in a particular zone or if …
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As our society develops more, our infrastructure requirements are bound to increase further; take transportation for example. With more vehicles plying our roads daily, the need for resilient structural systems to handle the load has increased, for, without the same, we would have to make do with congested traffic and traffic snarls which can be …
Plastic surgery, contrary to popular belief has been in practice over several thousand years; archaeological evidence pointed out that sushrastra practiced rhinoplasty as well as skin grafts around 500 BC. That in itself is telling for it shows that the fascination with our bodies and our desperate need to fit with the commonly accepted view …