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Challenges in online classes: issues students face in remote learning.

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  No more online classes for education Last two years have not been pleasant for humans as the world was shutdown due to which Education was shifted from in person to remote learning during covid-19 . During this phase many of you could not attend last days of your school life in school. Many of you might not have got farewell. Many of you have even completed two years of college degree without even having sight of your institute. Moreover you might not have got fresher's party. But as the world was recovering so was the hope of students increasing to attend inperson / offline classes but the updated version of covid 19 or omicron variant has put reopening of colleges under suspicion. Today let's evaluate  How much this decision of closing educational institutions is justifying? 1. Psychological effects  Are you also overburdened with the assignments? Do you also feel lonely at home? Do you also get bored in online classes? If the answer is yes then you are no different t...

Difference between feminism and pseudofeminism: understand Gender equality

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FEMINISM   Feminism is not just the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes nor just a doctrine advocating social , political and all other rights of women equal to those of men. Feminism at its core is about “Equality” - among male , female or even transgender - not “sameness”  (Here it becomes critical to understand that “sameness” does not always means “equality”). The pivotal issue here is about equal right and equal access to opportunities. Feminism as an ideology , does not claim that women are the angles or ‘always victims’ of the pervading inequality. In contrast , feminism argues against un-necessarily placing of women on higher pedestal. Why some people want to get rid of feminism? As, we are inhabitants of a patriarchal society , where it is mostly the women who are being deprived of their basic rights . ( Therefore , we commonly see feminism as synonym of fight for women’s right) and when feminism asks tough questions on our dogma...