KalamRaag

As I write, the world is fighting to control the Coronavirus outbreak, a human tragedy that has cost millions of lives and brought suffering to families and across entire communities. The pandemic is a horror not only for the directly affected by the virus but also for every citizen. And the indirect, behavioral effects of this crisis—slowing business activity, falling wages, and rising food prices—will make life tremendously strenuous for lakhs of people who are already under significant poverty in affected regions. Some of these behaviours can not be avoided, Corona is a disease that affects us all but quarantines and other such measure are equally important so as to push back against the virus. Although simultaneously, it is evident that the responses of masses to the pandemic, in India and rest of the world, are to some degree caused by stigma, false understanding of how the virus spreads, fear-mongering in sections of media, and some biases. Unfortunately, all th...

    A chapter for NE trended on Twitter on Thursday with the help of over 30 student unions raising their voice against the ever-rising racism against the people from North East, so the students and youth who have to visit other states to pursue their career took it upon themselves to combat the ignorance of North East and AChapterforNE trended on 3rd June between 6 pm to 8 pm.  The entirety of India witnessed the ugly face of racism against N Eastern people during this coronavirus pandemic. People of North Eastern descent were attacked and became targets of Xenophobia throughout mainland India, a study commissioned by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) on racial discrimination found that the "northeast India seamlessly fits[an] Indian's imagination of a Chinese person". According to the study, '78% of the people from the region believe that physical appearance was the reason for prejudice against them' and the reason why they are ha...

   Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, aka, PCOS can successfully be categorised among the long list of problems ignored by our society even after being widely prevalent and ever-rising(22.5% by Rotterdam's criteria and 10.7% by Androgen Excess Society criteria) [ 1 ]. Today I try to delve into the issue and bring together research on PCOS.  Although there is no universally accepted definition of PCOS, a widely accepted one is understood as PCOS being an abnormality in the signalling that happens between the hypothalamus and the pituitary which exist in the brain and how the communication with hormones such a Luteinizing hormone (LH) and Follicle Stimulation Hormone(FSH) communicate with the ovaries and facilitate ovulation with an LH surge mid-cycle. It is most commonly associated with the overproduction of androgens and insulin resistance[ 2 ].  Effects/Symptoms of PCOS Another major issue with women who suffer from PCOS includes Androgen excess. ...