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When your self-worth depends on where you stand, compared to others, you are engaging in what is called a social comparison. How does this play out when we are on social media, subject to a ton of information about people we know and don’t know? Read this article to find out about how low well-being can be associated with unfavourable comparisons with others on social media, and how we can best respond to it.
The Lodhas of Midnapore are a group of indigenous people who have fought centuries of stigmatization and continue to be one of the Vulnerable Tribal Groups today. They face tremendous inequities and hardships. Government and non-governmental action is trying to make a difference to their lives as research gradually highlights their problems to the forefront.
The urban landscape is often viewed as fraught with opportunities. However, there is an unlikely contender in the competition among factors that promote inequality – space. The urban space itself plays an active role in determining an individual’s access to opportunities. This article focuses on how gender and space together create unequal access.
