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Save The Children

Pinching, Shouting, Denying Food Among 30 Ways Indian Parents Abuse, Punish Children: UNICEF

...guise of punishment or discipline. On-the-ground workers deployed to districts in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra found children often bore the brunt of their parents’ frustration, having to...

It’s Okay: To Not Want To Try New Things

...excelling in it? Perhaps, this is also what gives people discipline. Remember the aphorism “jack of all trades, master of none”? The generalization may be wanting, but there is still...

By Saumya Kalia

Ayush-maan Bhava

Government Formalizes List of Surgeries Ayurvedic Practitioners Can Perform, Drawing Flak From the Indian Medical Association

...last week, the list has drawn flak from the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for combining the disciplines of modern and traditional medicine. However, the AYUSH Ministry issued a press release...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Turning the Pages

Liberal Arts Education Is Seen as ‘Less Than’ in India, but It Teaches the Skills India Desperately Needs

...dean of the Undergraduate College, Ahmedabad University, cited the following example: “In a studio (class) on water, students will learn to connect disciplines like biology, gender studies, and economics to...

By Saumya Kalia

How Much Is Too Much

People Are Using ‘Pandemic Productivity’ as a Distraction From Grief, Vulnerability

...meme-inspiring, viral tweet claiming that people who fail to upskill during this pandemic lack discipline. Shah too recalls being incensed by a text she received from a yoga studio dismissing...

By Gretchen Ferrao Walker

Customer Is Not Always Right

In the Gig Economy, Customers are Complicit in Labor Exploitation

...beholden to a platform as their main source of livelihood. Moreover, these platforms are not formally employers, but nevertheless, exert control and punishing standards of discipline on workers through customers. ...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Strong And Stupid And Sick

Men Find Wearing Masks ‘Shameful, Not Cool and a Sign of Weakness’: U.S. Survey

...new messaging embodied a “more modern, manly form of public health, steeped in discipline, patriotism, and personal responsibility,” the paper states. This approach has been used widely since then, effectively...

Late For My Yoga Class

The Fantasy of Elevated Daily Lives Is What Keeps Us Hooked to Influencer Routine Videos

...wakes up at 4 am to write for six hours. Though the routine exists as a form of utility, it is also a personality marker for traits like discipline, hard...

Domestic Violence Victims Need More Than Hotline Numbers During Lockdown

...the police machinery is overburdened and strained. “They’ve been forced to redirect their resources in ensuring discipline under the lockdown,” says Nandita Shah, co-director of Akshara, a Mumbai-based NGO. This...

By Anubhuti Matta

Work‑From‑Home Policies Are Popular in Theory, But Succeed Only in Ideal Settings

...or not remote working can go hand-in-hand with employers’ needs would need to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Discipline on the part of the employee, and trust on the...

Indian Media, Esther Duflo Is Not ‘Wife of’; She’s a Nobel Laureate in Economics

...theoretical discipline down to Earth and rooting it in reality. Her influence means that policy is more rooted in scientific data, rather than elite assumptions, about the lives of the...

By Liesl Goecker

No Preservatives

An Obsessive Need to Keep a Healthy Diet Could Soon Be Classified as an Eating Disorder

...which differs radically from the food habits of childhood and the surrounding culture, few accomplish the change gracefully. Most must resort to an iron self-discipline bolstered by a hefty sense of...

Why Some People Laugh at Inappropriate Times

...short on self-discipline, especially not for 60-second bursts, so it begs the question: Why do I laugh at inappropriate times? The Internet assures me I’m not alone, but researchers have...

By Liesl Goecker

BDSM Culture Can Make Women More Assertive In Work, Relationships

...man who was into BDSM [bondage and discipline; dominance and submission; sadism and masochism] and kink play. He introduced me to it and I instantly took a liking to it,”...

By Pallavi Prasad

All The Arguments You Need: to Advocate for Equal Pay in Sport

...— as a discipline exploring what exercising bodies can do, and how to get them to do it the most powerfully and efficiently — dates back to the 2nd century...

By Liesl Goecker

Male Management

Hiding Pills, Piercing Condoms, Stealthing — Birth Control Sabotage Takes Many Forms

...of reproductive control.” Related on The Swaddle: The Balancing Act: ‘My Husband Feels He Must Discipline Me By Hitting Me’ This has far worse associations and effects beyond the lack...

By Anubhuti Matta

A to Z: A Concise Dictionary of Unfeminist Fashion

...Corsets used steel, whalebone, and silk in order to “discipline the (female) body, improve physical appearances, correct physical deformations and help enhance social status in society while restricting, silencing and...

By Pallavi Prasad

Distance Learning

Boarding Schools Are Only Advantageous for Kids Equipped to Handle Them

Boarding schools are widely believed to foster discipline and growth in children, especially those who have a poor family environment at home, or come from local schools with poor education....

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