Author: Sandhya Shyamsundar
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The Psychology of Advertising: Analysing the Tata Tea Ad on Corruption
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata. We gather information through our senses. We get knowledge of our external world with the order of Sensation- attention- perception. Since our information processing is limited, our attention is selective, divisible and shiftable. The main purpose of an advertiser is to catch the attention of the targeted audience in a…
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Review: ‘My Name is Mary Sutter’ by Robin Oliveira
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata This riveting saga takes place in New York, during the American Civil War in 1861. Enter Mary Sutter, much respected, remarkable and adept midwife who’s sole intent is to become a surgeon and to prove equal to any man. But sadly, medical schools refuse to teach women and repeatedly turn…
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Review: “The Story of India” by Michael Wood
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata. It is only seldom when one gets to see a documentary series which is visually so extravagant, narrated with such depth and one that almost covers the entire historical saga of a country that has withstood the ravages of time. Michael Wood’s ‘The Story of India’ is a BBC TV…
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A Commentary on the Biography ‘Cornelia Sorabjee: India’s Pioneer Woman Lawyer’
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata. On reading the biography ‘Cornelia Sorabjee: India’s Pioneer Woman Lawyer‘, one is bound to fall in love with Suparna Gooptu’s take on the legal luminary Cornelia Sorabji who was the first woman to study law in Oxford and, India’s second woman advocate. Cornelia, though being a pioneer in multiple ways at…
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From Sacrament to Contract – The Changing Nature of Hindu Marriages in India
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata. Marriage has been, since the ancient times, one of the most important social institutions. It implies the union of man and woman in body and soul. Sociologists have offered various definitions of marriage, among them being Malinowski’s i.e ‘a contract for the production and maintenance of children’ whereas according to Robert…
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Dharma and Gandhian Philosophy of Satyagraha
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata. Bhishma, in the Mahabharata, states that Dharma changes according to the needs of time and hence develops with society. However, it has certain permanent moral values like truth, compassion, self control and forgiveness which continue to exist. It is in this context that Dharma and its three branches hold relevance in…
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Judicial Review over Presidential Pardon: Analysing the case of Epuru Sudhakar v. State of Andhra Pradesh
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata. “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” – Abraham Lincoln Since time immemorial, the principles of Justice and Mercy have seemed incompatible. After all, the notion of justice involves dispensing of deserved punishment befitting the crime whereas Mercy is all about pardon and compassion for the…