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Toxic Masculinity and Incel Culture in Adolescence: A Portrait of a Broken Boyhood
What happens when a teenager’s growing pains collide with a world of online cruelty, toxic masculinity, and misunderstood emotions?...
Aanya Makhija
Aug 9, 20257 min read


Top Online Writing Tips for Every Blogger
Writing online is an art and a science, and if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably spent hours wondering how to make your words...
Aanya Makhija
Sep 29, 20254 min read


The Perception And Expression of Pain Through A Cultural Lens
Culture is the set of deeply ingrained shared beliefs, values, customs, and behaviours that define a group of individuals. Cultures also...
Aanya Makhija
May 29, 20254 min read


Faceless, Paperless, Cashless: India’s Revolution Towards A Digital Economy
By Aanya Makhija and Vedant Gupta Introduction India has made significant progress towards becoming a cashless economy due to...
Aanya Makhija
Jun 20, 20249 min read


The Anxiety and Depression Pandemic: The Era of Social Media by Aanya Makhija and Sruthi Kartha
Introduction In the past 25 years, there has been a 70% increase in the prevalence of depression and anxiety among youth (Keles et al.,...
Aanya Makhija
Apr 6, 20244 min read


Groupthink and its Real-life Applications
Groupthink is referred to as a ‘concurrence-seeking tendency’, where people seek concurrence instead of making rational and calculated...
Aanya Makhija
Dec 19, 20236 min read


Gen X and Therapy
Insecurities of Gen X in the Modern Era With the growing technological advancements and developments in the modern world, the Gen X...
Aanya Makhija
Oct 1, 20233 min read


The Digital Divide in Education Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic
The world did not have a pandemic like the scale of COVID-19 in its memory. Spanish Flu, smallpox, cholera, and plague - were in the...
Aanya Makhija
Sep 25, 20236 min read


Kathak- The Dance of Poetry and Rhythm
Originating in the northern part of India, Kathak has been practised for centuries and is known for its graceful movements, intricate...
Aanya Makhija
Sep 25, 20232 min read


Why Everyone Should Practice Self-Care
How many of you have experienced burnout while in college? How many of you take time out for yourself during the day to reflect on your...
Aanya Makhija
Sep 21, 20233 min read


Love and Goodbyes
Love and Goodbyes How many souls are there, over that boundary line Not an abyss, but a sheer ugly waste. Rather I have failed to...
Aanya Makhija
Sep 18, 20231 min read


Nepotism and the Hindi film industry
Nepotism is a much-debated topic in our society. It brings up starkly different views, leading to unending arguments. For the past...
Aanya Makhija
Jan 14, 20237 min read


Is Social Media Making Young Adults Less Socially Active?
Studies show that almost 6.64 billion humans own some kind of smartphone which accounts for about 84% of the total world population. Due...
Aanya Makhija
Jan 31, 20223 min read


Everlasting Impacts of COVID-19
Over the course of an year, the world changed completely. From a physical space there was a quick transition to the online space in just...
Aanya Makhija
Jul 3, 20213 min read


My APSI Experience!
“With realisation of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.” - Dalai Lama Sometimes your...
Aanya Makhija
Jul 3, 20213 min read


Fear Of Rejection
"No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself." — Virginia Woolf During adolescence, teenagers desperately try...
Aanya Makhija
Jul 2, 20212 min read


Building blocks of a strong leader- Compassion, rigour and resilience
“Leaders become great, not because of their power but, because of their ability of empowering others” - John Maxwell A strong leader has...
Aanya Makhija
Jul 2, 20212 min read


Waste Management
The world generates 2.01 billion tonnes of municipal solid waste annually, with at least 33 per cent of that not managed in an...
Aanya Makhija
Jul 2, 20213 min read


“A person of substance”
All of us have a different way of explaining and perceiving a ‘person of substance’. For some, it may be a large no. of qualities, while...
Aanya Makhija
Jul 2, 20212 min read


My Skill-IT experience
Skill- IT’s motive as an organisation was to reach out and touch upon the lives of underprivileged children who were unable to acquire...
Aanya Makhija
Jul 1, 20211 min read
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