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Articles by Gunjit Verma
I am Gunjit Verma and I study Chemistry Honours at Jamia Millia Islamia. I love reading non-fiction books particularly on politics and history. I will yap about urban design and walkable neighbourhoods if you ever care to listen. "Hey. That was fun. Lets play together in the next life, too :3"
Is it safe to cross the road in Jamia?
It is not safe to cross the road from Gate 7 and 8 in Jamia and it is part of a bigger systematic problem in our road design....
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The Last Mile Connectivity Problem
Delhi Metro is the lifeline of Delhi and the most effective public transit system in the country. However, inherent structural defects within our publ...
5 min read
A Case for Urbanism
Policy in India is made through the lens of rich private vehicle owners, prioritizing the movement of vehicles over the movement of people. How our ur...
6 min read
Alice Walker’s The Color Purple: A tale of every Black Woman’s life
The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a novel that will tug at the strings of your heart and leave your mesmerized. It is the story of a black teenage g...
3 min read
Meaninglessness of Life: The God Hole
An interesting concept arising out of religions, especially Abrahamic ones, is that there is a giant God-shaped hole inside of us that can only be fil...
5 min read
The Pseudoscience Ecosystem
Despite the growth of science and technology in India and elsewhere, pseudoscience has unfortunately made a resounding comeback in recent years, espec...
5 min read
The Beauty of Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad is a show that will live on for ages. With an entirely new concept, it ignored the usual clichés for crime shows, created a new path for ...
5 min read
What is even the point of UGC?
The University Grants Commission has been a big player in higher education in India since 1956. It was set up with the aim to “report on Indian univer...
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The Right Wing Cancel Culture
In December 2022, a controversy came to light in the Government New Law College, Indore, concerning an “anti-Hindu” book in the college library. ABVP ...
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Authoritarianism at its Finest
In an unprecedented step, the JMI administration, suspended Professor Sonya Surabhi Gupta who was the returning officer for the JTA elections, citing ...
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