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Beauty pageant winners were the global highlights of influence. They had two major advantages- one being overall popularity and setting beauty standards, another being the opportunity for contestants to represent their nation.  As Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe 1994, spoke about having

‘Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder’, a statement which we often use, but it seems like we have set a stubborn criterion in our mind for beauty. If we see someone that does not fit into this criterion,

I have caught myself several times wondering, where have the everyday things we see and use get their names from? Who thought of them and how were their names decided? I frequently think to myself, do we all perceive the same colours in

The life of a creator is mysterious. As an audience, we rarely ever know what goes on behind the scenes of creating art whether it is writing a script, designing a website, or sketching buildings. Our vision is pigeonholed by the

Figure 1. Anti-abortion protest outside the US Department of Justice. Source: Unsplash. The motto, “liberty, equality, fraternity”, appearing first in the French Revolution of 1787, has formed the current basis for human rights. It brought together legal guarantees of civil liberties and

‘National Author's Day’ - it's a day not known by many. It's a day that celebrates the power of words on readers, at least that's what French philosopher, Michael Foucault said. "Who is an author?" "Authors are creators." I am no author, but just

“At the root of this dilemma is the way we view mental health in this country. Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it’s still an illness, and there should be no distinction."– Michelle Obama In the

With the development of internet and the improvement of technologies in the last two decades, online courses have been introduced in the spectrum of education. Anyone can attend an online course and obtain a qualified degree in a field of

The Incongruent is a podcast from media students at Middlesex University Dubai launched during the COVID19 lock-down. https://youtu.be/BtfyF1kQaAw Hear the full episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/993424/4410857-incongruent-ep-10-with-mina-liccione SPEAKERS Zainab Ujjaini, Arjun Radeesh and Mina Liccione Zainab  00:03 Welcome back to another fresh episode of Incongruent Plus! We have