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| The Pendant of Exile and Inherited Memory: How the Dejhoor Chronicles the Passage of Kashmiri Pandit Women | | |  Prerna Bhat
The dejhoor, a slender, almost ascetic earring of gold, was once a ubiqutious ornament swaying from the ears of many Kashmiri Pandit women, like a small piece of the sun beaming close to the face. It glinted in wedding courtyards, in kitchens scented with noon chai and dried fish, in the slow winters of Srinagar where frost clung to the windowpanes. It has been part of the Kashmiri Pandit woman’s body for more than a thousand years, a ritual thread between birth, marriage, and d | |
| | | | Lost in the Scroll: The Price of a “Continuous Diet of Brainrot” | | | | Dr Vijay Garg
The digital world, once hailed as a boundless source of knowledge and connection, has revealed a critical dark side: it is actively undermining our capacity to pay attention. The phenomenon of being “Lost in the Scroll”—mindlessly consuming an endless feed of low-value, stimulating content—has become the defining cognitive challenge of the 21st century.
The Attention Economy’s Paradox
The root of this problem lies in the Attention Economy, a system where human attention itself is the valuable commodity. Social media platforms, streaming services, and newsfeeds are not designed to inform or connect but to maximize time on site. This is achieved through sophisticated, cons | |
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