Photojournalists Note by Manya Srivastava and Tanisha Jhaveri The resonating fact that echoes through history is that there will always be two sides to the same story, two faces to a coin. While history may capture one and the media may portray another, that doesn’t invalidate either. Here at the Casual Observer, the photographers tried…
Category: JUNE EDITION 2020
Radical Free Speech: The Onslaught of Bigotry
The Cambridge dictionary defines a bigot as “a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who does not like other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life”. It seems society is filled with these bigots who refuse to open their mind to simple facts, such as the validity of homosexuality, or…
A Friendly Guide to Activism Done Right
Read this article & tag 10 people who won’t break the chain! As 2020 continually rears its behemoth loathsome head, we have seen so many atrocious facets of its personality. However, one thing we do have to thank it for is the incessant source of Instagram stories! From “Pray for Indonesia” and pictures of koalas…
Colonialism: A Clique?
Colonialism is a questionable period in history for several nations in the world. For some, it represents an oppressive and exploitative reign of enforced power, an ugly stain in their pages of history, while for some it represents an important historical and cultural time of extensive development for the nation. When prompted with the word…
Trump: Two Sides of the Same Coin
That’s right. The person everyone loves to hate, and the person who loves to love himself. The man, the myth, the “Donald”. The 45th President of the United States of America is unpopular amongst most, with an approval rating of around only 40% (according to Gallup news). Most of the world, or rather should I…
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