By Harshitha Veeravalli AI Ethics? AI ethics is one of the most unspoken aspects of the AI industry. I didn’t know about it until recently when I did some internet-digging. Everyone has talked about the inevitable robot-takeover without realizing how probable it is. I learnt about it when I came across an interesting article where…
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Growing With Food
By Siddharth Janarthanan I know, it’s not a unique or minority life experience, as we literally can’t grow without food. And no, I’m not referring to my expanding waistline either. I am talking about growing up to be more refined, broad-tongued (I think I just made that up), creative, and kind through the lens of…
A Plant-Based Diet – It’ll Grow on You!
By Krittika Shastri and Neha Cardin A few years ago, the terms “vegan” and “plant-based food” were alien concepts, but since the rise of social media, they have created a buzz. Numerous celebrities like Ruby Rose, Evanna Lynch, Pamela Anderson, Venus Williams, and Lewis Hamilton have used their social media platforms to reach out to their fans and implore them to…
Casual Observations- A Teacher Interview on Behaviour
By the Casual Observer Team, Mr. Bhatt, Ms. Smitha, Mr. Mani and Mr. James Hi there! The Casual Observer is delighted to bring you the Casual Observations segment for February, which brings back the highly requested teacher interview segment! We chose to interview teachers who we expected to give us varying perspectives, and evidently, we…
A Chat with a Professional Beatboxer
By the Casual Observer Team and Harry D Cruz Hailing from Bangalore, Harry D Cruz is one of India’s finest beatboxers, with an impressive catalogue of achievements to show for it. He has performed on hundreds of stages, become a certified TEDx performer, acquired numerous accolades, been recognized for his talent by various media firms…
Double Standards in F1
By Jagannadh Rao Formula One is the pinnacle of motorsport, and happens to be a massive global platform followed by more than a billion people every single year. It is therefore the responsibility of the governing body (the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, more commonly known as the FIA) to ensure that such a platform that…
What If We’re All Impostors?
By Raghav Maindola So, picture this, there I was on my first day of school in a new country, staring at a cafeteria with bare decorations and beige white walls, and saw that everyone else was already sitting in their friend groups and chatting away. My heart was already beating as fast as it could,…
Halloween: Degrading or Empowering?
By Nandita Chennakrishnan Regardless of whether you’re one who gives in to the Halloween spirit and goes out of your way to get yourself the perfect costume, you’ve probably noticed the stark difference between men’s and women’s Halloween costumes. A quick Google search for women’s Halloween costumes will guarantee many options consisting of very little,…
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…
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