A Viral Education: Scientific Lessons from India’s WhatsApp University

By Banu Subramaniam and Debjani Bhattacharyya

This article is part of the series: Dispatches from the pandemic

We know of allopathy, and homeopathy, but how about cowpathy? The last is a line of consumer goods that feature the healing properties of the sacred “Hindu” cow – its urine, dung, and milk. As we face COVID-19, India has seen a resurgence in “Vedic” science. Members of the All India Hindu Mahasabha symbolically offered a cup of sacred …

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November 22, 2017

Anomie and aftermath: the historical residue of Flemish nationalism in present-day debates on refugees in Belgium

By Hunter Keys and Koen Peeters Grietens

This article is part of the series: Aftermath

I. ‘Everything is the same level as the ground’

As protests against Assad morphed into slaughter, Khalid[i] did his best to avoid fighting. At the time, he was a law student, but the advent of war meant he was no longer exempt from military service. Once the government stooges came around, yanking young men off the streets, forcing them …

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A Viral Education: Scientific Lessons from India’s WhatsApp University

Anomie and aftermath: the historical residue of Flemish nationalism in present-day debates on refugees in Belgium