What is ‘Editor’s Pick’?
In the most precise editorial language, it is a selection of the week’s best articles, condensed and reviewed for our users. Is this section of any good when we already provide daily reads to our users? Well, it most definitely is. The articles featured here will add to your knowledge bank as well as help you become better readers. Happy reading!
Article 1: Rape and the crisis of Indian masculinity
The article begins with the horrifying incidence of killing 20 children in Newtown comparing it to the recent incident of Rape case in the capital. The author feels that such incidences make us reflect so as to who we are as a society. In a way he suggests that we need to address how we are as a society implicated in producing such appalling levels of violence against women. What is the emotion that motivates such acts? The article further suggests that what is required at this stage is not more protection for women but education. Ways should be found as to how we can handle women’s equality in ways that are not perceived as threatening. The article ends by making a remark that it is high time now that we realize our responsibilities and start taking steps to bring an end to such crimes.
Article 2: Words of 2012
The article presents a lexical highlight of the words that made up 2012. Starting from ‘the percentage of people’ who do not pay taxes, to those who have been dependent on government assistance, to Doga – the Yoga with a dog, the Love Pentagon, the Superstorm, and finally the Yolo. All in all, the article is a fun description of all the words that made up 2012.
Article 3:Gun control after Newtown
The article states that easy access to guns in United States has lead to the horrifying murder rates relative to the other highly educated and wealthy societies. Conditions for gun ownership have been changed time and again yet US still refuses to act. There is no doubt that some societies are more steeped in violence than others whatsoever the reasons may be. The author states that the shooting in Newtown was not only specifically horrifying and heartbreaking but also part of an increasingly common pattern of murder-suicide. It is high time now US should limit gun ownership to approved uses only.
