2020

With the rise of Over The Top Streaming Services such as Hulu, Netflix and Disney+, watching movies and TV shows has become as easy and convenient as the click of a button. No need to book a ticket and drive to the theater to watch the latest blockbuster. However, can streaming movies at home provide a better experience than watching on the big screen?

During the debate, participants debated the merits of convenience over luxury, how home theatres offer similar sound and quality as theatres, and the cost of overpriced theatre tickets as opposed to overpriced subscription charges.

Our third online event during the lockdown period enjoyed a limited but enthusiastic participation. The session was of about one and a half hour. The main take away for the participants was the awareness of poor condition of healthcare in India and the rapid change that is required to improve it. By researching on countries having single payer healthcare systems like Canada, Taiwan and South Korea we got to know why the model worked in those countries and realised that the situation in India is quite different.

This debate was also conducted online due to the lockdown.

We understood that the careers of many great and respected people have been destroyed due to false allegations against them. We also got to know after hearing both sides that the laws on “defamation” act as a double edged sword. A false defamation case can send the petitioner to the gallows. This however undermines the freedom of speech such that if the suppressed cannot produce enough evidence then they have to bear the brunt of being wrong.

At the same time the law also protects long built reputations which can crumble to pieces through a single false defamation case against them.