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Editorial Note

Research Articles

1	Politics, Media, and Terrorism: Understanding the Discourse Surrounding the 2001 Attack on Indian Parliament	Shweta S. Suryawanshi
2	Genteel Aspirations: A Study of Uttam Kumar and the Image of the bhadralok through three of his Films	Atmadeep Sengupta
3	The Awakening of The Giant: Is China using the Belt and Road Initiative as a Neo-Colonial Tool in the Indo-Pacific Region?	Simran Singh
4	Women and Terrorism: Questions of Representation in Bollywood Cinema	Natalia N. Ahmed
5	Exploring Identity Construction amongst Upper Middle Class Second-Generation Indian Immigrants in Dubai	Malaika Naik
6	The Viability of Mental Health Apps: Perspectives of Mental Health Practitioners	Puja Desai
7	Understanding Identity Among Third-Generation Palakkad Iyers in Mumbai	Srishti Vaidyeshwaran
8	Coverage of Terrorism in Indian Media: An Analysis of Indian Print Media Coverage of 26/11 and the 2006 Train Blasts	Nidhi Ranjalkar
9	Tracing the Many Lives of Rani Padmavati through Oral Narratives	Medha Guru

Research Notes

1	A Supply Chain Analysis of Plastic Recycling in Pune	Ananya Lokare
2	Cognitive Psychology in the Context of Intersex and Trans Identities	Ishika Saxena

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Dr. Vaidyanatha Gundlupet
Editor-in-Chief
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Visiting Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
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Visiting Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
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Dr. Shirish N. Kavadi
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Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
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Dr. Sumithra Surendralal
Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
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Dr. Vasudev Menon
Assistant Professor (Ad Hoc), Symbiosis International (Deemed University)
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