Does Democracy exist today?

The dictionary defines Democracy as, “a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.” The ‘eligible’ ones maintain democracy through voting. Voting plays a big role in Democracy. I recently watched a documentary called Suppressed: The Fight To Vote by Robert Greenwald which made …

TV Addiction and effect on Civic Engagement

According to youth.Gov, civic engagement involves, “working to make a difference in the civic life of one’s community and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values, and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes”. Personally speaking, with means such as the …

Community Involvement in Different Culture

According to BCCCC, community involvement “is the power to bring positive, measurable change to both the communities in which you operate and to your business.” Examples include donations, volunteering, to building a house for refugees to participating in relief programs. Community involvement looks different for me when I am home, Nepal versus when I am …

Does Civic Engagement exist in Nepal? A comparison of Civic engagement in Nepal vs. in the US.

According to the CIRCLE, civic engagement is a “wide range of actions and behaviors that improve communities and help solve problems.” It can vary vastly depending on who you are and where you are from. I am from Nepal and the scenario there for civic engagement is different from what I have seen here in …

What is Media Literacy?

Fig 1: Five laws of media and information literacy, UNESCO. In this modern digital world, people spend hours and hours consuming media each day including me. From watching TVs to Youtube videos to Google and Facebooks, there are no limits to how much media we can consume in a day. Since time equals money, and …