by Monica Islam Social mobility refers to “the shift in an individual’s social status from one status to another”. I have always been a proponent of people climbing up the ladder of status and progress and joining the ranks of the richer classes. I desperately want people to come out of poverty and experience the …

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Armchair activists have been criticised for their level of engagement, but Richa Hingorani, 26, a Correspondent from New Delhi in India, argues that social media has played a pivotal role in some causes.  With squinted eyes I greet my phone in the morning, log onto a triad of websites – Gmail, Facebook, Twitter – when …

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The power of online news works for benefit and for harm, writes Abdullah Al Hasan, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh. Social media can build solidarity for causes, but can also incite negatives when fake news manipulates the unwary. Life is now easier than before. We have been able to minimise most of …

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