The Convergence
Let’s Get Toking – how TikTok as a distinct social media platform impacts youths’ political stances
By Zenith, Editor *Disclaimer: Some TikTok videos are referenced in this article, and we have added acknowledgements at the end to...
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The Convergence
- Apr 27, 2022
- 9 min
The Djokovic Affair: Anti-Vaccine Sentiments in the COVID-19 Era
By Alamelu, Editor The 2022 Australian Open started on January 17th, 2022. On January 16th, the man who has won the most Australian Open...
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The Convergence
- Apr 14, 2022
- 10 min
The Uncertain Life After Sports for Singaporean athletes
By Rishika Ghanamoorthy, NUSPA Social Policy Division Life after sport is a scary thing for many competitive athletes. Many athletes plan...
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The Convergence
- Mar 10, 2022
- 14 min
The Next Epidemic: Digital Sex Crime and Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence in Singapore
By Kai Ting, Editor In 2018, intimate videos of local entrepreneur and content creator Ms Christabel Chua and her ex-boyfriend Mr Joal...
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The Convergence
- Feb 19, 2022
- 8 min
Love in the Age of Choices: On No-Fault Divorce in Singapore
By Eldrick, Editor From 2 May 2021, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) started gathering public feedback about a...
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The Convergence
- Nov 9, 2021
- 10 min
An Overlooked Aspect of a Heterogeneous Nation: Singapore's Language Policy
By Alamelu, Editor Introduction On August 29, 2021, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong dedicated an entire section of his National...
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The Convergence
- Oct 26, 2021
- 13 min
China's 'Lying Flat' movement: Is it time to rethink Singapore's work culture
By Kai Ting, Editor In March 2021, China unveiled its fourteenth Five-Year Plan that outlined the country’s strategic blueprint for the...
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The Convergence
- Sep 17, 2021
- 7 min
Shrinking, Ageing & Losing Vitality
By Leney Ang, Senior Editor With the inception of any newly formed nation, big families were considered a threat to prosperity. [1] In...
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The Convergence
- Aug 17, 2021
- 7 min
“Siao Ah!” On Mental Health, COVID, and Anti-Social Behaviour
By Wayde Chan, Editor Background The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought out different sides of people - the good, the bad, and the outright...
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The Convergence
- Aug 11, 2021
- 6 min
Woes and Wares: The Future of Wearable Technology
By Miyuki Leong, Editor In March 2020, Singapore was one of the first countries to develop the TraceTogether app, a method of...
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The Convergence
- Jun 17, 2021
- 8 min
Rethinking sexual consent in universities
By Ng Qian Qian, Editor Since Monica Baey first stepped forward online, conversations about sexual offences and gender equality have been...
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The Convergence
- Jun 6, 2021
- 4 min
Wearing a costume from another ethnic group is meaningful. I hope other undergrads will do so too
By Zhou Xizhuang Michael, President of NUS Students’ Political Association When I took off my Baju Melayu in 2013, I did not imagine I...
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The Convergence
- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
International Women's Day 2021: Reflections on Gender Equality in Singapore
By Leney Ang, Editor From politics to sports, local female talents have thrived and made their marks in sectors that have been...
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The Convergence
- Mar 8, 2021
- 9 min
Social Media: A Catalyst for Discourse or a Double-Edged Sword?
By Wayde Chan, Editor Introduction It is no doubt that the internet is an integral part of our lives. The COVID-19 outbreak throughout...
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The Convergence
- Jan 20, 2021
- 6 min
A reflection of Singapore’s pandemic experience
By S Preethiba, Senior Editor Stepping into a new year would often excite people into coming up with ‘new year resolutions’. These...
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The Convergence
- Nov 1, 2020
- 4 min
Cleanliness of public toilets: A personal responsibility
By Chua Swee Kune, Editor Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the issue of hygiene has become more pertinent than ever. Due to the heightened...
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The Convergence
- Oct 18, 2020
- 5 min
Uncovering the life of an ambivert during HBL
By S Preethiba, Senior Editor The onset of Covid-19 has brought many countries, including Singapore, to a standstill as governments...
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The Convergence
- Oct 4, 2020
- 6 min
Navigating race relations in Singapore
By Lang Si Jie, Editor In May this year, George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, was pinned down at the neck by a white police...
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The Convergence
- Sep 16, 2020
- 8 min
Compare, Contrast and COVID-19: Singapore VS Sweden
By Miyuki Leong, Editor As the number of global COVID-19 cases rapidly increases and with potential vaccines still in testing phases, we...
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The Convergence
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
Feeling the pandemic fatigue, more adults developing anxiety and depression
By Trina Priscilla Ng, Commentary Editor It’s morning. Across the island, we stumble awake and towards our laptops for the usual morning...
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The Convergence
- Jul 7, 2020
- 4 min
“Digitalisation is a journey and not a destination post-COVID-19”: Minister S Iswaran
By Zhou Xizhuang Michael, Editor-in-Chief On 15 June 2020, about 280 graduating and recently graduated students from all five...
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The Convergence
- Jul 4, 2020
- 5 min
Avoiding the trap cycle of “OK boomer” phenomenon in Singapore
By Nicolette Chua, Associate Commentary Editor The phrases “Strawberry generation” or “Snowflake syndrome” have long been older...
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The Convergence
- Jun 19, 2020
- 5 min
Child abuse in Singapore
By Arash Shah Hosseini, Essays Editor With more people staying at home during the Circuit Breaker (CB) period, some children have to...
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The Convergence
- Jun 11, 2020
- 5 min
The roller-coaster of supporting a family member battling COVID-19 in the frontline
By S Preethiba, Associate Commentary Editor On one evening, as I was studying in my room, my mother had just gotten back from work and...
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The Convergence
- Jun 9, 2020
- 8 min
Rekindling the Kampung Spirit amidst Covid-19
By Lim Yun Hui, Associate Commentary Editor The two-month long circuit breaker measures have erased the once familiar sights and sounds -...
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The Convergence
- May 28, 2020
- 5 min
Brace yourselves for a ‘New Normal’
By Arash Shah, Essays Editor The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the status quo in the way people live, play and work. Originating from the...
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The Convergence
- May 23, 2020
- 5 min
Hari Raya celebration goes online as physical visits go offline during the circuit breaker
By Rachel Yap, Commentary Editor It would be just past the break of dawn when Murni’s father would pay his visits to the mosque to do Eid...
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The Convergence
- Apr 3, 2020
- 3 min
Why I say no to a lockdown… at least for now
By Rebecca Metteo, Managing Editor (Operations) In March 2020, WHO officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic as it has hit many countries...
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The Convergence
- Apr 1, 2020
- 7 min
Memes as harmful banter or transmission of political ideologies?
By Muhammad Quraishi, Guest Writer On the Transmissibility of Memes With the world in repose and people being confined to their homes in...
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The Convergence
- Mar 27, 2020
- 4 min
Staying home more? Watch local films!
By Rachel Yap, Editor Just a month ago, I watched the South Korean film Parasite make history at the Oscars as they took home four...
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The Convergence
- Mar 16, 2020
- 3 min
Practicing social responsibility and humanity, Singapore’s best bet in overcoming COVID-19
By: Jasmine Chin, Guest Writer A couple of months into the fight against COVID-19, it is a timely reminder for us to reflect on how...
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The Convergence
- Feb 27, 2020
- 5 min
Why should Singaporeans be seriously concerned with Islamic radicalism and Islamophobia?
By Mohamed Fayyaz (Book Prize Participant, 1st Runner-Up) In 2016, a man attacked three female students of Madrasah Al Ma’arif Al...
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The Convergence
- Feb 26, 2020
- 7 min
Wrestling xenophobic sentiments and infodemic amidst COVID-19 is vital, TC interview finds
By Zhou Xizhuang Michael and Lim Yun Hui What do students think about the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore? The Convergence team...
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The Convergence
- Feb 16, 2020
- 5 min
COVID-19 as a test for Singaporeans’ unity and resilience beyond Total Defence Day
By Winston Wee (Guest Writer) With more than 1500 people killed and 60,000 infected in China, COVID-19 as a major public health emergency...
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The Convergence
- Dec 9, 2019
- 3 min
Youths can participate in constructive and meaningful discussion of issues in Singapore
By Rachel Yap, Commentary Editor Roald Dahl once said, “Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.” With reference to...
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The Convergence
- Oct 28, 2019
- 4 min
Ageing gracefully in Singapore by focusing on mental health
By Lim Yun Hui, Associate Commentary Editor Demographic Changes In the National Day Rally 2019, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced...
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The Convergence
- Mar 17, 2019
- 2 min
Inequality and social stratification in Singapore
Commentary | Ayisha Sithika, Opinion Associate Editor The days of rapid economic growth have left Singapore because our economy has...
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The Convergence
- Mar 16, 2019
- 4 min
Breathe, don't be a victim of millennial burnout
Commentary | Rebecca Metteo, Opinion Associate Editor As usual, in between my reading breaks, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed...
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The Convergence
- Mar 11, 2019
- 2 min
(In)equality in Singapore
Commentary | Thomas Chew, Event Associate Editor Inequality was making the headlines in 2018. The spark started with the highly...
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The Convergence
- Feb 18, 2019
- 6 min
Society needs discerning and rational youths amid political changes
Commentary | Zhou Xizhuang Michael, Editor-in-Chief It’s hard to be a youth these days. Take a look at your mobile phone right now and...
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The Convergence
- Feb 12, 2019
- 2 min
Social enterprise hawker centres in Singapore: an ambivalent model of social (un)consciousness
Commentary | Nicole Foo, Opinion Associate Editor Conceptualised as a novel framework for enhancing affordability of hawker meals and...
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The Convergence
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
The Ethnic Integration Policy Remains Relevant Today
Commentary | Lian Jiade In an article written by Kishore Mahbubani titled "Social Cohesion must be Engineered" published in the opinion...
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