Home / Sustainable Lifestyle / Thrifting Culture in India Cultural Phenomenon • Gen Z Decoded Thrifting in India: How Second-Hand Fashion Became a Revolutionary Cultural Movement Ever wonder why a ₹200 jacket feels infinitely cooler than a brand-new ₹3,000 mall purchase? It’s not just about saving cash—it's a psychological rebellion against fast-fashion conformity. By Aarushi Verma • Published October 2026 • 8 Min Read When Old Clothes Become High Fashion You have almost certainly navigated—or at least dreamed of hitting—the crowded alleyways of Sarojini Nagar, Chor Bazaar, or Linking Road . If you have any appetite for personal style, these legendary street markets have occupied your feeds. Why? For decades, retail titans drilled one golden rule into consumer minds: "New equals trendy, and trendy equals valuable." Every season brought a compulsory shopp...
UPSC Prelims 2026 Set B Question 71 Analysis: Decoding the 2025 Nobel Prize Traps The Civil Services Preliminary Examination consistently evaluates an aspirant's micro-level retention and logical deduction under extreme time constraints. In the UPSC Prelims 2026 GS Paper 1 (Set B) , Question 71 perfectly exemplified this trend by shifting focus from simple factual recall to multi-layered, biographical elimination vectors. Let's dissect the question, expose the logical traps, and look at the definitive framework to solve it. The Question Exactly as Found in Set B 71. X, born in the UK, was conferred the Nobel Prize in 2025. He was a professor in an American university when this prize was announced. Identify 'X' : (a) Michel H. Devoret (b) Richard Robson (c) John Clarke (d) Joel Mokyr Figure 1: Snapshot of Question 71 from the official GS Pa...