Why We Can’t Talk About Women’s Rights Without The Uniform Civil Code
Introduction The Uniform Civil Code is about secularism and equality. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution talks about the Indian State being secular and Article 15 of the Indian Constitution...
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इस साल की शरुआत में पंजाब चुनाव के नतीजों ने सभी चुनावी पंडितो को गहरी दुविधा में डाल दिया। ये कयास लगाए जा रहे थे कि इस बार ‘आम आदमी पार्टी’ अपना परचम लहराएगी लेकिन चुनावी नतीजों ने ‘आप’ की उम्मीदों...
View ArticleHas The Hurriyat Lost The Plot In Kashmir?
On May 20, 2017, a mainstream media channel ‘distilled’ the meaning of the Hurriyat Conference (HC) into a ‘business machine’, with their sting operation “Villains of Valley”. Taking the garb of a...
View ArticleCiting Health Concerns, BJP MLA From Jammu & Kashmir Declares War On Momo
Momos may be a street favourite for all, but lawyer and BJP legislator Ramesh Arora of Jammu and Kashmir definitely doesn’t like the dumplings. So strong is his dislike for momos that he is even...
View ArticleQatar-Saudi Standoff: All You Need To Know About The Recent Middle East Crisis
On the morning of June 5, four countries, Egypt, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), and Saudi Arabia cut all ties with Qatar. A few days later, the Maldives, Yemen, and Libya followed suit. Not...
View ArticleHow Making Aadhaar Compulsory Violates Our Fundamental Rights
Lately, there has been an active discussion about the implementation of Aadhaar card on various levels. Be it the welfare generating government schemes or simply applying for renewal of a passport, the...
View ArticleIs Indian Media Biased When Reporting On Kashmir?
The use of media to propagate disinformation and propaganda finds its roots in the 17th century, and in the course of years it has acquired a pretty terrible reputation. Turning back the pages of...
View ArticleA New Era Of Uncertainty: All You Need To Know About UK’s Snap Elections
The United Kingdom (UK) went to polls on June 8, and the results that came out were surprising. The Conservative Party, led by the current Prime Minister, Theresa May, emerged as the single largest...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To PM Modi: Not The Time To Celebrate, But To Deliver Your...
Dear Sir, With eyes full of hope and desire, India elected you as the Prime Minister of our country. What was the mandate given to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)—a party often targeted for its...
View ArticleThe Beef Ban Is Distracting Us From These Critical Issues India Is Facing
Politics is always full of surprises. Particularly in the modern day scenario, bizarre events and peculiar decisions have become quite common. From the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of...
View Article‘Make Your Country Great Again’: What’s Similar Between Politics In India,...
In Nazi Germany, people harked to the traditional ‘blood-and-soil’ ethnic sort of nationalism.The result was that more than 6 million Jews were killed in the name of ‘blood-and-soil’ nationalist...
View ArticleHow The Maharaja Lost His Sheen: The Story Behind Air India’s Downfall
Air India, the national flag carrier airline of India, didn’t start out like it is now. When other airlines of that era, like Modiluft, East-West, Damania were unable to sustain themselves, Air India...
View ArticleWhy The Indian Army Should Be Respected But Not Worshipped
The relationship between war and the field of psychology gained significance during the outbreak of the First World War. The work of Sigmund Freud on psychoanalysis helped soldiers tremendously to...
View Articleदुनियाभर में कमज़ोर पड़ रही है राइट विंग पॉलिटिक्स?
दक्षिणपंथी (Right wing) राजनीति का जिस तेज़ी से उदय हुआ, अब उसी रफ़्तार से वो नीचे जा रही है। हाल ही के वर्षों में इसके उदय को ब्रिटेन के यूरोपियन यूनियन (EU) छोड़ने के फैसले के साथ देखा जाता है।...
View ArticleCancelling Farmer Loans Is Just A Political Tool, Not A Permanent Solution
According to the 2011 census, around 263 million Indians practice agriculture. The year 2017 was witness to widespread agitations led by farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan...
View ArticleThe ISIS Has Been Claiming Responsibility For Terror Attacks It Never Did
The extremist group Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has its roots in the terror outfit Al Qaeda in Iraq, which was founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in 2004. He was killed in 2006. Abu Bakr...
View ArticleWorld Bank Lead Counsel Speaks On Politics Of Cow Slaughter, And More
Vikram Raghavan is the lead counsel at the World Bank in Washington, DC. He advises on conflict, refugee crises, United Nations sanctions, debt-relief and various other issues of macroeconomics. He has...
View ArticleReview: Arundhati Roy’s Latest Novel Lets Her Politics Overshadow Her...
Our personal is ferociously political. We are adamant evolutionary miracles who tread under a cloudy sky that we have built on our own; of religions, revolutions and eternally flipping governments...
View ArticleNo Country For Those Without An Aadhaar? Questions That Still Remain Unanswered
Quite frankly, it is nothing short of a confusion. It is difficult to differentiate cause from effect because the outcome seems quite muddled up under half-baked assertions and nuances of social...
View ArticleHow Long Can West Bengal Govt. Use Force To Dilute The Demand For Gorkhaland?
“Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.” On June 10, all the local cable TV news channels in Darjeeling were frozen by the state administration. The state government’s lack of trust on the...
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