राज्यपाल की निष्पक्षपता पर सवाल खड़ा करता है कर्नाटक चुनाव
यह गर्व से स्वीकारा जा सकता है कि एक तरफ जहां दक्षिण एशिया समेत संपूर्ण विश्व के कई देशों में लोकतंत्र स्थाई नहीं रह सका वहीं भारतीय संविधान ने एक नव स्वतंत्र राष्ट्र को मज़बूती से बांधे रखने में बड़ी...
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इंडिया और भारत के बीच इस व्यापक फर्क को पहचानिए जिसने नागरिकों की बैद्धिकता को कैद कर लिया है और नागरिक इसे सामान्य तौर पर समझ रहे हैं। देश में ‘फिट इंडिया’ नाम से एक कैंपेन शुरू हुआ है। जिसके तहत...
View ArticleMissing From Sterlite Protests: Thousands Of Students Who Marched For Jallikattu
I’m a Tamil person who studied liberal arts in Delhi and is now working with an international NGO in Bangalore on youth leadership. Having lived in what are probably the two cities most hated by Tamil...
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5 Key Takeaways From The 2018 Karnataka Election
Karnataka, as everyone thought, has really set the stage for the 2019 general election. Probably, no one had expected such a level of political drama, but it turned out to be an interesting spectacle....
View Articleतेल की बढ़ती कीमत पर सरकार के बचाव में दिए जा रहे तर्क की सच्चाई
पिछले कई दिनों से अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाज़ार में तेल की कीमतें लगातार बढ़ रही हैं, जिसके फलस्वरुप भारत में डीज़ल और पेट्रोल की कीमत में वृद्धि होना तय है। पेट्रोल की कीमत 84 रुपये और डीज़ल की कीमत 70 के...
View ArticleWhy I Support The Idea Of Simultaneous Elections In India
Elections are the most fundamental requirement to operationalize democracy. So the way they’re conducted holds utmost importance. Simultaneous elections not only increase the efficiency of the...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just Tuticorin, Here Are 4 Times Vedanta Jeopardised Your Health For...
India’s eyes are currently on Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. Thirteen people have been killed as the police opened fire on the residents protesting again the expansion of the copper plant owned and operated by...
View ArticleKilling Our Way Out: The Argument For And Against Death Penalty
A few days ago, on a not too hot summer afternoon, I found myself reading an article on the death penalty as you do now. One of its assertions, in particular, caught my attention. It claimed that the...
View Articleमुश्ताक अली की कविता ‘नाटक’
नाटक वो नहीं जो देश की राजनीती में खेला जाता है, नाटक उसे भी नहीं कहते जो सत्ता पाने के लिए हो, नाटक वो नहीं जो पूंजीपति के पैसों से बदला जाए, नाटक वो नहीं जो खुद को बेचकर कुर्सी को ख़रीदा जाए, नाटक वो...
View ArticleExplained: Cobrapost 136, India’s Biggest Media Exposé
Two months since Cobrapost highlighted how certain media organisations were ready to strike deals to promote the Hindutva agenda, the website has released a second batch of videos that show managers of...
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Mahagathbandhan Part 2 – The Opposition’s Gift On 4 Years Of Modi Government
At HD Kumaraswamy’s swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, a new political formula was born to fight against the electoral machine of BJP – a grand alliance of opposition parties. A Mahagathbandhan or a...
View ArticleKairana Bypoll: Things To Watch Out For
The Kairana constituency is one of the most talked-about constituencies ever since the 2013 riots in Uttar Pradesh. It will go for by-elections on May 28 after the death of BJP’s sitting MP, Hukum...
View ArticleThe Breach Of My ‘Social Contract’ As A Citizen Of India
The basic tenet of governance is based on a ‘social contract’. The concept that the citizenry is in a contract, a mutually beneficial arrangement with the government. The contract to gain civil rights...
View ArticleWith His Scathing Propaganda, BJP’s Sambit Patra Is A Modern-Day Joseph Goebbels
Genesis of Propaganda After the First World War, tobacco use among men soared quantumly as cigarettes were officially included in the ration of soldiers. Being a witness to this development, the...
View ArticleIs The Modi Govt. Planning To Use Your Social Media Data To Control Its...
The majority of the public discourse around a ‘compromised’ media in India is centred around the recent Cobrapost sting operations which were released last week. However, what seems to be less under...
View Articleकोबरापोस्ट स्टिंग: एकपक्षीय देश बनने की राह पर बढ़ रहा है भारत?
लोकतंत्र का चौथा स्तम्भ कहे जाने वाले मीडिया को ना सिर्फ कोबरा पोस्ट ने स्टिंग आपरेशन द्वारा बेनकाब किया है बल्कि ये भी बताया है कि किस तरह सरकार आपके सार्वजानिक से निजी ज़िंदगी को प्रभावित करती है।...
View ArticleIndia Needs A Much More Credible Media In The Run Up To The 2019 Elections
The Indian general elections are all but a year away as I write this, and though we will hate to come to terms with it, it is going to be a BJP vs all. The party that swept the 2014 polls and has done...
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Has The Karnataka Election Given Us A Formidable Grand Alliance To Challenge...
In my opinion, the Karnataka election shifted the focus away from the IPL to politics. In recent times, it was one of the most interesting and bitterly-fought elections. Even the exit polls were unable...
View Articleमोदी सरकार का अपने वादों से मुकरना, 2019 चुनाव में भारी ना पड़ जाए
2014 का लोकसभा चुनाव कई बड़े वादों और एक नए भारत के संकल्प के साथ लड़ा गया, जिसके सूत्रधार थे मोदी जी। लेकिन, धीरे-धीरे कई वादे जुमलों में तब्दील हुए तो कई वादों से सरकार ने ही यूटर्न लिया। इसका प्रभाव...
View Article“Fixing Education Is Not Rocket Science”: How Atishi Marlena Is Walking The Talk
Atishi Marlena – The first time I heard this name back in 2013, she was one among the many unconventional politicians from Aam Aadmi Party. Now in 2018, she is one of the few optimistic faces still...
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