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May 1, 20236 min read

THE ‘RULE OF LAW’ AND THE WHIMS OF MEN

When the rule of law disappears, we are ruled by the whims of men. ~ Tiffany Maddison What if the ‘rule of law’ is made an instrument for...

WHY ARE YOU HAPPY IF NCERT IS OMITTING MUGHAL HISTORY IF YOU WON'T EVEN OPT FOR HISTORY IN CLASS 12?

Fiza Zaidi

Apr 19, 20232 min read

WHY ARE YOU HAPPY IF NCERT IS OMITTING MUGHAL HISTORY IF YOU WON'T EVEN OPT FOR HISTORY IN CLASS 12?

As NCERT plans to omit chapters containing Mughal History from history textbooks of class XI and XII, there is a wave of opinions...

Doreen Bora

Feb 10, 20234 min read

WAS AURANGZEB REALLY A BIGOT?

“For the first time in their history, the Mughals beheld a rigid Muslim in their emperor—a Muslim as sternly repressible of himself as of...

COMPANIES, GREENWASHING AND INDIA: A NOTE ON ESG INVESTING

Anurag Dwibhashyam

Feb 1, 20234 min read

COMPANIES, GREENWASHING AND INDIA: A NOTE ON ESG INVESTING

Have you ever come across commercials and advertisements that use fancy terms such as “100% natural”, “completely organic”, or...

NOT ALL SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS: LGBTQ COMMUNITY’S REALITY IN INDIA

Doreen Bora

Feb 1, 20235 min read

NOT ALL SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS: LGBTQ COMMUNITY’S REALITY IN INDIA

If one had to present in a nutshell, the predicament of the LGBTQ community in India, nothing would exemplify it better than the...

WAS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREAT BENGAL FAMINE?

Saksham Sharma

Nov 25, 20226 min read

WAS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREAT BENGAL FAMINE?

The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history, killing by some estimates as much as four percent of the world's...

THE UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS - PRIDE, PREJUDICE, AND DEVALUATION RESISTANCE

Sharad Shah

Nov 24, 20224 min read

THE UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS - PRIDE, PREJUDICE, AND DEVALUATION RESISTANCE

The country is facing a catastrophic crisis of unemployment and the current turmoil in the financial sector has brought a discussion on...

INDIA'S BIODIVERSITY LOSS - ARE WE REACHING A POINT OF NO RETURN?

Devdutt Trivedi

Nov 24, 20225 min read

INDIA'S BIODIVERSITY LOSS - ARE WE REACHING A POINT OF NO RETURN?

Development and the environment are all important. The environment is usually the area around us where we work and make a decent living...

WHY SO MANY PEOPLE FALL FOR CONSPIRACY THEORIES?

Sweta Hate

Nov 11, 20224 min read

WHY SO MANY PEOPLE FALL FOR CONSPIRACY THEORIES?

There's no denying that conspiracy theories are all the rage these days. From crazy ideas about the moon landing being faked to more...

Fiza Zaidi

Nov 11, 20224 min read

BIHAR - A CAULDRON OF POLITICS

What do we Indians visualize in our imaginations when we talk about Bihar ? All that seems to originate from this benighted state are...

Kumar Amrendra

Nov 8, 20224 min read

YOGA: THE ANCIENT THOUGHT MECHANISM

Yoga is not based on vague doctrines or pious assumptions but on positive and practical method of controlling the physical and mental...

A MUTED CULTURE IN KASHMIR THROUGH THE LENS OF FARAH BASHIR

Nabarun Deb

Oct 28, 20226 min read

A MUTED CULTURE IN KASHMIR THROUGH THE LENS OF FARAH BASHIR

Kapila Vatsyayan in her essay, Fluidity and dynamics of tradition, writes on the perception of ‘self’ from the perspective of the...

ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF DOCTORS DURING DISASTERS

Ankita Chadha

Oct 26, 20226 min read

ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF DOCTORS DURING DISASTERS

Ethical Dilemmas of Doctors during Disasters Providing care in a catastrophic crisis is the worst-case scenario and significantly strains...

Rijhul Ladha

Oct 26, 20228 min read

URBAN EXCLUSION AND POVERTY

Leprosy is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) affecting the peripheral nervous system causing skin lesions, numbness, and other bodily...

Khushi Maheshwari

Oct 14, 20225 min read

A SEA OF LOVERS

Are there ties between non-monogamy and feminism? Many of us believe that non-monogamy is a contemporary concept blasted into different...

SHOULD INDIA SPEAK UP FOR UYGHURS IN CHINA?

Bhuvan Apoorva Jha

Oct 14, 20224 min read

SHOULD INDIA SPEAK UP FOR UYGHURS IN CHINA?

Several reports of the Uyghur genocide, including admissions in domestic media have served to confirm that ‘Crimes against Humanity’ may...

DOES THE GLOBAL NORTH OWE REPARATIONS TO THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?

Bhuvan Apoorva Jha

Oct 14, 20223 min read

DOES THE GLOBAL NORTH OWE REPARATIONS TO THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?

The global conversation around reparative justice - where the rich countries compensate the poor, developing countries for the ecological...

THE TIBETAN RESISTANCE: 70 YEARS OF STRUGGLE FOR SELF DETERMINATION

Bhuvan Apoorva Jha

Aug 24, 20224 min read

THE TIBETAN RESISTANCE: 70 YEARS OF STRUGGLE FOR SELF DETERMINATION

When scholar, spy and explorer extraordinaire, Sarat Chandra Das ventured into Tibet in 1879, dressed as a monk, armed with his sextants...

Bhuvan Apoorva Jha

Aug 24, 20223 min read

INDIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS

There are no inefficient people, just inefficient systems. As India grapples with increasing unemployment rate, especially amongst the...

Sahej Marwah

Aug 4, 20223 min read

SHOULD INDIA ALLOW DUAL CITIZENSHIP?

Official data released by the Government of India states that since 2015, more than eight and a half lakh Indians have renounced their...

Fiza Zaidi

Aug 4, 20224 min read

IS OBJECTIVE HISTORY POSSIBLE?

History has an utter bad reputation as a boring tale of past among school children, however as a discipline the subject has forged from a...

DOES BANNING HIJAB EMANCIPATE WOMEN OR INSULT THEM?

Kumar Swati

Aug 4, 20224 min read

DOES BANNING HIJAB EMANCIPATE WOMEN OR INSULT THEM?

Author: Kumar Swati “Nobody forced us to wear our headscarf, nobody will force us to take it off,” said a French activist when the French...

SAVING THE S8UL OF THE INDIAN GAMING INDUSTRY

Bhuvan Apoorva Jha

Jul 13, 20223 min read

SAVING THE S8UL OF THE INDIAN GAMING INDUSTRY

Author: Bhuvan Apoorva Jha The gaming industry in India is a behemoth in the making. A report by a leading agency pegs the gaming...

Bhuvan Apoorva Jha

Jun 8, 20224 min read

WHAT AILS INDIAN MEDIA ?

Indian media conglomerates have registered a double-digit growth year on year and have been consistently outpacing India’s GDP growth...

IS IT SAFE TO BE A JOURNALIST IN INDIA ?

Abhirami Boyina

Apr 12, 20226 min read

IS IT SAFE TO BE A JOURNALIST IN INDIA ?

Author: Abhirami Boyina "Every Threat Against a Journalist is a threat against your freedom" -UNESCO The World Press Freedom Index, a...

Ashmi Jain

Apr 4, 20224 min read

DOES BANNING HIJAB EMANCIPATE WOMEN ?

In the 21st century.. still here we are discussing about the rights of women, her moral and ethical standards, whether her dress sets her...

SHOULD INDIA BAN GAY CONVERSION THERAPY ?

Stuti Garg

Apr 4, 20224 min read

SHOULD INDIA BAN GAY CONVERSION THERAPY ?

With films like Badhaai Do and Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhaan making a substantial impact on the Indian film industry, the LGBTQ+ community...

Teesta Roy

Apr 4, 20224 min read

WHAT DRIVES MOB VIOLENCE ?

Bringing a crowd together is primarily intended to display a bold, forceful and opinionated stand against something that has gone against...

A LOOK INTO THE LIVES OF AFGHAN WOMEN THROUGH THE LENS OF MODERN LITERATURE

Jhanvi Negi

Mar 25, 20225 min read

A LOOK INTO THE LIVES OF AFGHAN WOMEN THROUGH THE LENS OF MODERN LITERATURE

“I believed her. I’d felt the same loneliness. I bet we all had, each in her corner of the world, separated by so many walls.” -Nadia...

Arunima Sharma

Mar 25, 20226 min read

ARE WE LIVING IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD ?

Higgins very rightly uses the term ‘post truth’ to describe the phase we are living in. He says, “the term ‘post-truth’ describes not...

THE CURIOUS CASE OF CRYPTO IN INDIA - TO SHUN OR TO EMBRACE ?

Jayesh kavate

Mar 8, 20224 min read

THE CURIOUS CASE OF CRYPTO IN INDIA - TO SHUN OR TO EMBRACE ?

India is home to the largest group of people that hold wealth in form of cryptocurrencies and ranked 2nd out of 154 countries on the 2021...

Vandana Dubey

Mar 8, 20225 min read

DOES BANNING HIJAB EMANCIPATE WOMEN OR INSULT THEM ?

"In times like ours when a country that has 'secular' engraved in its constitution, a country normalized with public display of faith —...

IS INDIA READY FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGE ? - A CASE FOR WHY INDIA HAS A LONG WAY TO GO ?

Shubhangi Awasthi

Mar 1, 20225 min read

IS INDIA READY FOR SAME SEX MARRIAGE ? - A CASE FOR WHY INDIA HAS A LONG WAY TO GO ?

After countless protests, debates, media trials, tears, heartbreaks, and sleepless nights; one fine morning, India rose to a new dawn -...

JUSTICE AND FAMILY: AN INHERENT CONTRADICTION ?

Shreshtha Sharma

Mar 1, 20224 min read

JUSTICE AND FAMILY: AN INHERENT CONTRADICTION ?

"Justice is indeed compatible with the institution of family and more importantly, it is a necessary component for the institution of...

DECODING INDIA'S WORKING WOMEN CONUNDRUM

Anjanee Khosla

Mar 1, 20225 min read

DECODING INDIA'S WORKING WOMEN CONUNDRUM

"It is time, at last, that India transcends from "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" to "Beti ko Bachao, Padhao aur Rozgaar Dilwao" (Enable the...

CULTURAL SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ANCIENT HINDUS AND NATIVE AMERICANS

Gaurav Bisht

Feb 22, 20225 min read

CULTURAL SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ANCIENT HINDUS AND NATIVE AMERICANS

Why do we need to look for cultural similarities between two civilizations, who for all intents and purposes are miles apart, both...

INDIAN PHILOSOPHY OF AHIMSA - A SOURCE OF STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS ?

Aviral Raj Jain

Feb 21, 20225 min read

INDIAN PHILOSOPHY OF AHIMSA - A SOURCE OF STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS ?

"Mahatma Gandhi, a strong advocate of non-violence, believed that ahimsa was his only religion. He believed that ahimsa combined with the...

ANCIENT INDIA: THE BEGINNING OF DEMOCRACY ?

Varshaa Surabhi

Feb 21, 20224 min read

ANCIENT INDIA: THE BEGINNING OF DEMOCRACY ?

"We have realised that a country as vast and varied as India cannot be classified under one label or another. Today, democracy conveys to...

Pratham Bajaj

Feb 21, 20224 min read

ARE INDIANS OFFENDED TOO EASILY ?

"We live in a society where joint families are normal, and our communities are close-knit. We are closer to our families' communities...

Amandeep Singh

Feb 21, 20225 min read

IS INDIA NOT READY FOR FREE TRADE ?

"Currently, we are not ready for unchecked free trade due to lacking domestic industries and already existing trade deficits that we fund...

CAN ED-TECH SOLVE INDIA'S EDUCATIONAL CRISIS ?

Sayantani Nandan

Feb 15, 20224 min read

CAN ED-TECH SOLVE INDIA'S EDUCATIONAL CRISIS ?

At the heart of any Startup sector is the core problem it intends to solve, and for EdTech, it is about solving the issues faced by the...

CAN HUMAN RIGHTS BE A VIABLE FOREIGN POLICY ?

Teesta Roy

Feb 15, 20225 min read

CAN HUMAN RIGHTS BE A VIABLE FOREIGN POLICY ?

A nation's foreign policies are, at their very core, meant to represent the reputation of the land. Many factors, including domestic as...

Apurv Raj

Feb 15, 20226 min read

DOES INDIA NEED STRONGER POLICING ?

Human existence across the world is ensured in the form of its arrangement as a society, giving humans the moniker of being "social...

Jashanpreet Singh

Feb 15, 20226 min read

SHOULD INDIA LEGALISE CANNABIS ?

"It's “high time” that cannabis should be legalized in India. India has been following a zero-tolerance policy against any cannabis...

INDIA'S CRYPTO DILEMMA - TO SHUN OR TO EMBRACE ?

Aaditya Desasi

Feb 8, 20224 min read

INDIA'S CRYPTO DILEMMA - TO SHUN OR TO EMBRACE ?

"To begin, defining anything is necessary before enacting a law, but defining cryptocurrencies is more complicated. Under the pseudonym...

RELATION BETWEEN ANCIENT INDIA AND GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

Medhavi Bulkunde

Feb 8, 20226 min read

RELATION BETWEEN ANCIENT INDIA AND GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

One might be surprised to learn that the ancient Greeks and Romans were intricately linked to ancient India in science, trade, art,...

THE EMERGENCE OF INDO-ABRAHAMIC ALLIANCE

Abhinav Kumar

Feb 7, 20224 min read

THE EMERGENCE OF INDO-ABRAHAMIC ALLIANCE

"There is a new scent of alliance in the air – The Indo-Abrahamic Alliance – among India, the US, the UAE, and Israel. If one were to...

LOOMING CLIMATE CHANGE- IS INDIA DOING ENOUGH

Ajay Simha Reddy

Feb 7, 20224 min read

LOOMING CLIMATE CHANGE- IS INDIA DOING ENOUGH

Climate change is the most pressing issue in the world today. It poses an even bigger threat to developing nations like India,...

SHOULD INDIA CONSIDER ENACTING GENDER NEUTRAL LAWS ?

Akshita Kothari

Feb 7, 20224 min read

SHOULD INDIA CONSIDER ENACTING GENDER NEUTRAL LAWS ?

Since time immemorial the row over equality appears to continue unabated, forcing its way through the Indian Constitution. However, the...

Altaf Ahmed

Jan 23, 20226 min read

IS RESERVATION GOOD OR BAD ?

Before we look at it for good or bad let's first see why there is so much debate on it. First reason for the debate is when reservation...