A simple villager, when he goes with a problem, is shut by a block development officer by the uttered requirement of many papers that may not be even necessary. But the job is postponed and Accountability is bluffed.
‘Self-reliance’ or ‘Swadeshi products’ are thus no new terms in the present context. They were and will be in the minds of patriotic Indians. All they need are the right opportunities, financial backing and government help
We need to eradicate the privileges and disabilities that come with caste. It’s important because just criticizing caste politics, promoting inter-caste marriage, or grudging grant of reservations will not suffice to annihilate the caste.
Iqbal’s Pan Islamism didn’t support hatred towards the Hindus, nor did it aim to promote ill feelings towards the other communities residing in India. However, Iqbal’s love for an Islamic state brought him to a crossroads where he had to choose between a secular nation intertwined with unity and diversity on the one hand and an Islamic state on the other.
A migrant worker, his seven- month pregnant wife, and other family members walk 500 kilometers from Mumbai to their home in Buldhana. It was a struggle on their way home carrying their children and belongings as they walked day and night.
Amid this pandemic leading to this moment of reflection, we as a family, as a society and as a nation need to realize the value of inculcating happiness, self-awareness, satisfaction, and how to live in harmony with nature.
Democracies are like sand-castles, and they crumble down when they face a reactionary tide, emotions such as indignation and resentment take the reactionaries away from the present to a time-frame where the framework of morality itself changes, thereby providing them the scope to justify any radical action. It is important to engage with reactionary ideas for their loathe for the present, if went un-noticed and unengaged, might turn into a political storm.
This is a poem about how a child does not want to come out of mommy’s womb to avoid the harshness of the real world with its norms and judgements.
For the sake of the helpless millions, the country prays that a suitable solution to the migrant problem is found soon. The efforts being undertaken need to be recognized. And hopefully, those in charge of the billions will be successful in successfully negotiating this unforeseen crisis.
The Israeli government relentlessly continues to make it a point to make a life for Palestinian Arabs unbearable to get rid of them
‘Why does the other behave that way? Are we wrong on our part?’
‘Nah, it flows in their blood. After all they bow to the crescent-Green flag’
‘All of them are the same. Beasts and oppressors in tri-colour. Nothing else’
Legalizing sex work need not raise the dignity women. Experience of Newzealand suggests that legalizing does little to exploitation of women, unlike the Nordic model.
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