The misinformed Mahatma
It bore disasters not only on the polity of India but also on the personality of Gandhi when he embraced the murderer of the man who decorated him with the title of Mahatma
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Knowing Bhutan: My Experience as a Youth Ambassador
The Bhutanese notion of progress and development is very niche and distinct from any other country across the globe.
India’s tryst with UBI: Struggles and contradictions
To combat income inequality, and the consequent plagues that accompany it—poverty, malnutrition, unemployment—the Economic Survey of India (2016-17) addressed the feasibility of UBI
Farm Reform Bills 2020: A Democratic Legislation?
The idea of the bills is to liberalize farm markets hoping it will make the system more efficient and allow for better price realizations.
The Government says shh: No Question Hour!
The Question Hour is seen as a quintessential of direct democracy as this right is guaranteed in Article 75 of our Constitution.
Is the media ready for an open debate?
It is the tension between the promise and the reality of democracy, that provides the space for the intervention of what we call the media.
On Defection: Why Always the Congress MLA?
The BJP’s eagerness to topple elected governments has created an alternative for the new generation defector, the Congress defector.
A Hard Rain Falling: Radicalism in Indian Politics
A baleful feature of contemporary Indian politics is the subjugation of the mind to partisanship in the narrowest sense.
Capitalism and the pursuit of freedom
Social and economic policies are tangible manifestations of the moral and spiritual perspectives the society holds dear to them. They are representations of the lexicons of morality that serve as the principle guiding values that dictate the ‘inherent’ nature of human beings. The transition from the feudal to the capitalist signaled a shift and a…
My journey in Sabha, the multilingual theatre society of St. Stephen’s
The English Theatre society Shakespeare Sabha is one of the oldest societies in the country. It has always done English, and Shakespeare plays. We, as a multilingual theatre society, separated from it sometime in 2008. It was really difficult for us to create a separate identity of our own.
Powerplay in a post-COVID world: India – USA relations
The US should also focus on finding new ways to amicably part ways with China and look forward to a better diplomatic relationship with India in numerous fields and evolving areas of mutual interest.
Religion in politics – Decisive. Divisive. Destructive
Hagia Sophia is a masterpiece of human endurance, architectural excellence, craftsmanship, and unparalleled beauty of an edifice in stone with calligraphy and graphics depicting many events. It was a treasured gift from the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, a mesmerizing sight to behold, which sees millions of visitors annually.
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