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दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय छात्र संघ चुनाव: क्या है चुनाव के प्रमुख मुद्दे?

12 सितम्बर को दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय का छात्र संघ चुनाव होने वाला है. इस के लिए सभी छात्र संगठनों ने अपना-अपना घोषणा पात्र जारी किया है, जिस में छात्रों को लुभाने का भरपुर प्रयत्न किया गया है. जिस में सेनेट्री पैड वेंडिंग मशीन, महिला सुरक्षा, मेट्रो, हॉस्टल, CCTV कैमरे, बसों की व्यवस्था, जैसे लोक-लुभावन विषयों को…

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ILLITTERING : The dark side of DUSU Elections

With the onset of the month of September and the much-hyped DUSU elections around the corner, the nation-wide reputed Delhi University campuses are bustling with politics and all sorts of activities essential in this 21st century’s ultra-modern process of electioneering. Already infamous for all the pomp and extravagant display of money and muscle power, the…

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Decriminalization of Section 377(IPC): Legalization of Consensual Love

Love is something every human being deserves to receive and spread. But barriers on love are the denial of a basic human need. That is what makes the landmark judgement of 6 September 2018 so important. The honorary Supreme Court of India has overruled its earlier judgement and has decriminalised consensual same-sex acts. Section 377…

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Vajpayee: A Personal Tribute

For the people born in the 1990s, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first Prime Minister they became aware of, in that limited sense; he was our first Prime Minister. His name, unusual for our generation, became an object of amusement. He certainly didn’t mind it, indeed, the legend goes that in one of his rallies…

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The “Hero” Who Created the Past

Past, when we talk about the past, the very first term that comes in our minds is History (for some it may be the most boring term!!). But everyone wants to know (the students wants to know!!) who is the “visionary” who invented the subject? Well, his name also starts with “H”, the one and…

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व्यथित आत्माओं का सन्देश

प्यारे भारतीयों, आप ये पत्र पाकर चौंक गए होंगे और शायद सोच रहे होंगे कि ये ‘व्यथित आत्माएं’ हैं कौन? हम उन लोगों की आत्माएं हैं, जिन्होंने फासीवादी और तानाशाह शासकों के अत्याचार सहे हैं, चाहे वे जर्मनी में हिटलर हो, या आपके अपने देश में आपातकाल हो. हाल ही में घटी कुछ घटनाओं ने…

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JUDICIAL REFORM – need of the hour

As it stands, justice delivery system in India is in shambles. A study by ‘National Judicial Data Grid’ suggesting that 4.2 million cases are pending in 24 High Courts in India lends credence to the fact that Judicial Reform is the need of the hour. The reason behind such exorbitant rate of pendency can be…

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CHANGING NOTIONS : THE MORPHICATION OF MODERN INTO WESTERN

Close your eyes and try to picture a 21st century human and now compare it with a Caucasian and an Indian man from 1980’s. Surely there would be striking similarities between your fictional human and the Caucasian. Why? The definition of modern has been changed and only those qualify who can talk in English and walk in…

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Deity’s Advocate: A Legal Defence of the Sabarimala Temple Practice

On 1 August, the Supreme Court of India reserved its judgment over the vexed issue of barring entry of women between 10 to 50 years of age into the famous Hindu pilgrimage shrine of Lord Ayappa, located around 1200 metres above sea level in the thick of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Sabarimala, Kerala. The contentious…

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Money is Everything ?

According to the ancient times, gurukuls were to be found in forests where a group of rishi’s educated the teenagers from the nearby villages just to make them skilled in various occupations like archery, sword fighting, pottery and many things. In return the rishi’s asked for anything which the student is able to give just…

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FAKE NEWS: Dealing with this Modern Dilemma

The demon of Mob Lynching followed by the circulation of Fake News over Whatsapp and other Social Media Platforms has claimed about 20 lives over the last few months. India, with an active user base of about 200 million is Whatsapp’s largest market and the complications for this social media giant have only been on…

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India and the Idea of Commonwealth

Ever since the London Declaration of 1949, which recognised the contemporary Commonwealth, India has endured a central spot in this voluntary organisation of 54 sovereign states. It was India’s choice in 1948, as a freshly sovereign Republic, to continue in the Commonwealth which guided other Asian and African states to become a member of the…

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