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…
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…
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…
“Attendance proves nothing in terms of learning.” Terming it as “non-academic” achievement, Bruce Macfarlane, the author of Freedom to Learn: The Threat to Student Academic Freedom and Why It Needs to be Reclaimed laid a strong foundation against any attempt by the imperious moves by a lot of academic administrations across the globe to impose compulsory attendance upon…
Universal Basic Income:Reimagining Social Security (Part I) GLOBAL EXPERIMENTS London In 2009, a Charity undertook a project of disbursal of GBP 3000 per annum to street dwellers. It never got Government backing. The result of that experiment was eye opening and worth deserving due attention. On an average only GBP 800 was spent by the…
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) led NDA government at the centre came up with the Citizenship Amendment Bill in 2016 which proposed to grant citizenship to migrants residing in Assam, who came from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh belongingto the following religious communities- Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Christians, Parsis and Budhists. Right from the moment when updates…
We Indians have enjoyed notable success internationally in terms of per capita income, but our performance at home does not necessarily match our progress abroad. I believe the achievements that we have made overseas—particularly in the United States of America—highlight the stark divide between the country’s potential and its actual performance. In this article, I…
The title might deceive one into thinking that this article is a eulogy to Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great or some other world conquering ruler. But no, this article is about someone who all though never directly ruled a square inch of land, ruled and has been ruling for the past 175 years, the collective…
India’s Look East policy was an effort to develop widespread economic and strategic relations with the countries of Southeast Asia in order to strengthen its position as a regional power and to counterbalance the power of China. The Look East Policy which was introduced in the 1990s focused on improving the relationship between India and the…
Nine judge constitutional bench of Supreme Court has recently declared right to privacy as a fundamental right. This will have far reaching implications in times to come, but the immediate impact will be on Aadhar. The status of privacy as a fundamental right itself came to question while three judges bench was deciding the legality…
What is Article 35(A)? Is this unconstitutional? Will the abrogation of Article 35(A) be a betrayal to the state of Jammu and Kashmir or boon to the people of that state? Does Article 35(A) deny social justice to families of Valmiki Samaj (Dalits) and women’s native of the state? Does Article 35 A violate basic human and…
The Right to Information Act came into action on 5th June 2005. True democracy does not exist unless all citizens have a fair opportunity to participate in the functioning of the nation. The right to participate in the affairs is meaningless if they have no information. The Act makes an endeavour to harmonize the interests…
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