Could Water Scarcity Provoke World War?
It is scary but today water has been observed to be leaving oil behind to be the world's scarcest critical resource. Of the total...
The Politics Of Hate: A European Perspective
A posse of policemen stood ready with truncheons in hand as last Saturday, a political group known as the ‘Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization...
Freedom of Speech: Freedom, Really?
“I may not agree with what you’ve said, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
-Voltaire
Sadly, only Voltaire thought so,...
Attracting Sensationalisation: Article 377
We have a lot of problems in this country, and this law is building up a major one too. Most of you must already know...
Gone With The Wind Gandhi!
A note of clarification to all those who understand the reference in the title : in no way am I insinuating that Mr. Rahul...
Anna Hazare’s ‘battle’ for the Land Acquisition Bill
More than six decades ago, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was shot down in cold blood. The nation sobbed. The world was shocked.
Since Gandhi’s time, there...
I Got 99 Problems and A Nun is One: Bhagwat-Teresa Debacle
It’s like people are in the news just because they want to keep on stirring the pot of controversy. Modi’s 10 lakh suit with his...
Chapel Hill Shooting: Do Only White Lives Matter?
We follow different books to lead a life in a perfect way. We hesitate to do wrong things as we believe there is a...
The Mahabharata, Machiavelli and the Modern Management Thought
The Management Thought has seen a major breakthrough in the previous century. Be it Fayol’s principles of administrative management or Taylor’s principles of scientific...
Pink is for Girls, Blue is for Boys
“Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that,...
9 Unique Festivals Across The Globe
Festivals keep alive the spirit of a culture, community and nationhood and are meant to celebrate the unique bonds of sharing, caring and mutual...
Jana-gana-mana: Mera Bharat, Meri Jaan ?
A song that instills national pride and patriotism, a song that echoes in the hearts of every Indian ?
The National Anthem for any country...
Alive Again: Widows play Holi in Varanasi
Hues of celebration and lively faces, words we associate with wedding bells. She became a wife and a daughter-in-law and tied the knot with...
The Relevance of Marxism in the 21st Century
Karl Marx was the topic of discussion in my economics class that day. I have heard that name before but never really known about...
Beauty Consumerism: An Ugly Truth
Consumerism, so far as women are concerned is closely related to the beauty industry. Beauty consumerism tends to promote sexiness, and striving for the...
Dowry Deaths- Holy Fire Turning Death Pyre
People gathered around the house drawn by the commotion like swarms of flies to a corpse. This was Chandan's house and the scene taking...
Religion Not Above Public Morality: SC Verdict on Muslim practice of polygamy
For years Muslim faith has been generally believed to have encouraged polygamy. There have been instances when a man converted to Islam from another...
Media Woes: All Histrionics and Hype?
"If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more...
The Paradox Of Choice
Recently, there’s been a lot of debate about the freedoms that all human beings are entitled to. Whether it be freedom of expression, freedom...
Net Neutrality: The Right To Internet Freedom
In December 2014, Bharti Airtel, India’a largest telecom operator tried to pull off a scheme that would have shaken up the Indian Internet as...
Functional Welfare: The Economics of Happiness
It’s believed that it’s difficult to quantify what we feel. Even when asked to rank it on a scale of 1 to 10, it’s...
Medical Miracles…Fetus-In-Fetu
An expecting mother does what not to give birth to a healthy, beautiful baby. Every parent wants a child that would grow up to...
Electrons To Mario: Best Edutainment YouTube Channels
The undisputed king of online video, Youtube has many great channels that cater to the needs of the knowledge hungry, but instead of being...
But First, Let Me Take A Selfie!
“I only got 10 likes in the last 5 minutes
Do you think I should take it down?
Let me take another selfie”
The above lines from...
EQUALITY BEFORE LAW? MAYBE!
Right from the childhood, we have been moulded to imbibe the ideal clauses of our constitution one of which boasts on equality before law...
