Delhi University Student Union, DUSU election 2018 is going to be conducted on Sept 12, 2018. The election fever is in full swing. For the political parties contesting in an election, it is a matter of immense pride to win the student election in one of the largest university in the country. In order to […]
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“Why do you sing National Anthem?” was a question put up to me in my earlier days back in the school. It was much before when the term Nationalism was not politicized and people used it in utmost regard and dignity, it was used as an emotion and a sense of pride which followed after. […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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This article is written by Snehal AsthanaThe King who conquered the sea itself tells a story that there was a king who was an able administrator and a skilled in sea fares. But there is an irony to it. As when we are in court, we generally address the female judge as your lordship. The […]
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