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Youth and Politics

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"The enthusiasm of youth is the driving force behind progress." - Aung San Suu Kyi "The fire within youth can light up the world." - Swami Vivekananda "The youth are the beating heart of social transformation." - Nelson Mandela Whenever I go through such inspirational quotes of great personalities, fill me up with a zeal to work for the betterment of society. Politics has been a driving force and an effective mechanism to bring in noticeable socio-economic changes in society. But, in Bihar's context, things look pretty gloomy. This is because the leaders who emerged from JP Movement could not lead Bihar onto the path of development and failed to deliver on all fronts. Industrial units collapsed, healthcare facilities shattered, educational institutions bacame the centre of Politics, Govt beneficiaries were empty handed because of widespread corruption, caste sentiments were deep rooted,law and order was in shambles, goons were protected by ...

I.N.D.I.A. boycotts Media

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I.N.D.I.A Alliance Coordination Committee released a list of mediapersons, whom their representatives will boycott and will avoid to attend debate shows moderated by them. This is a direct assault on a pillar of democracy, aimed to curb the voice of journalism.Though,there is nothing new in it, they have consistently suppressed the voice that questioned them. One of such instances is imposition of censorship in emergency when free voice of journalism were silenced that started questioning their anti-democratic practices during Emergency days under the Congress govt led by Indira Gandhi and now they are trying to replicate the same by boycotting a section of mediapersons. The tagline of I.N.D.I.A alliance says ,"जुडेगा भारत, जीतेगा इंडिया'' but they act contrary to what they say.They have always believed in partisan politics by promoting regionalism and parochialism in India, weakening institutions and their autonomy and now they are targeting journalism as part...

DRAGON'S CARTOGRAPHIC ENCROACHMENT

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China is well-known for legacy of economic interests, hoodwinking diplomacy and military agression. Meanwhile, China's Ministry of Natural Resources released a standard map of China wherein Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin were shown as their territory and they described it as " Regular exercise of Sovereignty " but India looks at it as nothing more than the " Paper Agression ". They have similar claims on Taiwan and parts of South China Sea too, not only that,as far as SCS disputes are concerned, China constantly violating Permanent Court of Arbitration order. Though China always bullies neighbours as part of its expansionist policy but it's an attempt to provoke India ahead of G20 Summit as India is going to host it and global attention is there on the takeaways of this coveted summit. On the other hand, China trying to undermine the significance of this summit by raising irrevelant questions such as objecting the inclusion of the Sanskrit phr...

Grassroot Democracy

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The violence erupted in the West Bengal panchayat polls unfolds the anarchist chapter of current Bengal state and its inability to adhere to constitution and democratic values. Panchayati Raj, often termed as " Democracy at Grassroot " being tarnished by violent political forces and local administration and central armed forces failed to ensure law and order. Even in 21st century, instances of rigging and booth- looting in elections present a gloomy picture of Bengal and raise serious questions on governance . Looking at the visuals, it seems the goons are backed by forces in power and fearlessly looting the polling booths. At the same time, administration deployed at the polling stations look helpless and act as mute spectators. It won't be an exaggeration to say this govt a dictatorship, looking at the way it functions. In every election, there are pre-poll clashes, rigging and post-poll clashes. Despite strict guidelines from High Court,  State Election Co...

Democracy at Stake

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In the recent monsoon session of the parliament, the nation saw the instances of how democratic rights were curtailed in the abode of democracy and the voices of dissent were curbed.Firstly,the question hour was scrapped from the proceedings of the house to which opposition objected and alleged that it is for the first time in history of parliamentary proceedings that the members were not allowed to ask questions.MPs raise questions on behalf of the people of their respective constituency.It was an attempt to silence the voices of the people.Not even in the colonial times such attempts were made to curb the voices of the people.It was violative of the principle of separation of powers which is a basic structure doctrine and interference in the parliamentary proceedings by the executive is unfortunate,irresponsible and unconstitutional. The second undemocratic occurrence that unfolded was the passing of farm Bills in haste.Since majority of the members had divided opinion on...

Glamorized Sports

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Indian Premier League 2020,is being held in UAE(outstation) but flagship sporting events like Olympics and ICC World Cup postponed in view of alarming rate of infection of Coronavirus. This clearly manifests that Cricket is losing its relevance and glamour and money has replaced it. Entertainment is at the centre and sporting spirit has no place in today's time. IPL is now a new revolution in Indian cricket where young budding talents get the chance to show their cricketing abilities.Once,Ranji and other domestic tournaments used to be the launchpad for young emerging talents where the player's temperament, perseverance, endurance used to be checked in what we call test cricket.But those days are gone now.IPL is a kind of hard and fast rule for unleashing players particularly when shorter formats of the game is being preferred. These things may look fascinating but it's not good for the game as a whole.A tradition where players are being auctioned and franchises...

America's Immigration Policy

Trump's inward looking protectionist policies are  definitely going to cost him in the long run.American society is a cosmopolitan one and immigrants from all over the world have contributed in economic success of this country.. Trump's decision to suspend visas for immigrants citing lakhs of unemployment for local Americans is a cunning move to woo the indigenous citizenry for the upcoming elections.. Recently America witnessed a huge upsurge against brutal killing of a black man that exposed the prejudiced mindset of American society for a particular race.. People agitated in a large number against this brutality and America was in turmoil for couple of weeks and even white people took part in large number and showed their dissent against this inhuman act.Soon this movement attracted global attention and people from every corner of the globe set out on streets and "BlackLivesMatter" became a widespread movement. Racism has a long history in America and people like M...