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Voting Trend In Metros:- Why Mumbai. Bangalore & Hyderabad Voted Less.
It is said that one of the major problems that India suffers from is its uneducated population spread across a vast area in its numerous villages. However, the recent Lok…
Slaves of God: A Look into the Devadasi System Prevelent In India
Devadasi (Servants of the God) system is a religious practice in parts of southern India, including Andhra Pradesh, whereby poor parents marry a daughter to a deity or a temple.…
Sustainable Development & Green Technology
“As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it…
A Gandhi Worth Remembering.
If there was ever a Gandhi from the Nehru-Gandhi clan who could stand against what’s wrong and who expressed views uninfluenced by the greed for power and who upheld what…
The Shehzada, Mango Man and a Vikas Purush : A tale of election 2013
To a country that has been a witness to umpteen elections, the winning or losing of a party is not an unusual phenomenon. The sphere of…
Indian Media and the Allied Debates – Part I
Media is the fourth pillar of Indian democracy. It is a source of information, awareness and also, a mode creating sensational news. The visual and the apparent resources entrusted with…
“My Country”- Right or Wrong?
I am reminded of a parable of Mencius, the disciple of Confucius. If a child were on the brink of falling into the well, we spontaneously reach out to save…
Defining the Nation and Interpreting History
Defining India and its history is something like the definition given by an Irishman when he was asked what the word “trousers” would be- singular or…
Rethinking Nationalism with the Poor
Religious nationalism is spreading fast in several parts of the world. In each context, there are specific reasons for the ascendancy of this brand…
Religions and Martyrdom Today
Religions claim the prerogative to illumine matters that are of an absolute order such as life and death. The mode of these explanations, given the mysterious nature of…