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The Curious Case of Section 376
A six-month long survey conducted by leading newspaper The Hindu has brought to light startling conclusions about the cases of rape recently brought before the Delhi courts. The figures represent…
Fighting For Judicial Swaraj
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi bestrides the entrance to the main building of the Supreme Court. An epitome of sobriety, Gandhi stood for conscientious labour even in the face of…
Uniform Civil Code: The “Great Divide” Analysis.
The Constitution of India came into force in 1950. Since then, there has emerged a fierce debate regarding the implementation of various directive principles mentioned in part IV of the…
The Russian ‘Blogger Law’
Just weeks after he disparaged the Internet as “a special project”, Valdimir Putin, borrowed a page from the restrictive Internet playbooks of many governments around the world that have…
Atrocities Against Women in India: An Analysis.
A woman is the one with whom this whole world came into existence. As per thus, today she should have been occupying the most important and respectable position in the…
Ukraine Crisis: What it could mean for the rest of the World.
The current on-going battle between Russia and Ukraine over the accession of the Crimean Peninsula has inarguably become one of the most controversial matters of the year. But is this a conflict which is only…
The Sad State Of Foreign Policy Education In India.
If a country expects to have a strong foreign policy, a very crucial element to that remains the will of the people and their involvement in the foreign policy ;This…
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.…
Food “Over” Security by Israel-A Critic.
On 19th March 2014, the Parliament of Israel passed the ‘ADVANCEMENT OF COMPETITION IN THE FOOD SECTOR LAW 2014’. The legislative history to this law can be traced to the…