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The Proxy war in Kashmir

  Proxy war and domestic terrorism in J&K after August 2019 Jammu and Kashmir, the northern most part of India, is known to be a regular hotspot in terms of the border issues that India has faced since its independence from the British, and the partition from Pakistan. The three bordering states of Punjab, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir suffered traumatically at those times, but its only in J&K that the trauma has carried on for 73 years.   A Muslim-majority region with a Hindu ruler, who was Maharaja Hari Singh, only decided to become a part of India after   Pakistan had set   affiliations with the Afghani tribesmen who sent thousands of their men to set base in the Kashmir mountains, and have seemingly been there ever since.   The balance of the area on a social as well political basis has been deferred for far too long. Article 370, the special status given by Nehru to the state was supposed to be a temporary affair, until the articulation   of its constitution, but
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Is It Justice?

September 2019, a black Sedan, with a presumption of road rage by the driver, reverses into the crowds on the street, injuring some, with no deaths reported. After this so-called fit of rage, he rushes away to not get caught. Usually, we would count this as a normal reaction by the criminal to run away from the scene of the crime. The Times of India article covering this freak incident explains the scenario briefly( https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhi-speeding-car-ploughs-through-crowd-injures-one-in-model-town/articleshow/70947682.cms ). The comment of a person on the article drew my attention, “The mob lynches mentality in India makes the culprit run away from the accident site. Probably the fear of lynching made the motorist speed away from the site.” This to me, seemed to be as a usual case of a hit and run, which is fueled by the element of road rage. It seemed normal(but not morally)   for the culprit to run away from the scene of the crime to avoid arrest

Remembering your home

Remembering your Home The world is full of people who because of certain reasons had to leave their homes/homeland. These people are called immigrants. When searched on Google, it will tell us “Immigrants are people who come to live permanently in a foreign country,” but the question is don’t they miss their homes? (In fact in large nations like India even inter-state movements are classified as migration) The answer is YES, there will always be certain things that remind a person of his home, a place where he was born, had spent his childhood, had spent some good times, whatever the reason maybe that caused him to leave his home, good or bad. Talking about remembrance of homes, what makes a person remember or miss his home? A very simple thing called memories, memories that are stuck in a person’s mind, be it good memories or bad memories, memories that make them reminisce or memories that might haunt them, but they are memories none the less that remind the person of his/her ho

Empowerment of the People through RTI 2005

The Right To Information Act, 2005 Empowerment of the People The Indian constitution has recognized 7 fundamental rights for the countrymen of India. However, seeing the state of the country in the midst of corruption and impunity in government functioning, it had become very important for the people to have a new right; the right to information of the workings of the government which one could feel saddened to say is full of loopholes and corrupt practices. The Right To Information Act, 2005, which states,” An Act to provide for right to every citizen to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, consistent with public interest, in order to promote openness, transparency and accountability in administration and in relation to matters connected herewith or incidental thereto.” These days you would repeatedly read about corruption charges against people or even scams being exposed, many of which are exposed due to the RTI Act. Before 2005, no one knew a

Julius Caesar- The man behind the legend

                                 JULIUS CAESAR               THE MAN BEHIND THE  LEGEND The Legend We have heard about Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play with the famous "Et tu Brute" quote, in my case I got to know about him by the Asterix comics showing him as a bumbling old roman emperor troubled by the indomitable Gauls , but there is more about him than I knew. Who was he? A Roman General, Statesman and a Consul, Gaius Julius Caesar is mainly credited for the demise of the Roman Republic(509 BC-27 BC) and Rise of the Roman empire. I had no idea the roman state was republic for five centuries. Watch the movie on Julius Caesar Early Life Born to a Patrician family, Caesar was born in July 100 BC. Not much is known about Caesar's early life, but when he was 16, due to the sudden death of his father he was left as the head of his family. At the same time, there was a civil war going on between his uncle, Gaius Marius, and his rival Luci