Browsing Archive April, 2016
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Culture 0
8ScoreFan: The star who experienced being his own Fan
“Hello. My name is Henry. I am a fan. Somewhere in the late 1980s I got tired of people telling me to get a life. I wrote a ...
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Politics 0
Donald Trump’s Brand of Politics is not about fighting the Real Problem of Islamism, but About Racism, Misogyny, Bigotry, Authoritarianism and Idiocy
I, for one, have been of the firm view that the problem of Islamism (trying to impose a theocratic framework based on a certain politicised version of Islam ...
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Politics 0
The Panama Papers: An Overview
What are Mossack Fonseca & the Panama Papers? Mossack Fonseca is the fourth biggest offshore law firm headquartered in Panama. Operating at an international level, the firm helps ...
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Gender 0
Devadasis and MASS: The Story of Liberation
The Devdasi system is a practice in some parts of South India, specifically Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where the family conducts a ceremony similar to ...
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Politics 0
We Want Cameron to Apologise for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, but what about Crimes by Rogues in Our Security Forces?
I may, at the outset, unambiguously clarify that I do not support Kashmiri separatism on legal or moral grounds, as you can see here and here, I am ...
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Gender 0
Do you know about Gender tax and how it has been exceeding expectations?
Gender pay gap is a term that has been floating around for some time, with various politicians and celebrities embracing programs that counter this gap. Yet the gap ...
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Feminism in A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House was first published in 1879 . It was a coming of age play that dealt with the lives and anxieties of the bourgeoisie ...
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Politics 0
The Bankruptcy Bill: An Introduction
In an effort to improve the ease of doing business in India, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill, 2015, will repeal the current insolvency Acts and amend various other ...
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Politics 0
Universities in crisis: reflecting upon the nation
On 18 January 2016 the country woke up to the disturbing news of another Dalit scholar, Rohith Vemula, committing suicide while fighting a social battle against caste atrocities ...
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Politics 0
Dynasty Politics in India cutting across Party Lines
The significance of the institution of the family in India can never be underestimated. Since the Vedic times, the family has always assumed great importance in the Indian ...
