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Akhileshwari Anand Raj

Akhileshwari Anand Raj

A student of Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Ahmedabad, she has a keen interest in politics (including geopolitics) and public policy issues. She enjoys reading fiction too.

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    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 ...

    On April 18, 2016 / By Akhileshwari Anand Raj
  • Politics 0

    The British Government has Rightly Endorsed India’s ‘Discuss Terror Before Kashmir’ Template for Indo-Pak Dialogue

    The fact that Britain is debating the rather complex issue of Kashmir is of some importance, as they ruled India a few decades ago and partitioned the country, ...

    On April 6, 2016 / By Akhileshwari Anand Raj
  • Politics 0

    Maharashtra BJP’s proposed amendment to the CrPC: A Step towards Zero Accountability, Not Zero Corruption

    In 2015, the BJP-dominated Maharashtra cabinet made a controversial decision and proposed to amend a provision of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for their state, which does not ...

    On February 21, 2016 / By Akhileshwari Anand Raj
  • Politics 2

    France’s Laudable Food Wastage Law: Can Something Similar Work in India?

    France has taken a very appreciable step by passing a law which will ban supermarkets from throwing away edible food if it has not been sold. In a ...

    On February 16, 2016 / By Akhileshwari Anand Raj
  • Politics 0

    Beyond Rhetoric: What the DDCA Controversy is All About

    The current turmoil in Delhi, with the local ruling AAP and the central BJP government, consists of a whirlwind of events which have led to the present scenario. ...

    On February 14, 2016 / By Akhileshwari Anand Raj
  • Politics 0

    Russia’s Relatively New Ally, Pakistan: An Indian Perspective

    As is well-known, Indo-Pak relations have been strained since independence, owing to a self-serving desire for perpetual conflict with India on the part of Pakistan’s military establishment to ...

    On February 7, 2016 / By Akhileshwari Anand Raj

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