Posts from the politics category.
In a world obsessed with superhero fiction, sometimes the most jaw-dropping stories come not from caped crusaders, but from real men in camouflage. Commando by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal plunges readers into a reality where every mission is a heartbeat away from death, and the stakes are as high as national survival. Bar-Zohar, a noted historian, politician, and biographer of Israeli lead...
The pandemic is no longer a breaking headline, but its imprint lingers in our daily lives, fears, and the choices we now make more cautiously. When I picked up COVID-19 AND HUMANITY – A RETRO-INTROSPECTION by Vishnu Mithinti, I didn’t expect it to take me back so vividly—to the eerie silence of lockdowns, the stifling fear of a cough in a grocery store, or the relentless updates of case numbers ri...
Have you ever wondered what really happens behind the towering walls of our courthouses? I mean, beyond the televised high-profile cases or the movie-style courtroom dramas. Rajesh Talwar’s Courting Justice: The Terrible Truth About Our Courts doesn’t just crack open the doors—it throws them wide open. Originally published in 1995, this 30th Anniversary Kindle Edition comes updated, and trust me, ...
Just when I was thinking to write something related to humanity, today I read the news where I went numb I did not know how to react on it.THE TERROR ATTACK AT J&K.Where are we leading to? Why are we judged on the basis of the language we speak?Why are discriminated on the basis of our caste and religion?Have we lost humanity? Or have we forgotten we are born Humans?Every other day, there is some ...
This article is my attempt to better understand how tariffs work, whether they benefit an economy, and the repercussions of reciprocal tariffs. Are these measures truly advantageous for economic growth, or do they create unintended consequences?This video [2] by Khan academy served as a key reference for me, and I kept revisiting it to gain more clarity on this subject.Who Benefits from Tariffs?A ...
Another celebrity is the latest victim of India’s true culture.One that binds us and unites us. One that we swear by and kill for. Personal taste. Pet Peeves. Judgement.Its a basic human trait, to be fair. No part of the world, however unexplored, is untouched by it. But I am yet to find a people who use it for as many different purposes as Indians. From concluding what one wants to eat, to getti...
Page 20: Uttar Pradesh, with over 200 million people, recorded just over 10,000 cases of grievous hurt in 2014. In contrast, London, with under 9 million people, recorded over 70,000 cases of assault with injury offences, according to its police statistics for 2014-15. London’s crime rate is 7x of UP. Page 29: During the 2010-2014 survey, the Indian sample demonstrated a lower commitment to democr...
Indira Gandhi remains India’s first and only female Prime Minister. And in a country like India, where women are still not treated as equal to men, that is celebrated. But I want to argue against it - on multiple counts. We have many more female role models, should we care to look closely. None attained the power that she did, but none should, in the manner that she did it. My only exhortation to ...
It was complete co-incidence that I started reading this book at the same time as the drama in South Korea was unfolding. And the fact that the people of South Korea shut down this nonsense even before it began, yet again shows the fragile nature of democracy in countries like S Korea who had to fight tooth and nail for it. This hard won democracy needs to be protected at all costs. As in South Ko...
