BY ANANYA AHLUWALIA Global Hunger Index (GHI) recently published its 2020 report, ranking India at 94 out of 107 countries, in the ‘serious’ category on hunger. Even as India claims to have achieved food security, it has not been able to ensure there is food on every plate and that no child sleeps on an... Continue Reading →
The problematic response of the State to Agrarian Economy
BY NIDHI SINGH Agriculture is undeniably the backbone of the Indian economy. This sector fulfils the food requirement of the country and is the primary source of livelihood for almost 58 percent of the total population (as per 2018). Despite all these contributions to the economy, the sector has continued to face problems and issues... Continue Reading →
The Great Indian Media Circus
BY KARNIKA BEHL Every time I turn on the news, all I see is news about black magic, Bollywood mafia, a starlet’s house being bulldozed, an A-list celebrity caught in a drug scandal and the list goes on. Apart from such eccentric news, I don’t find any valuable piece of information that has anything to... Continue Reading →
Parallels between Indian casteism and American racism
BY NIDHI SINGH Casteism in India is no new revelation and has continued to exist and at times even strengthen itself despite constitutional limitations. This shows how deep-rooted the entire caste system is , at the same time when we look at the other part of the world we see a similar problem there, the... Continue Reading →
The Global Impact of COVID-19 on Democracy
BY SANSKRITI KATARYA “We could have a parallel epidemic of authoritarian and repressive measures following close if not on the heels of a health epidemic.” - Fionnuala Ni Aolain (UN Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Human Rights) As the grip of Covid-19 tightens, governments all across the globe have enacted laws and invoked execute powers... Continue Reading →
Trump’s Middle East Foreign Policy
BY MUSKAAN CHOUDHARY Ever since Donald Trump was elected as the president of United States in 2016, it has spelled nothing but trouble for the Muslim community and several Middle Eastern countries. From heavily supplying Saudi Arabia with militia to stirring the pot in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Trump has put into order several policies that... Continue Reading →
Uyghur Muslims in China
BY MUSKAAN CHOUDHARY According to the recent reports, the communist Chinese government has been holding Uyghur Muslims in China under a strict surveillance system, or to be more concise, in concentration camps. These concentration camps – now more than 85 in number - violate multiple basic human rights including forced labour, genocide, torture, etc. Critics... Continue Reading →
Refugee Policy of France under Emmanuel Macron
BY NANDINI LAHOTY France has a long tradition of offering asylum to foreign refugees, and the right of asylum has constitutional value under French law. There are two types of asylum protection in France: refugee protection and subsidiary protection. Asylum essentially rests on the serious possibility that the asylum seeker could be the victim of... Continue Reading →
Swami Agnivesh : A Rare Secular Monk-cum-Social Activist
BY NIDHI SINGH Swami Agnivesh, a man in the saffron robe who fought against those who are trying to defame the saffron colour and the values associated with it died on 11 September after suffering a cardiac arrest at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences. He was born in Andhra Pradesh and studied Law... Continue Reading →
The Parliament Monsoon Session : Scrapping of the Question Hour
BY SANSKRITI KATARYA The Parliament of India is a supreme legislative body; an embodiment of the nation’s confidence and trust in the essence of democracy. There are typically three sessions in the Indian Parliament which are characterised by meetings on almost a daily basis to enable debates, discussions, cross-questioning, formulation and passing of laws and... Continue Reading →