Over the years, the Internet has evolved into a home for various spaces and communities. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic made it practically impossible for one to live without an online presence of any capacity. This strong, inescapable relationship with the online atmosphere has too many impacts to explore exhaustively, but one of them is the... Continue Reading →
By Lohit Vijayabaskar (2023) It is the year 1999, and the Indian Railways is flourishing with its usual crowds and aplomb. However, an almost inconspicuous event occurs at the Mathura station where a travel agent overcharges a gentleman named Tungnath Chaturvedi by 25 paise. This might seem like a minor issue, but it plays out... Continue Reading →
By Rishit Shah (2023) With BITS Hyderabad gearing up for the General Elections 2025, it may seem like April Fools' Day has been extended to a fortnight of Grade A drama. The last festival of the academic year brings in store extravagant promises and meticulous planning, with the political homework done so well that Pearl... Continue Reading →
By Athithan V (2024) The Sun will soon set on the British Empire. Initially, on October 2, 2024, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravin Jugnauth jointly announced that the UK will be turning over their sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in accordance with an advisory opinion issued by the... Continue Reading →
The Citizenship Amendment Act: Prey to Propaganda? In this short piece, we want to focus on the tsunami of lies and propaganda that has engulfed this piece of legislation and the actual concern that needs to be addressed. Firstly, it is important to debunk the central assumption of these protests- that the act is an... Continue Reading →
On 31st August,2019 the updated NRC was released and it sought to identify all illegal immigrants in Assam today. This action has left almost 19 lakh citizens of Assam almost stateless, described as illegal immigrants. The NRC is the register which contains the names (or their descendants) of Indian Citizens. The first NRC was published in... Continue Reading →
With the US President Donald Trump declaring at a press conference after a Bi-Lateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi that the PM has got Kashmir under control, and agreeing that any discussion on Kashmir is meant to be purely between India and Pakistan, India’s decision to reorganize Kashmir and repeal Article 370 now has the... Continue Reading →
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