Rational Ignorance has been defined as a concept where there is a chosen path to ignore something because the cost of knowledge outweighs the potential benefits. Of everyday events which occur in a day in a city’s life, some qualify as the events of “national importance” while others do not
With the number of cases pending in the Supreme Court of India, it would not be an overstatement to assert that the ‘test of time’ is a concept foreign to Indian cases. Indian judiciary has, to its credit, cases stretching across centuries. One such case is that of the Babri
Never has been the national identity as much attached to the religiosity of Hinduism in the modern history of India as it is now. Never has the RSS doctrine of faith this aggressive in the country as it is in contemporary times. The (un)godly onslaught has only accelerated after the
For long we have known Kashmiris as separatists, terrorists, stone-pelters and so on. The media too has made a sweeping judgment about the people of Kashmir in the same vein. To a reasonable extent, our apprehensive attitude toward them seemed genuine as bodies of our soldiers grew in number under
The spine-chilling chemical attacks earlier this April, that left Syria dead in scores was a gross infringement of the International Law as well as an intense show of recalcitrance to the world leaders. This disturbing attack showed no less than 100 civilians the fate of death in Syria’s revolted area
The nation is galloping with a myriad of problems in the contemporary times. While the colossal issues of poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment continue to rattle the nation there have been movements associated with regional imbalances and backwardness in development. Such situations have been witnessed in North-Eastern parts and the ill
NITI Aayog, which also stands for National Institution for Transforming India is a think tank established by the BJP government lead by Narendra Modi. It was brought into existence after the recommendation of the Independent Evaluation Office which suggested replacing the planning commission by some sort of “control commission”. The
The story making headlines for quite some days now is that of Kulbhushan Jadhav. For the Pakistani dailies it is a story of a major political catch by a Pakistani counter-intelligence operation and a means of slinging mud towards it Indian counterpart’s security bureau, while for India the story is
BJP in the current Delhi local elections retained all three municipal corporations for the third term consecutively, giving a strong defeat to the current Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP and the Congress. The AAP somehow managed to secure the second place and the third place was owned by the Congress.
The Great Indian Elections celebrate the functioning of a successful democratic institution. The elections in India are held on regular intervals, and the autonomous body i.e. the Election Commission of India has the responsibility to conduct free and fair elections and regularly evaluate and examine the trending issues so that
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