Erosion of India’s Rich Islamic History
History records August 15, 1947, as the day of the birth of a nation widely regarded as the world’s largest democracy. It is fascinating to see that a land consisting of more than nine religions, 22 languages, 720 dialects, and 2000 ethnic groups lives as one democratic state. Indians have …
Ban On Condom Ads During Primetime TV Hours: Regressive And A Dangerous Trend
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has banned condom advertisements during prime time TV hours (6 A.M. to 10 P.M.), citing the need to protect children from exposure to indecent materials. This precedes the incident of Confederation of All India Traders, in September, opposing a billboard condom ad featuring actress Sunny …
Kis Aadhaar Se?
Starvation In The Indian Context India is a country with a population of over 1.3 billion. The population increases at the rate of 1.2% per year, making us the second most populated country in the world. Incidentally, the Indian food industry is the world’s sixth largest and is expected to …
Dooming Delinquency: How Many More Pradyumans?
Introduction In a news headline that shook the country with terror early in September, a 7-year old student from Ryan International School, Gurgaon was murdered in the school premises. The case saw multiple investigations and allegations for quite a few months before settling upon an 11th-grade student as the murderer. …
International Day of Disabled Persons: Rising Need Of Schools For Children With Special Needs
A shocking ten years after the release of Amir Khan’s Tare Zameen Par, a movie raising awareness about children with special needs and the flaw of overlooking their symptoms as signs of laziness, society still hasn’t progressed enough to create a suitable and accepting environment for the community. December 3rd was …
Nine People Arrested In Hyderabad For Forcefully Converting Children To Islam
Nine people were arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly forcing children to convert to Islam. Islam Conversion On Rise Nowadays, the Hindu to Islam conversion rate has been increasing. An estimated of 5,793 non-muslims have been forcibly converted to Islam between 2011 to 2015. Especially Hindu women are being forcefully converted …
Digitisation: An Act of Underrated Development
Introduction The Modi Government settled in its high seats since the 2014 elections with an aim of sweeping away the nation with a wave digitisation. The implementation of demonetization was the flag bearer commencing the march towards the much-sought idea of the present NDA’s Digital India. On October 22, the …
No Age Bar For Crime : A 10th Class Student Stabbed By His Classmates For Using Foul Language In Delhi
A 10th class student was stabbed by his classmates as he used foul language. The crime rate is being increased among children. Crime Rate Increases Among Children Increase in urbanisation has led to an increase in crime rate among the children. While in 2010 and 2011 there had been a 24% …
Where Is My Fresh Air?: Desi Gas Chambers
Breathing clean air is a fundamental right and necessity of a human being. The nation’s capital has repeatedly failed to fulfil this. Two weeks back a schoolboy in Delhi developed a respiratory problem and spent two days in the hospital to alleviate his condition. Pollution levels in Delhi are bizarrely …
Aadhaar System Traces 500 Missing Children
Modi’s intentions to digitize India are met with a ton of scepticism and a large part of society questions whether or not he is taking steps in the right direction. His recent idea of integrating the Aadhar system, “a 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual …
