“Hall of Shame” Campaign: An Instrument of Change Or A Weapon to Defame?
“Hall of Shame” – Introduction A Facebook post of Raya Sarkar, a US-based Indian woman is creating quite a ripples in the social media platform and academia with the naming of seventy-eight academics including professors from reputed Indian institutions being listed as “sexual harassers” Raya Sarkar, a 24-year old law …
Ae Ji Oh Ji, Aayega 5G?: CTO Ekudden Predicts India Will Adapt 5G By 2020
If you didn’t already know (and you really should), India has made its intentions about digitizing the country very clear. PM Modi’s recent initiatives for projects such as Aadhar and demonetization prove this undoubtedly. Additionally, someone sees yet another potential advancement in India’s digitization move. Introduction Ericsson’s chief technology officer …
One Notch At A Time: India Ranked 126th In GDP Per Capita
India is well on its way in creating an admirable economy, as proven by the latest improvement of moving up on the ranked list of countries and their GDP per capita. It may not seem like a huge accomplishment, but it definitely shows India’s upward spiral towards a striving economy. …
Acute Condition Of Capital’s Lungs: Who Is To Blame?
There has been a rise of 20% in the number of patients complaining about breathing problems in the Country’s Capital. The state is happy to score a “Very Poor” and people are advised not to go out, warm up or allow their children to play outdoors. Surely, time changes but …
300 Children Fall Ill Due To Burning Of Sugarcane Wastes
Burnt To The Ground Taking the cue from the Delhi smog incident which stemmed from the burning of paddy straw in neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana, the Karnataka government introduced the ‘smoke management strategy’ in December 2016. There was initial contemplation on the imposition of a blanket ban on …
Killfies Campaign: Beta, Selfie Mat Le Le Re
Introduction In the past few years, quite a few Bollywood songs have become widely popular for their inclusion of mainstream western ideas. One of these well-known and frequently played songs is Selfie Le Le Re from Bajrangi Bhaijaan. While the song is meant to be comical and the catchy tune …
Indian Congress Members Receive ICC Inspire Awards
Four Indian American congress members, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Pramila Jayapal, and Ami Bera, received ICC Inspire Awards to honor them for their impact as members. To add to the magnificence of the night, it is also the second year in a row that ICC has given Indian Americans the …
GST in Tamil Cinema: Good Start and a Bad Climax
Yes to GST, No to LBET Tamil Nadu has become the State with the highest tax on movie tickets. Under GST regime, movie tickets above Rs. 100 are taxed at 28% and tickets below Rs.100 are taxed at 18%. In July this year, over 1100 theatres across Tamil Nadu …
Five Years Later: Remember India’s Daughter?
Introduction Indian news is incomplete without at least one headline about rape and how it continuously plagues the women of India. Approximately five years ago, a tragedy seemed to spark the nation into wanting to change the course of society regarding the sexual assault of women. The 2012 Delhi gang-rape …
GST: A Tale of Acronyms and Progress
The Government of India, in a historic event of which we are all aware, passed the Goods and Services Tax, commonly known as GST, on 1 July 2017. The amendment bill, with a good deal of publicity associated with it in the past, gathered quite a lot of attention among …
