Author: Saumya Modi

Fifteen Opposition parties with one aim: to contest the next Lok Sabha polls and “dethrone the BJP”. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been powerful enough to make its counterparts eye the power, prestige and honour. The recent coalition parties meeting at Patna was symbolic of that. The next meeting is reportedly scheduled to be held in Shimla with the aim of charting the future course of action as pointed out by Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, in a joint press conference. In the midst of fuelling up agendas like dethroning the current Ruling Paty of a nation…

Background A diverse nation, India, is the epitome of non-violence and tolerance. But, today, with the violence being fueled by the Meiteis and Kukis, two of the prominent tribal groups in Manipur, the Indian landscape has changed. It began with the government of Manipur evicting the Kukis by labelling them as forest trespassers. While the former seeks to gain quotas and reservations booked for itself to get an upper edge in education and opportunities, the latter opposes the same fearing that it will lead to an “unfair advantage”. Specifically in the political domain, the Meiteis dominate political power in the…

A minor girl aged ten (10) has reportedly been sexually assaulted by a thirty-eight (38) year-old e-rickshaw driver in another episode in a residential area in West Delhi, India namely Vikaspuri. This heinous news broke off when a senior police officer from the Vikaspuri police station received a Police Control Room (PCR) call regarding the said crime. It was later reported that the girl was put under medical surveillance. “After receiving the call, police rushed to the spot and the girl was taken to the hospital where her medical examination and counselling were done” Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of…

Mumbai Recounts Murder Rates Dutt Nagar, Khairani Road, Sakinaka, Mumbai, Maharashtra. A man identified as Deepak Borse allegedly killed his 30-year-old girlfriend, identified as Panchsheela Ashok Jamdar. A resident of Sangharsh Nagar Chandiwali, she was attacked by her boyfriend over some undisclosed issue leading to an escalation of events in an autorickshaw. She tried escaping, as the passerby witnessed, but fell down in some distance. Meanwhile, the man who slit her throat jumped out of the moving auto and absconded from the scene of the crime.  However, the police officials were present at some distance and they apprehended the accused…

Over fifty countries are currently pledged to economic reform as they shift from inward-looking, autocratic economies to open, market-driven ones. India is one of these, and it is well-positioned to make a swift and successful transition to capitalism. Its democratic ideals are remarkable too; however, democratic institutions emerged in India long before we had the opportunity to generate an industrial revolution. Even now, more than 60% of our people live in rural areas, and organised work accounts for less than 10% of total labour. Aviation to Politics Amidst these fallacies, the rise of airfares is alarming as pointed out by…