I.I.M.U.N. Blog
Swami Vivekananda very emphatically envisioned Vedanta to be the religion of the future. While dogma-based religions which acted as emotional support for mankind once upon a time, ceased to function again and again from the World Wars to the Cold War to the pitiful state of nature and animals it can be seen now from […]
The grand old party of India has come a long way, riding along the waves of splits, mergers, elections, riots, and everything that India witnessed post-INC’s inception in 1885. The party had a great contribution to the freedom struggle of India and hence achieved a majority once India became a sovereign nation. India after independence […]
While the world battles with the pandemic and the economy seem to be slowing down, the gig economy emerges as a silver lining for job seekers, and other workers. India before the pandemic defined “work” with certain definitions and parameters. For example, white-collar jobs (workers working in an office), or blue-collar jobs (workers performing manual […]
The covid-19 pandemic has been the lead antagonist since 2019 and the character is not ready to go off-screen but is rather drifting to the dark side that the audience calls the second wave. The scene is set in such a way that the protagonist is the citizens that underestimated the antagonist which led to […]
Medicinal drugs are a major part of our world. Ever since the onset of the pandemic, we find ourselves constantly pondering, when are we going to get vaccinated? When can we be immune to this deadly virus? When can we get back to our pre-pandemic lives? Now that we have several vaccines available to combat […]
It’s always been all over the news, someone being acquitted against any charges of sexual harassment or assault. Every time, people shame survivors even after they provide enough proof. Why? Is our legal system failing to provide any support to survivors? Does our legal system survive on bribes and corruption? Or do they just not […]
“The President has proclaimed emergency, this is nothing to panic about”, the words which marked the start of a dark period, also known as the Indira era but the bigger question is what led to the Era? And why is the dark period? It started with the 1966 assembly elections when Indira Gandhi had just […]
In the world we live in, charity is defined as a voluntary giving of help in the form of money to those in need. During these times when the world goes through a global pandemic, the realisation of more important contrivances in life arises thus the question, is money the only charity our world requires? […]
It is proclaimed that the government is a group of people who make laws to ensure the well-being and harmony of all the citizens in the country. In a democratic country, we choose the people whom we believe will protect the rights of everyone. What would happen if those very individuals left the public to […]
By January 2021, Covid-19 cases were showing a clear downward trend. The government accepted that they had the pandemic and the economy under control. Little did they know that Corona yet had a few tricks under its sleeve. The Holi festival, Kumbh Mela, and political rallies in West Bengal were three tricks that bested the […]