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National Politics

Kingmakers of the Congress

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 […]

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The Indira Emergency

“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 […]

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International Politics

The Social and Economic War

The Second World War was the most critical and deadliest war the world has ever seen. The rise of World War II was started by the time of the First World War in 1914. In Europe the conditions were not stable and this all set the stage for the Second World War and it started […]

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Finance International Politics

Dissecting Capitalism And Socialism

“Before capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering, and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by servicing your fellow man”, said late American Economist Walter E Williams who believed that Capitalism is morally way superior to other economic systems. He believed that “Socialism is just another […]

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National Politics

Looking back: The Kashmiri Exodus

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 […]

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International Politics

The Thorn in the Heart of Kremlin

Vladimir Putin became the President of Russia in 1999. Putin had worked as a spy in the KGB and FSB. His time as a spy in the Soviet Union shaped his views on how a nation should be governed. He came to believe that a state can run efficiently if it is centralized and secretive. […]

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National Politics

Bijapur Naxal Attack: An Eye-Opener

Bloodshed is the action behind someone’s anger.  -N. Das On the 3rd of April, a massive encounter(from close range for about 3 hours) took place on the Sukma – Bijapur border of Chhattisgarh. Multiple Intelligence teams – Special Task Force, Central Reserve Police Force, the Cobras-  had been deployed and planned an attack in 3 […]

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National Politics

What Happened on 25th of Feb?

While India’s richest face a bomb scare, how much more is there to it? Once the booming central for the underworld, is corruption within the legal system, a new-age twist to the raging old tale of Mafia Dons, murders, and more? In a country, a democracy, where the elected government of a state allegedly is […]

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International Politics

China’s Voyage: From an Overpopulated Country to an Economic Hub

What the world knows of China is completely different from what we would have seen just a few decades, precisely 4 decades ago. China, which is now a consolidated country on the map, has seen various phases from ancient china to imperial china to a now modern China and this is surely a  major transformation. […]

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International Politics

Bonjour Biden

 Effects of Biden’s Presidency on America and its relations On the striking afternoon of 20th January 2021, the United States of America, resonated with the words, “I Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute, the office of the President of the United States and will to the best of my […]