Ever so often silence gets violent.I find it hard to feel it,while I lay numb and emotionless.Well, I entered into the darkness and it rendered me soulless. I ponder about the road not taken.Many dreams went unrealized if...
Every time I hear the national anthem my urge to stand up decreases not because I am ashamed of India but because I am ashamed of what we have become. We Indians are a proud race of people. We feel violated when we lose to our...
In 1821 Gregor MacGregor took the city of London by surprise when he announced that he was the Cazique of the country of “Poyais”. A title which he alleged was given to him by the king of the Mosquito Empire (present day...
The situation in Afghanistan is far more complex than it seems to the normal eye. To understand the present we have to look at its history of conflict and war. In 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to suppress rebel...
The Sea of Cortez or the Gulf of California is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. Jacques Cousteau, the marine explorer called it the “aquarium of the planet”. The World’s Smallest cetacean the...
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers...
Public protests have made a significant impact on Indian politics and society since the British Raj. Be it the historic non-cooperation movement or the 2011 anti-corruption movement from recent times. Protests in a...
Belarus is a country from Eastern Europe, like most of the nations in the region it gained independence in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Belarus finalized its constitution in 1994 which sought to make Belarus a...
In 2018 the Thomson Reuters Foundation released a global poll that declared India as the worst country for women. The poll was based on six key areas: Healthcare, discrimination, cultural traditions, sexual violence, non-sexual...
Despite being an economic and political powerhouse the US has a high crime rate and the main reason behind this is poverty despite having the largest economy, the US has one of the highest rates of income inequality. This wealth...