Friends, you must have read or heard in the media about seat reservations for Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates in elections, be it local bodies or any other elections. It has been going on for a long time, and in the end, Supreme Court (SC) had to intervene. As local body elections in Madhya Pradesh…
Bridging Generation Gap
In my yesterday’s blog, I wrote about ‘Generation Gap’. Today I am writing about ‘Bridging Generation Gap’. Once we understand that the generation gap exists across all generations, it can be bridged. We have had it with our parents, our kids have it too and so will their kids. It cannot be avoided because society…
Generation Gap
It is an often-repeated word-GENERATION GAP. When we find we are unable to get through to next-generation or decipher their behavior, we say this word and rely on it. It helps to put a whole lot of unexplained stuff under the gambit of the generation gap. So what is the generation gap? The Older Gap…
Indian Comic Sitcoms
Comedy TV serials in 90s and early 2000s were the golden periods of clean humour. While today’s comedy movies and shows (like the one done by Kapil Sharma) function on the problematic and regressive themes under the disguise of humour. The era of the 90s and early 2000s was completely different. Unlike today, the shows…
Congress Chintan Shivir
After the recent debacle in the assembly elections held in 5 states, the Congress party held its ‘Chintan Shivir’ at Udaipur( Rajasthan). Connect with people, agitate on street, and usher in organizational reforms, these three broad themes figured in the Udaipur declaration that was adopted by the Congress party. The Shivir was held so that…
Summer Walking
Walking is good for health, and especially for seniors, it is also a perfect socializing opportunity. There are groups of morning and evening walkers of seniors, and they also talk and discuss various topics. This keeps the mind and body always active. However, when the season change, it also brings about change in walking habits….
Badminton- Thomas Cup Win
In Indian sports, yesterday was one more red-letter day, when the Indian Men’s Badminton Team won the Thomas Cup by defeating 14-time champion Indonesia. India was considered unfancied and an underdog against Indonesia. There were very few Badminton experts who were ready to give India a winning chance against Indonesia. But Team India stunned all…
Cricketers’ Early Retirement
Friends you all know cricket is a game of uncertainties, one does not what will happen next, and the same thing applies to cricketers also. Cricketers go through lots of ups and downs throughout their careers. There have been many cricketers whose careers faced the saddest of endings. Here is the list of eight cricketers…
Some Indian Myths
Public perception is a very strong phenomenon that is often undermined. The proof of it is ‘facts’ that aren’t facts at all. We have just accepted them because everyone has been saying so for decades and hence we have never bothered to check their legitimacy. It’s safe to say reliance on narratives isn’t always healthy…
Sedition
Sedition is once again the subject of debate as the Supreme Court is hearing pleas challenging it. First of all, what is SEDITION- as per the dictionary- conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch. What is sedition law? Drafted by British historian-politician Thomas Macaulay in 1837. Sedition…