India and Nepal shares a border of 1850 kilometres India and Nepal have been close neighbours and shared unique friendship. Nepal shares a border of 1850 kilometres with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand. The bedrock of the friendship lies in the Indo Nepal Treaty of peace and friendship of […]
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Nepali expansionist ambitions & why they are wrong
Nepali expansionist ambitions and why they are wrong. India and Nepal are natural partners India and Nepal are natural partners closely knit together by culture and geography. Both countries derive their understanding of the Indo-Nepal boundaries from the Treaty of Sugauli. Recently, both countries are facing a dispute which has arisen from different interpretations of […]
Increasing Heat Waves : Climate is Chang
Increasing Heat Waves: Extreme heat events, excessive rainfall, floods, droughts, etc. have become new normals today. Climate is changing at a faster pace, oceans are rising, lands becoming infertile and all because of us, the humans. One such event which adds to the woes of people in most places around the globe is increasing heat […]
Why History needs Re-Writing ?
History needs Re-Writing : Unity in diversity is what we say about our country, it’s not one-night process that emerged rather it is a long process of Indian history which itself is very diverse. There has been a lot of discussion in the last one year about the need for re-writing history as the history […]
Cyclone Amphan and Cyclone Nisarga
Cyclone Amphan and Cyclone Nisarga: The North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season is ongoing. Within a span of two weeks Indian coasts have already witnessed two cyclones – one on the Eastern Coast, that is in the Bay of Bengal and second on the Western Coast, in Arabian Sea. What are Tropical Cyclones? […]
Save our rural residents from COVID 19 by rural sanitation in India
Save our rural residents : The human being is the most unique architect of the almighty, who got tremendous power to change the social, economic, and cultural landscape of the earth. Human’s ultimate power is reflected in their well-being and health. Today, it’s been more than 70 years of hard-fought independence of India, where 65% […]
DATA PRIVACY: Data is the new resource not less valuable than any other resources
Data Privacy: In contemporary times, it is data that drives us, our day to day activities and what not. Data is the new resource not less valuable than any other resources. We are so surrounded by data and yet fail to recognize how much importance it holds. These are the times of information overload where […]
Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2020 : A New Ray of Hope for Motherhood
INTRODUCTION Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2020: Recently the Union Cabinet has approved the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2020 which allows any willing woman to be a surrogate mother and proposes that widows and divorced women can also benefit from its provisions beside infertile Indian couples. The story of surrogacy has not been the same in India. Surrogate […]
Humanity will never forgive manual scavenging
Humanity: Manual scavenging is the removal, disposal of human excreta of a person by another person, in the most bold terms. It involves cleaning of sewers, dry-latrines, gutters, drains, septic tanks, etc. manually. The people who do this work are called ‘manual scavengers’. Manual scavengers are those unfortunate people who have been doing this work […]
Land Reforms Ownership & the way forward
Land Reforms Ownership & the way forward India is the seventh largest country in the World in terms of landmass although not everyone in the country has access to land. Even if one has access, our complex land ownership rules make things difficult. Since the British Raj, people like small farmers, labourers have just suffered […]