The Fictitious Democracy

2021 has been a quick journey from checking instagram stories to checking vaccine slots. It is no secret to any citizen with a phone in their hands that the vaccine policy has clearly failed in this great nation. From being the world's largest vaccine exporter to soon to be the world's largest vaccine importer, it was indeed a walk of shame. It wasn't something that the administration never saw coming. Infact they saw it coming from miles away and yet, the lack of responsibility is costing lives every second. Liberalisation of vaccine market at a time of crisis is arguably required according to some. But excessive liberalisation would result in the charioteer losing control over his horses and that's exactly what happened in India.                               (credits : BBC) The vaccination drive that started in January 2021, was a ray of hope to the pandemic cast world. But when rich nations booked vaccines in numbers that was atleast two times their popu

We often see and read about the atrocities happening to the Palestinians at the hands of the dominant Israeli military and in the recent times, it has come down to a situation where it's even harder for one to read without shedding a tear. Unfortunately as people die out there, we as Indians can only be spectators and cry out for help or perhaps, learn from it. The Jews of Israel right after the second world war in the late 1940s, made it clear to the world that they are not ready to share the land with the Palestinian Arabs, especially considering the fact that they had the British motivation of division. It eventually lead to the exodus of the Palestinians after a 6 day war to refugee camps in Jordan, The West Bank, Gaza strip etc.  The disputes never ended. The wars raged on from time to time and more Palestinian blood was spilt over as more Israeli dominance took over. As time went on, wars kept increasing. Almost every peace attempt had failed and countless lives w