The Fictitious Democracy

(Photo credits : The Indian express) The well praised Kerala's left government, isn't really left out from the forces of corruption (pun intended). Being praised for its efforts in battling the pandemic and for making one of the highest developed state in the country, people did give a blind eye to its flaws. Drawing a bigger line of goodness parallel to the bad, will definitely make the goodness look better but it will never erase the bad. It is through the public service commission examinations, candidates are selected for the state government jobs in various fields. From ordinary clerks to medical officers under the government sector, every one has to clear the PSC examinations and jobs will be provided according to the ranks. But here's where the tables turned in the state of Kerala. Ironically, the most literate state of the country, decided to ignore the knowledge of an individual and decided to consider the party alligiance. It was during the fall of 2019...

(cartoon credits : Sajith Kumar ) People who have lived their prime through the 1970s perhaps wouldn't need much new knowledge on what and how the emergency period was. The darkest era of democracy as someone once said and I quoted in a previous article. The similarities between the Indira government and the Modi government was pointed out in various ways and by various authors around the globe. The question of are we in a state of emergency today is indeed something that would make one hesitant to say no. Thanks to outrages among the citizens for their basic rights. If that sentence smelt like there was a tad pinch of annoyance in it, you weren't wrong. But this is not my point of view, it's the government's. Ever since 2014 to the present, the graph of conviction in sedition cases have gone uphil in a quicker pace, compared to those convicted in murders, rapes, human trafficking and much more. Maybe the pandemic graph is the only one that could be put on a...

  In the recent times with all the mess going around with the government, their ideologies and phrases being often termed as the death of constitution, end of democracy and what not, there are often times that we tend to forget, which in literal terms was the DARKEST AGE OF DEMOCRACY.      The emergency period. The 19 months emergency period that was declared on June 25th 1975 which then went on till 21st March 1977, was the literal definition of how democracy was murdered. The Allahabad High Court's  verdict on the case  Raj Narain vs Smt. Indira Nehru Gandhi And Anr.( 1972 AIR 1302 )   declared that the elections in which Indira had won, as void and she must step down from the office and also, placed a ban on Indira to compete for any office in the next 6 years shook the nation. The celebrations had started in parts of the country. The underdogs had won the big league but however, the celebrations didn't last for long. The counsel of Indira pleaded f...

       Hinduism, Hindutva, Haindava Dharma, the names go on and on. Perhaps one of the most controversial terms in the present circumstances of India, is Hindutva, which has been shoving its roots deep into the BJP, RSS and basically everything that is leaning towards the right winged politics. But what actually is Hinduism? Many people around have had various definitions among which it (hinduism) being a way of life stands out to be the most common. In today's India, basically every other caste, other than those belonging to the Muslim or Christian community somehow falls under the category of "Hindus". For centuries, the caste system prevailed in our great country that discriminated, oppressed and tortured a great section of the population and kept them aside for various wanna be reasons. These oppressed people have had an entirely different set of lifestyle from the so called privileged part of the society. So the question which grows forward is that How can Hind...

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"     -Evelyn Beatrice Hall     Freedom of speech and expression as granted to us by the Constitution of India has been often oppressed by the very same forces, we have chosen to lead. Ever since the booming of the pandemic, the youth including myself, have started to look at the world through the power of social media and have started to ask questions. From the darkest period of Indian democracy (aka the emergency of the 70s) to the latest amendment of the Kerala police act, Article 19 has always been a matter of discussion accompanied by ART 21. In the limelight of being praised globally for its efforts against the pandemic, the left lead Government of Kerala did hide its incompetency at many a things under the veil of its achievements. It was finally the gold smuggling case that had alleged links to the Chief Minister's office that started the downfall of the left governmen...

  “ 2. In the Citizenship Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2, in sub-section (1), in clause (b), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— "Provided that any person belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan, who entered into India on or before the 31st day of December, 2014 and who has been exempted by the Central Government by or under clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 or from the application of the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946 or any rule or order made thereunder, shall not be treated as illegal migrant for the purposes of this Act;".