Where are Topsy Turvy Farmer Protests Heading?
Topsy turvy farmer protests need to be handled intelligently, else other farmer miseries could catalyze the movement.
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Politics
“The best politics is right action”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Upholding Civil Liberties in the 21st Century India
Any dent on the stated objectives of the preamble of the Indian constitution directing to secure justice, liberty, equality to all citizens and promote fraternity to maintain unity and integrity of the nation may damage the democratic values irreversibly.
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A New Withdrawal Playbook: US-Afghanistan and Implications for India
India has a great concern over the increasing political instability in Kabul.The US troop withdrawal has turned a new page into the Afghanistan Saga.
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Should Incumbent Ministers and Chief Ministers Campaign for Civic Body Polls?
As of late, it has been observed that many charismatic leaders across major political parties of India, who happen to be incumbent Ministers of Union and Chief Ministers, have started campaigning even for civic body polls for their favoured candidates. However, should these individuals holding constitutional offices really campaign for their parties?
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Rolling the Dice of Democracy through Protests
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2020 has ironically been full of large-scale protests all across the world, including India. This includes the CAA-NRC protests in India, the ongoing farm act protests in India, the Black Lives Matter Movement in the USA and the ongoing Pro-Democracy Thai Protests of 2020, to name a few. This article analyses the impact of protests and public demonstrations on the democratic environment of any country in the light of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India’s recent verdict on protests in public spaces.
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Bihar Elections 2020: Anti-incumbency or Pro-incumbency?
The state, with more than 12 crore population, has the credit of influencing national politics significantly in the past. Thus, the outcome of Bihar state elections is likely to have serious implications on the future political moves in the Hindi heartland of India. With all political parties pursuing the voters through numerous tactics and tantrums, the canvassing for the first round of polling has come to an end. Nonetheless, it is not discernible to categorically conclude the swinging mood of the voters.
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The Art of Ruling through Animosity – Humanity or Nationalism?
The need of the hour is to fight the global pandemic through solidarity and cooperation with each other and putting
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Perception, Reality, and Optimality: The MSP Composite in relation to the Farm Acts
Across space or over time, farmers should be able to trade freely with certainty. If MSP were a panacea, we would not be having any conversation, in the first place, about doubling farmers’ income more than five decades on!
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Farm Laws Debate: A Bit of Analytical Rigour and Global Best Practices
Farm laws in India should be seen in perspective of global best practices as the farmers need enabling to trade for getting the best returns.
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Farm Acts 2020: Farmer Unions and the Logic of Survival
The commentary around any policy change in our country, unfortunately, seems to boil down to who understands India better. The resulting discussion often devolves into adversarial claims about the ‘real vs. imagined’, with all sides, of course, claiming the real for themselves. Hence, this article intends to focus more on the drivers of the protests rather than forecasting the possible outcomes of the policy change.
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Farm Act 2020 and Smart, Strategic Farmers
There are over 100 million farmers in India, and no policy is likely to make all of them happy or upset. The protests, therefore, should only be surprising to people who believe that there exist win-win outcomes in which every stakeholder is better off.
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Abraham Accord and its Geopolitical Significance
Abraham Accord has great importance in the geopolitics of current times as it opens up strategic, economic and political opportunities to Israel, Arab States, and other allies.
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[email protected]: Libya’s Humanitarian Situation and UN Support
Libya’s civilians have faced a decade of hostilities in what has been a constant political and social war. Therefore, there is an immediate need for multilateral cooperation and for international support to be provided to the country.
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Indian Farmers and Agri Sector Bills: Let us Tour the Issue
Agri sector bills aim to increase competitiveness in agri supply chain and freedom of choice to sell their produce to Indian farmers. But, will there be a level playing field for farmers?
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Agri Bills: Why are Farmers Protesting even after PM’s Assurance?
The government needs to view the issue through the perspective of a farmer. The small farmers of today need safeguard from exploitation along with greater choices. Although the bill promises them more choices, it doesn’t attempt to strengthen the safeguards. This is what the farmers of today are protesting against!
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What ails South Asian region?
Most of the South Asian states cooperate primarily with the outside world and only secondarily with the sates in the region. In other words, intraregional harmony is in a stage of infancy.
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India joins Hypersonic Club: A Step towards Atmanirbharta in ‘Next-Gen’ Delivery Systems
A Step Towards Atmanirbharta in Next-Gen Delivery Systems: India’s test of the “next-gen” weapon systems is to secure its position and defend itself from any threat especially when the major powers have re-engaged in a nuclear arms race through improved delivery systems.
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Political Impediments to Harmony in South Asia
This is Part Two of the Three-Article Series – ‘Impediments to South Asian Harmony’. Political Impediments to Harmony in South-Asia can be resolved by overcoming the extra-regional, inter-state, and intra-states conflicts.
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Natural Impediments to Harmony in South Asia
This is Part One of the Three-Article Series – ‘Impediments to South Asian Harmony’. This article is an outcome of a TRIP internship aimed at analysing the factors impeding the harmony in the region.
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Indian Ocean and South China Sea: Jugular Vein as Gordian Knot
At a time when China’s protracted pre-meditated military moves along India’s northern boundary are drawing the nation’s attention, it is important that India doesn’t lose sight of its surrounding seas and maritime environment.
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Indian and Australian Federalism during Pandemic
Even though the pandemic is taking its toll on federal structure of most countries, as can be seen in the case of India and Australia in this article, if there is one good thing that comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic for both countries, it is the push to re-evaluate what federalism means in the 21st century.
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The tyranny of an independent nation
The tyranny of an independent nation may continue, just the treatment may change, as we have yet not lost our chains!
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Poetry as a Tool of Dissent in Modern-Day Authoritarian Regimes
The recitation of poems and songs at the anti-CAA protests was in keeping with the near-universal practice of deploying poetry to question, challenge, and condemn. Poetry is commonly seen as a tool of dissent in Modern Day Authoritarian Regime in countries like China, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia. Ironically, all over the world, the violent governments that invest millions of dollars in arms and ammunition are precisely the ones hurt most by the weapon of poetry!
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The Iran–China 25-years Deal: Where does it leave India?
The most challenging factor for India would be that if China manages to establish a base at Chabahar, then New Delhi would have to bid adieu to the key element of its grand Indo-Pacific strategy.
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India-Nepal Relations: A Way Forward for Strong Relations
India and Nepal have a profound relationship, but the relationship is characterized by ebb and flow. In recent times, this bond has felt shocks in the form of border disputes and both the states cannot afford this shock to continue long.
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Does High Cost of Electioneering Foster Corruption?
The largest democracy of the world is a successfully functional democracy. But, there also exist certain instances where unethical practices woo the voters. It seems that the high cost of electioneering fosters corruption. The money should not play any role in influencing the voters. A nationwide debate to have major reforms in the electoral process is inevitable.
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Strengthening democracy through scientific temper
The all-important is to initiate public discourses through well-conceived opportunities to stimulate the scientific temper in all segments of the population across the country. For efficient deliveries in the democracy of around 1.33 billion population, there should not be any room for irrational thinking, else the country will lag in the present and an ensuing era of technology.
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Beginning of a new Cold War
As we reach the midway of 2020, the year is giving no respite from its wrathful events. Apart from the pandemic, the year 2020 will also be remembered as the year of the beginning of a new Cold War. The COVID-19 pandemic has become the flashpoint as both countries blame each other for the devastation caused by the virus across the world. To avoid falling into Tacitus Trap, both the countries are playing the nationalist card to regain their lost legitimacy.
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Democracy 2020: Are new ‘gods’ in the making?
Democracy 2020: Are new Gods in the making ?
The growing numbers of “devotees” instead of “supporters”, is not healthy for a democracy as vibrant and diverse as India where every voice should be respected