Indira Gandhi; Mother India or Tyrant Indira Gandhi leaves a divided legacy. To the poor she is a hero. She is Mother India, who helped the underprivileged with her social welfare programs and the mother of the Green Revolution, which helped make India self-sufficient in grain productions. For others she is the architect of the Emergency, a dark period in India’s history when democracy was suppressed and political enemies we put down or…
INEQUALITY AND ITS CAUSE AND EFFECTS What is income inequality? It refers to unequal distributions of income. Close to 1 billion people live on less than 1 dollar per day at purchasing power parity and around 2.7 billion (40 percent of world populations) live on less than 2 dollar per day Income inequality is of major concern because it leads to economic inefficiency. This is mostly due to the fact that at higher levels of inequality, smaller fraction of population qualifies for a loan or…
An excerpt from Fareed Zakaria’s ‘The Post-American World’ appeared in Newsweek in May of 2008. In this excerpt Zakaria asserts that “The post-American world is naturally an unsettling prospect for Americans, but it should not be. This will not be a world defined by the decline of America but rather the rise of everyone else (Zakaria. pg 1).” With this powerful statement Zakaria is issuing a proclamation that America is not in decline, but that there are other countries narrowing the competitive…
When I was a child, I was told that when people grow older they have to pick one particular profession and stick with it for the rest of their lives. Also, that it was impossible to have more than one profession in your lifetime. These ideas seemed very flawed to me, and from thereon began my journey to defy the impossible. That was the time period when I realised that I wanted a career in which I could be able to experience various types of professions. A career in which I will be able to…
Despite being in a financial struggle his whole life, Shailesh has big dreams of becoming a successful Bollywood actor. He works day and night to support his wife and two children, and will often go to sleep hungry just so his family can eat. The acting lessons Shailesh partakes in also cost a pretty penny, as each member of the acting guild has to forfeit…
X-rated movie has already become an important role in maintaining the box office earning in the film industry, the definition of `x-rated’ refers to the restricted movie, which is not suitable for those who below 18 years old, only intended for adults only. With more and more x-rated movies were published to the cinema for satisfying the public, some of the teenagers may also want to be a group to participate in it. Thus, the increasing in demand of the removal of legislation that people who…
As expressed by Prastuti Parasar, as a dancer in Nrityanatika the roles of women performer even in the Nrityanatika have seen numerous positive changes. She said that Nrityanatika is always performed on some social issues where it is necessary to showcase the women’s character for the people to understand it. Here being male dominant will not bring out the exact story, so female actor is very much necessary for Nrityanatika. Most of the time it is fifty percent female and fifty percent male.…
The use of cell phones varies wildly from country to country, both when it comes to times and when it comes to situations in which they are used. It has mostly got something to do with the cultural differences that are seen around the world today. There are also different opinions on whether or not the phones are good for the social life and society in general, and whether or not the social medias are what they claim to be: A place to be social with friends and acquaintances. For example, the…
Censorship: a necessary evil? What is it that separates humans from other animals? It is the fact that we are a social species and cannot survive without any communication with another person. This also gives us the ability to express our thoughts in multiple mediums including, music, art, literature, etc. At the same time this ability also differentiates us from one another as others may not share our views on a particular subject. Right from our daily conversations we tend to restrain our…
Anonymous is a group of hacktivists that wanted to expose corrupt companies and businesses while starting mass awareness and staying unknown. It started out as joke on 4chan, an imageboard website in 2003. They went by the motto “none of us are as cruel as all of us.” Anonymous doesn't have a form of organization or logistics but the way an operation is started is by a member talking to other members about an idea. If they think is a good idea, they will support it. If not supported, the idea…