Fundamental Rights in India

MULTI DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN INDIA Poverty and social exclusion are one of the basic and deep rooted problems of our country. Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials to enjoy a minimum standard of life and well-being that's considered acceptable in society. There are two different approaches to poverty: absolute poverty and relative poverty. The concept of absolute poverty is grounded in the…

In 2001, Indian government officials began discussing laws regarding a ban on all tobacco advertising in India. Indian officials, like many other governments around the world that imposed similar bans, felt an ethical and social responsibility to discourage usage of a product that is very dangerous and posed significant health risks to the population. However, such a ban could have significant economic impacts, considering revenue collected from taxes on the sale of these products, as well as…

and its superiority, religious oppressions and traditional and cultural beliefs. With this being mentioned I believe that the partition was caused by lack of the appreciation of our culture and tradition followed by religious beliefs. In my view India should have never separated if we as Indians came together and tackled the small issues we were dealing with before they got out of hand like they did. Most of us at the Honourable Assembly we fortunate enough to get educated…

of judiciary is a pre requisite to the rule of law and fundamental guarantee of fair trial. Impartiality is an outmost necessity for discharge of judicial functions. There should be reflection of impartiality not only in the decision but in the process itself. The main problem with the Press with consideration…

Women throughout the world have been hindered and are still being hindered the basic human rights men are given on a daily basis. There is not one country in the world today that is perfect with equality between men and women, but some are truly striving for that. Equality can not just happen overnight, it takes years and years of change. In order for change to occur, people need to be willing and eager to venture towards equality of men and women. The biggest aspect that is needed for…

Nanak, the first of ten gurus who would teach their philosophy and fundamentals to millions. He lived during a time of great tension between Hindus and Muslims, both very strong religions. At the age of 28, he traveled to a river to bathe and meditate. It was here he felt filled with the spirit of God and said, “There is no Hindu and no Muslim.” This is where his missionary work, and Sikhism, began. Nanak traveled all over India, Arabia, and Persia, speaking in front of men and women of every…

Ancient India, China, and Mesopotamia, if you look from the outside in, don’t seem like they have a great deal in common, and you would be right, but do you know what they do have in common? China and India are 2 of the oldest continuous civilizations that have yet to fall. They have become ancient to modern civilizations. Both India and China are both composed of lesser states than the Middle East and Europe The ancient civilizations were shaped by their past and it helped the countries develop…

untouchable, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is today well known to the world as an intellectual revolutionary, who became the ultimate ray of hope for the depressed and discriminated human beings in India. He was the greatest son born to India. A True “Bharat Ratna”, who liberated millions of people who were denied basic human rights, kept oppressed and who were generation to generation exploited in the name of caste-based hierarchy, religion and treated as outcaste. Ambedkar sowed for them the seeds of true…

and challenges  Right to Education as a Fundamental right under article 21A The Right as has been envisaged under Article 21A suffers from inherent lacunas and lapses. It is misconceived and flawed insofar that: (a) Article 21A excludes almost 172 crore children up to six years of age from the provision of Fundamental Right to free early childhood care and pre-primary education; (b) The words ‘as the Sate may, by law, determine’ further restricts the scope of Fundamental Right of even the…

Discriminatory practices such as sati, child marriage, dowry killings and others are still present and prevent India from reaching gender equality. A practice named sati is executed at a much smaller scale nowadays, but nevertheless sati is still practiced in many parts of India. Sati is where recently widowed women are burned to death on her husband’s funeral pyre, a pile of wood where a corpse is burned. The practice is currently outlawed and illegal, yet it still occurs and is regarded by…