Author: Shreyas Goutham

Pakistan Turmoil – Boon or Bane for India?
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Pakistan Turmoil – Boon or Bane for India?

The instability in Pakistan’s polity can be seen through the fact that no elected government has ever successfully completed its term. In the international community, Pakistan has always behaved like a person threatening to commit suicide if he doesn’t get his way. A huge population if pushed to desperate conditions will lead to mass migration […]

The Political Reality of India
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The Political Reality of India

Freebies at the cost of economic health, dynastic politics and appeasement of one or two sections of the society at the cost of all others are the bane and reality of Indian politics today. During election season, politicians have an extra incentive to promise freebies at the cost of the States’ economic well-being. Almost all […]

Art of Voting
National

Art of Voting

The elected leaders represent the combined consciousness of the people, so awareness in the popular masses determines the future of the country. It’s election season with much hype around Karnataka State. It’s crucial for the political parties involved for their own reasons. This is the time when voters hear many words like social engineering, caste […]

India, Freedom and Religion
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India, Freedom and Religion

The right to education is indeed a fundamental right but the onus of utilising this lies on the individual wherein they have to follow the rules and regulations of the organisation. At a time when Saudi Arabia is reforming itself progressively, the arguments and defence put forward by many educated Indians is alarming. It is […]

Relevance of the United Nations
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Relevance of the United Nations

The problem in the case of Afghanistan is that most of the permanent members of the UNSC have their own vested interests instead of unbiased and necessary action over an emerging situation.
If the objective of the US to invade Afghanistan was not nation building, was it to destroy terror outfits taking refuge in it? Hasn’t the US handed over Afghanistan to the same group it sought to vanquish initially?
With no clear vision, the US has not only abandoned Afghan people and left them in the hands of Taliban.
The UN today has become a web of bureaucratic procedures with all the participating nations playing politics for their own vested interests.