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The fire & the spark of civilization
The fire & the spark of civilization
No single tool in the human arsenal explains our existence more than fire the very spark of humanity starts here with fire. There’s no way it happens without fire. Fire didn’t just change the course of our history, revolutionized our tools and our technology. In 12,000 B.C. There are no societies, no protections, no guarantees, just small bands of nomads, wandering the woods of Eurasia these…
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Cargo Cult Science
During the Middle Ages there were all kinds of crazy ideas, such as that a piece of rhinoceros horn would increase potency and many more. But even today there are lots of people who sooner or later got into a conversation about UFO’s, or astrology, or some form of mysticism, expanded consciousness, new types of awareness, ESP, and so forth which means it’s not a scientific world.
Nobel-winner…
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Robert Nozick and Amartya Sen's Idea of Justice
Robert Nozick and Amartya Sen’s Idea of Justice
Nozick severely criticized the John Rawls’ theory of justice. Nozick is a libertarian theorist. His fundamental principle is liberalism. He is committed to laissez faire (Free market).
Nozick’s idea of justice regards the right to property as an important ingredient of individual liberty. He defended the freedom of the market. He believed that the market freedom can increase efficiency. The role…
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John Rawls’ theory of Justice
John Rawls’ theory of Justice
Justice is primarily of discovering the right course of action. It is mainly concerned with providing fair treatment to every individual without any due.
John Rawls is an American philosopher. A good society is characterized by several virtues. He believes justice is the first virtue of a good society. According to Rawls, the problem of justice consists in ensuring a just distribution of primary…
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An insight on Regulation in India
An insight on Regulation in India
Regulation means enforcement of law and ensuring conformity with the set of standards. The word Regula in Latin refers ‘to control’ or ‘to rule’. So, in other words, we can define Regulation as having a certain kind of control over anyone or anything.
After independence, India emerged as a welfare state. People started expecting many things from the state like protection from external threat,…
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What is TRIPS agreement, preventing the countries to export vaccines
What is TRIPS agreement, preventing the countries to export vaccines
Russia had offered India to supply 3,00,000-4,00,000 injections of remdesivir. This has triggered an alarm in the U.S., which is already upset with Moscow over unlicensed production of the drug. Any exports could invoke stringent U.S. penalties against Russia and even India. So the Indian government was trying to procure them directly from the U.S. as a consequence of this patent issues. However,…
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The fear of pursuing your dream
The fear of pursuing your dream
The time is harder, very hard that your options are declining and are counting less. A mountain or a desert lies ahead. You were strongly aimed and determined to climb the mountain or cross the desert. Flying is just imagination. But yet you can do that. You just need some ropes or a camel to achieve it. wait….! you don’t have them. Now what? Is it impossible to do that? There is an exceptional…
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I am prepared to face the second wave of covid 19?
I am prepared to face the second wave of covid 19?
Today, India reported more than 3 lakh corona cases and more than 2000 deaths. These were official estimates. Unofficially, the deaths are much higher than the estimated. This can be visualised by scenes at crematories and graveyards. Overnight, additional facilities were built up at crematories. India has become short of vaccines, remdesivir injections, medical oxygen, beds, ICU ventilators etc.…
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The Prerogative price of vaccine
The Prerogative price of vaccine
The recent developments surrounding vaccines and their price is a very undesirable one. With the surge in covid cases and shortage of vaccines, GOI has allowed the states to buy vaccines directly from manufacturers. And welcoming this step, the Serum Institute of India in the media statement release priced the vaccines to states and other stakeholders. However, the prices are not uniform despite…
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Who's actually suffering from covid-19?
Who’s actually suffering from covid-19?
There was a glimpse of hope to everyone when the first vaccine dose was administered. By then, the coronavirus has already done enough damage to people in the United Kingdom, USA, Brazil, Spain and the economy as a whole. . MIllions of reported cases and thousands of deaths. It made such devastation that it exposed the reality of the human civilization that was not as per natures principle.…
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The weekly Hindu editorials,18/04
Not on the same page at sea
India’s strategic community was agitated last week when the USS John Paul Jones carried out a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) 130 nautical miles west of the Lakshadweep Islands. Indian observers reacted with shock and dismay at what some described as an unnecessary provocation by the U.S. Navy. The disquiet in Delhi was heightened by an unusual press release…
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How did India reach to deadly covid stage
How did India reach to deadly covid stage
India reported a record daily(17/04) increase of 2,34,692 Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Saturday. It was the eighth record daily increase in the last nine days. Total cases reached nearly 14.5 million, second only to the United States which has reported more than 32 million infections. Almost 10% of total cases were reported in India alone. It…
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The Hindu editorial weekly, 11/04
The Hindu editorial weekly, 11/04
The pillars of an equitable post-COVID
COVID-19 in the last one year has once again reminded us of the growing inequalities in India. A recent Pew Research Report shows that India’s middle class may have shrunk by a third due to the novel coronavirus pandemic while the number of poor people earning less than ₹150 per day more than doubled. The Pew report also warned that the situation may…
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Agriculture Infrastructure and Development cess
Agriculture Infrastructure and Development cess
In last budget speech by FM, has proposed Agri Infra Development Cess(AIDC) on certain goods. The cess has been introduced keeping in mind the immediate need to improve agriculture infrastructure. “There is an immediate need to improve agricultural infrastructure so that we produce more, while also conserving and processing agricultural output efficiently. This will ensure enhanced remuneration…
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Land disputes,titling & landlessness
Land disputes,titling & landlessness
Notes from Centre for Policy Research
An estimated 7.7 million people in India are affected by conflict over 2.5 million hectares of land, threatening investments worth $ 200 billion. Land disputes clog all levels of courts in India, and account for the largest set of cases in terms of both absolute numbers and judicial pendency. About 25% of all cases decided by the Supreme Court involve land…
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Buddhist monasteries during Pala period
Buddhist monasteries during Pala period
Buddhism ushered during the pala period and made most significant contributions. The monks keep on travelling to villages to teach. However, during the rainy season it becomes difficult for them to mobile. Even buddha ceased to wander during the rainy season. And it was thought to construct Abode for monks. Soon they became places of learning and gained attraction form various sections. The…
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The Hindu editorial weekly Jan 21
The Hindu editorial weekly Jan 21
The job crunch and the growing fires of nativism
The Haryana government has recently passed legislation that mandates companies in Haryana to provide jobs to local Haryanvis first, before hiring people from outside the State.
The unemployment rate in Haryana is the highest of all States in India, as per data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, or CMIE. A whopping 80% of women in…
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