Need of a robust politico -legal framework

Recently, a video from villagers of Sarguja district of Chattisgarh went viral on social media . The video shows the villagers taking an oath to implement an economic boycott of Muslims. The problem does not end here because this move was motivated by a Hindutva outfit. The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) is known to distribute pamphlets calling for the economic boycott of those whom they consider “anti national, anti hindu, love jihadists” .

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Also ,one more incident came to limelight from INDORE of Madhya Pradesh where a 25 year old bangle seller was brutally thrashed. The attack was a result of a communal campaign pushed by hindutva groups on different social media handles for an economic boycott of muslim vendors in the country.

A progressive re-articulation of the concept of untouchability or a re-reading of the anti discrimination legislation is required to end this.

Now, the problem is that the fundamental rights enshrined in our constitution under articles 14,15 and 17 do not talk about religion driven economic boycott.

In India, mere provision of rights has proved to be insufficient to prevent marginalisation owing to the practice of untouchability and hence, the legislature and the judiciary have had to make and interpret special laws to that effect. Two laws which explicitly make social and economic boycotts punishable are The Scheduled Castes and the scheduled Tribes ( Prevention of atrocities) Act, 1989 , and Maharashtra protection of people from Social boycott ( prevention, prohibition and redressal) act,2016 . However ,the scope of both is restricted to criminalising caste-based discrimination and boycotts .

The many Indians who oppose such targeting of Mulims need to stand up and resist the current trend in their own individual ways. only then and not till then we as a nation will be on the path of progress .

These grave new developments need to be taken into cognisance and an urgent politico-legal response to such public calls for economic boycott of any religion is required . India is known for its unity in diversity. Let’s cherish this legacy and any attempt to demean it should be taken very seriously.

5 Reasons why you should read Abdul Kalam’s autobiography

Dr. A.P.J ABDUL KALAM , 11th President of our country known as PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT and also the very successful scientist who was responsible for the development and operation of AGNI and PRITHVI missiles for which he also got a name ” MISSLE MAN OF INDIA ” . We can continue talking about his accomplishments and the list goes on and on. Recently, I read his autobiography titled ” WINGS OF FIRE” and today I will be sharing with you 5 reasons why that book is a must read . So, let’s begin :-

  1. Despite being a brilliant scientist , his firm belief in God and religion. He says ” I feel convinced that there exists a divine power that can lift me up from confusion ,misery, melancholy and failure, and guide one to one ‘s true place. And once an individual severs his emotional & physical bondage , he is on the road to freedom, happiness and peace of mind. I WONDER WHY SOME PEOPLE TEND TO SEE SCIENCE AS SOMETHING WHICH TAKES MAN AWAY FROM GOD. AS I LOOK AT IT,THE PATH OF SCIENCE CAN ALWAYS WIND THROUGH THE HEART. FOR ME, SCIENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PATH TO SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT & SELF REALISATION”.
  2. His secular & democratic values are what we need in today’s world. He says “ I never doubted that the prayers in the temple reached the same destination as the ones offered in our mosque.” This book teaches us that you have to dream before your dreams can come true . Some people stride towards whatever it is that they want in life ;others shuffle their feet & never get started because they do not know what they want—-& do not know how to find it either.
  3. His attachment with the nature . Once while he was working on one of his projects in CHANDIPUR , he saw that there was a beautiful bird sanctuary there and the work of engineers might disturb the birds so he himself went to the engineers and asked them to design the test range without disturbing the bird sanctuary.
  4. He gives the best definition of a productive leader. He says ” In my opinion , a productive leader must be very competent in staffing . He should continually introduce new blood into the organization . He must be adept at dealing with problems & new concepts . The leader must be capable of instilling enthusiasm in his team. He should give appropriate credit where it is due, PRAISE PUBLICLY,BUT CRITICIZE PRIVATELY. “
  5. When he talks about the strength of INDIANS . He says ” TWO CENTURIES OF SUBJUGATION, OPPRESSION & DENIAL HAVE FAILED TO KILL THE CREATIVITY & CAPABILITY OF THE INDIAN PEOPLE . WITHIN JUST A DECADE OF GAINING INDEPENDANCE & ACHIEVING SOVEREIGNITY , INDIAN SPACE & ATOMIC ENERGY PROGRAMMES WERE LAUNCHED WITH A PROJECT ORIENTATION TOWARDS PEACEFUL APPLICATIONS . There were neither funds for investing in missile development nor any established requirement from the armed forces .”

HIS WORDS ” Let the latent fire in the heart of every Indian acquire wings, & the glory of this great country light up the sky.” will always remain etched in our memories and will motivate us to work towards the development of our great nation. Let’s not leave these leaders behind in books, monuments and places but work together to make our INDIA what they had dreamt of .

NITI Aayog

NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) was established on January 1, 2015. On August 13, 2014, the Government of Narendra Modi announced that it would abolish the 65-year-old planning committee and replace it with a new organization called NITI Aayog.

Like the Planning Committee, NITI Aayog was created by the Coalition Cabinet. NITI Aayog is a political think tank representing the Government of India. Provides technical advice related to the center and state. NITI Aayog has been replaced by a planning committee to better meet the needs and aspirations of the Indian people.

Configuration -The configuration of NITI Aayog is as follows:

(A) Chairperson-The Prime Minister of India is the chairperson of NITI Aayog.

(B) Governing Council -It consists of the Prime Ministers of all states, the Prime Ministers of the Union Territory, and the Lieutenants. Governor of another Union Territory.

(C) Regional Council -These consist of the Prime Minister and the Deputy Governor of the Union Territory of the region. These are led by the chair person(Prime Minister) of NITI Aayog or his deputy. These councils are formed to address specific issues and are formed over a specific period of time.

(D) Special Invitors -Special invitees are experts, professionals and practitioners with special knowledge and are appointed by the Prime Minister.

NITI Aayog Specialized Wings

NITI Aayog has a number of Specialized Wings

2.Consultancy Wing-It provides a market place of whetted panels of expertise and funding,for the central and state Governments to tap into matching their requirements with solution providers,public and private,national and international.

3.Team India Wing- Consists of representatives from all states and departments and serves as a permanent platform for national cooperation. Each representative confirms that all states / ministries continue to speak out and participate in NITI Aayog.

NITI Aayog is responsible for making recommendations, making decisions and implementing them to the central and state governments.

NITI Aayog Objectives

NITI Aayog has several objectives:

1. Particular attention should be paid to parts of society that are at risk of not fully benefiting from economic development.

2. Make sure that national security benefits are incorporated into the economic strategies and policies of the areas specifically mentioned.

3. Design strategic and long-term policy and program frameworks and initiatives, and monitor their progress and effectiveness.

4. Creating a system that supports knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship.

5. Actively and frequently monitor and evaluate the implementation of the program.

6.To focus on technology upgradation and capacity building for implementation of initiatives.

7.To evolve a shared vision of national development priorities,sectors and strategies with the active involvement of States.

8.To develop mechanisms to formulate credible plans at the village level.

9.To provide advice and encourage partnerships between key stakeholders and national and international like minded think tanks.

“An Engineer with a startup of selling Tea”

Description: An inspiring tale of Ronak Raj that founded an Ahmedabad based startup that servers the most amazing chai.

An entrepreneur is a person who does something innovative and wants to create something new. Ronak Raj, an engineer who refused to give up from his passion for tea and created a new fascination for tea lovers.

Ronak founded an Ahmedabad-based startup “Engineer Ni Cha” with a less to a chaiwala from an engineer. It’s not quite lenient to begin. It takes a lot of courage to begin something like this. He had to go through a lot of challenges, but when customers left his stall with a big smile on their face gave him fruition and a motivation to carry on.

When he had graduated from the discipline of electrical engineering but failed to get the placement and disappointingly went back to the pavilion. He started helping his father’s pivotal work in a small tea shop. After a while he stressed his ideas and built an astonishing tea stall with his father’s inspiration.

The quotation of Ronak followed was accepting the challenges, opting to keep moving forward in life, and savoring Journey. Like everyone, he too had to go through several challenges. The challenge which came in his way was the impact of the pandemic Corona-virus, and as we knat this pandemic has changed everything including business, startups, jobs, etcetera. He had also confronted this situation, but his ‘never give up’ attitude got him in an uphill battle during the lockdown. He had also done a job which provided him just Rs 7000 monthly that was not sufficient for his family. That was a difficult phase of his life, but he faced all those obstacles fiercely. Ronak gathered all the pieces of information and renovated his innovative recipe of Ahmadabadi “Engineer Ni Cha” together with his cousins.

Ronak states that ” being an engineer, he always heard sarcasm from their residential people but he didn’t listen to them and constantly followed his passion. At present, the same people appreciated him.” All the ebb and flow has never let down his spirit. He never surrendered in front of hurdles. He even has to carry his entire stall every morning, then in the evening take it back with him everyday on a two- wheeler. But Ronak is still not ready to give up and is doing his job efficiently with no complaints.

Currently, his stall is famous from Shaibaught to Subhash Bridge and is doing a magnificent job. people across India visit that place and taste his tea, which fetches a big smile on his face. It was his dream to serve the love of tea to every person of India which got fulfilled.

What is comparative politics

What is comparative politics and it is strategies?Comparative politics is the take a look at and settlement of home Politics throughout Countries.It is particularly Inter Disclipinary.It is a subfield of Politics.It usually goal to Promote assessment in politics entities.It makes a speciality of Internal Structure.(like Parliament and executives),actor(voters,parties,hobby groups),processes(coverage making, communication,political culture).In totality,we are able to say that via way of means of Comparative politics we spotlight the inner Political Structure of every state;Their governing functions,what and the way choices are made and additionally how political areas are made,who have an effect on the political choices,how authorities engage with population.According to John Blondel, Comparative politics is”thee take a look at of styles of country wide governments withinside the cutting-edge world”.Comparative Governments goal is to sell universally legitimate concept.In different words,we are able to say that Comparative politics is the subfield of political technology that compares the pursuit of electricity throughout countries.Need for Comparative politics-1.We want Comparative politics to higher recognize how positive regimes paintings for functions of global members of the family and overseas coverage.2.It permits us to examine from different countries.3.One may have a deeper know-how of Merits and Demerits.4.It permits us to emerge as greater knowledgeable citizens.5.It sharpen our important thinking.Methods of Comparative Politics There are strategies of Comparative politics which are as follows- A.Traditional technique-It is particularly typical earlier than Fifties and conventional technique specially focus on theoretical take a look at of subject.i.e.,numerous kinds of organization or authorities,and their powers.Features of Traditional technique-1.Traditional technique is particularly slender in scope.2.Traditional technique is specially primarily based totally on Formal and legal.3.Traditional technique is procial.4.Tradtional tactics are by and large normative and stresses on cost of politics.5.It made little or no strive to narrate concept and research.There are many kinds of Traditional tactics-1.Philosophical Approach2.Historical Approach3.Institutional Approach4.Legal ApproachB.Modern Method-The political philosophers afterward found out the want to take a look at politics from a brand new viewpoint.These tactics are specially worried with medical take a look at of politics.The first innovation on this regard comes with the appearance of Behavioural Revolution in political technology.Features of Modern Approaches-1.These tactics draw end from empirical data2.These tactics pass past the take a look at of political systems and it is ancient analysis.3.Modern tactics consider in inter-disciplinary take a look at.4.They pressure medical strategies of take a look at and try to draw medical conclusions in Political technology.There are many kinds of Modern approach-1.Political monetary approach2.System approach3.Behavioural approach4.Structural-Functional

Political Parties

Political parties are groups of voluntary or organized individuals who share the same political views, seek political power through constitutional means, and work to promote national interests.

There are four types of political parties in modern democracies:

(i) A conservative political party that believes in the status quo.

(ii) A reactionary party clinging to an old socio-economic and political system.

(iii) The Liberal Party trying to reform the existing system.

(iv) A radical political party that aims to establish a new order by overthrowing existing systems. These parties are called left-wing, centrist, and right-wing parties. For example, in India, CPI and CPM are examples of left-wing parties, and centrist parliament and BJP are examples of right-wing parties.

There are three types of party systems in the world

(i) A one-party system in which there is only one ruling party, such as Eastern European countries and former communist countries such as the Soviet Union, and opposition is not allowed.

(ii) A two-party system with two major political parties, such as the United States and the United Kingdom

(iii) Multi-party system. There are several political parties, such as France, Switzerland, and Italy, that lead to the formation of a coalition government.

India’s party system

India’s party system has the following characteristics:

Multi-party system Numerous parties due to the continental size of the country, the diverse nature of Indian society, the introduction of a universal adult party system, the unique nature of the political process, and other factors.

Lack of a clear idealism With the exception of BJP and the two Communist Party, all other parties do not have a well-defined idealism. They are idealistically close to each other. Therefore, politics became problem-based rather than idealistic, and pragmatism replaced the attachment to principles.

One-party dominant party system Despite the multi-party system, India’s political situation has long been dominated by parliament. Therefore, prominent political analyst Rajni Kothari preferred to describe India’s party system as a “one-party dominance” rather than a “parliamentary system.”

Cult of personality is known to leaders, not manifests. It is true that Congress’s popularity was largely due to the leadership of Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. The emergence of local political parties Another important feature of India’s party system is the emergence of a large number of local political parties and their growing dominance.

Panchayati Raj

The term Panchayati system refers to India’s system of local autonomy. It was introduced in all states of India through the legislature law to build grassroots democracy. The Constitution was enacted by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992.

In January 1957, the Government of India appointed a committee to investigate the functions of community development programs and national dissemination services and propose measures for their better functions. This committee was chaired by Balwant Rai G Mehta. The community submitted a report in November 1957, encouraging the establishment of a “democratic decentralization” scheme that eventually became known as the “Panchayati system”.

Here are some recommendations from this community-

1. Establishing a three-tiered Panchayati system: village-level Gram Panchayat, block-level Panchayati Samiti,and district-level Zila parishad. These three levels should be organically linked through indirect elections.

2. All planning and development activities should be outsourced to these agencies.

3. The village Panchayat should be formed by directly elected representatives, and the Panchayati Samiti and Zila parishad should be formed by indirectly elected members.

4. The district collector must be the head of zila Parishad.

5. Panchayat Samiti should be the executive body and Zila Parishad should be the advisory, coordinating and supervisory body.

6. These agencies should be given sufficient resources to enable them to carry out their missions and fulfill their responsibilities.

Rajasthan was the first state to establish the Panchayati system. The program was started on October 2, 1959 by the Prime Minister of the Nagpur district. Most states established the Panchayati system by the mid-1960s, but there were variations from state to state in terms of number of levels, relative positions of Samity and Parishad, tenure, function, and finances. For example, Rajasthan adopted a three-layer system and Tamil Nadu adopted a two-layer system.

Many research teams, committees, and working groups have been appointed to investigate various aspects of the Panchayati system.

1. 1960 V.R.-chaired Panchayati Statistics Rationalization Committee

2.S.D. Mishra-chaired 1961 Working Group on Panchayati and Co-operatives.

3. 1962 research team on Nyaya Panchayats chaired by V. Iswaran.

4. A 1963 research team on the position of Gramsabha in the Panchayati movement, chaired by R.R. Diwakar.

5. The 1965 Panchayati Election Commission, chaired by K. Santhanam.

5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD READ MAHATMA GANDHI’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Autobiography is the story of a person’s life written by that person. We all want to read about successful people and know what they did different or how were they able to achieve so much in life and when it comes to autobiographies the best that I can recall so far is of Mahatma Gandhi ,the FATHER OF OUR NATION.So ,have you ever tried to know more about his life other than what you have studied in books? If no, then today I will be giving you 5 reasons why you should read MAHATMA GANDHI JI’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY titled The story of MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH. So, let’s begin.

  1. He talks about truth in the most harsh manner possible. He says that ” The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should be so humble that even the dust could crush him . Only then, and not till then will he have a glimpse of truth. He further says ” In judging myself I shall try to be as harsh as truth, as I want others also to be “.
  2. He talks about one incident from his childhood where some guest had come on a visit of inspection to his school and the guest had asked students to write five words as spelling test. One of the word was ‘Kettle’ and Gandhiji miss spelt it and he says “the teacher tried to prompt me with the point of his boot , but I would not be prompted . It was beyond me to see that he wanted me to copy the spelling from my neighbour’s slate, for I had thought that the teacher was there to supervise us against copying. The result was that all the boys, except myself, were found to have spelt every word correctly. Only I had been stupid. The teacher tried later to bring this stupidity home to me. but without effect. I never could learn the art of ‘copying’.

Yet the incident did not in the least diminish my respect for my teacher. I was by nature blind to the faults of elders. Later I came to know of many other failings of this teacher, but my regard for him remained the same. For I had learnt to carry out the orders of elders, not to scan their actions.” Here , we learn how respectful Gandhi ji was towards his elders and teachers.

3. Gandhi ji also talks about how once he stole a bit of gold from his brother’s armlet when he was about 15 years old. Later on , he was very guilty and decided to write out the confession to his father . He says “

A clean confession, combined with a promise
never to commit the sin again, when offered before the one who has the right to receive it is the purest type of repentance. I know that my confession
made my father feel absolutely safe about me, and increased his affection for me beyond
measure.”

4. And the best thing that he tells is ” Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end”.

5. Last but not the least he says ,” When every hope is gone, WHEN HELPERS FALL AND COMFORTS FLEE, I find that help arrives somehow from I know not where . Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition ; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.

At the end , I just want to say that these were just the 5 things that i felt important but once you read that book you will realize that it is full of many life lessons and is a must read book.

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights, activist. Maya Angelou, the original name was Marguerite Annie Johnson and she was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. Although born in St. Louis, Angelou spent much of her childhood in the care of her paternal grandmother in rural Stamps, Arkansas. When she was not yet eight years old, she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend and told of it, after which he was murdered; the traumatic sequence of events left her almost completely mute for several years. This early life is the focus of her first autobiographical work, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) which gained critical acclaim and a National Book Award nomination. Subsequent volumes of autobiography include Gather Together in My Name (1974), Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas (1976), The Heart of a Woman (1981), All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986), A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002), and Mom & Me & Mom (2013).

In the 1950s, Angelou found encouragement for her literary talents at the Harlem Writers’ Guild. About the same time, Angelou landed a featured role in a State Department-sponsored production of George Gershwin’s folk opera Porgy and Bess; with this troupe, she toured 22 countries in Europe and Africa. She also studied dance with Martha Graham and Pearl Primus. In 1961 she performed in Jean Genet’s play The Blacks. That same year she was persuaded by a South African dissident to whom she was briefly married to move to Cairo, where she worked for the Arab Observer. She later moved to Ghana and worked on The African Review.

Angelou returned to California in 1966 and wrote Black, Blues, Black (aired 1968), a 10-part television series about the role of African culture in American life. She was the first black woman director in Hollywood, and she wrote, produced, directed, and starred in productions for stage, film, and television. As the writer of the movie drama Georgia, Georgia (1972), she became one of the first African American women to have a screenplay produced as a feature film. She also acted in such movies as Poetic Justice (1993) and How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and appeared in several television productions, including the miniseries Roots (1977). Angelou received a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Look Away (1973), even though the play closed on Broadway after only one performance. In 1998 she made her directorial debut with Down in the Delta (1998). The documentary Maya Angelou and Still I Rise (2016) depicts her life through interviews with Angelou and her intimates and admirers.

Angelou’s poetry, collected in such volumes as Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’fore I Diiie (1971), And Still, I Rise (1978), Now Sheba Sings the Song (1987), and I Shall Not Be Moved (1990), drew heavily on her personal history but employed the points of view of various personae. She also wrote a book of meditations, Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993), and children’s books that include My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me (1994), Life Doesn’t Frighten Me (1998), and the Maya’s World series, which was published in 2004–05 and featured stories of children from various parts of the world. Angelou dispensed anecdote-laden advice to women in Letter to My Daughter (2008); her only biological child was male.

Angelou died on May 28, 2014, when she was 86, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she had served as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University since 1982.

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY WOMEN EMPOWERMENT?

Everyone has their own definition of it nowadays , for some it means equal rights in educational field ,for some it might be equal say in decision making process, for some it might be something else. But if you ask me , i would say women empowerment is protecting women’s sense of SELF WORTH,SELF PERSPECTIVE, their ability to voice their opinions, taking a stand for what they believe in.

IF YOU EDUCATE A MAN ,YOU EDUCATE AN INDIVIDUAL.BUT IF YOU EDUCATE A WOMAN, YOU EDUCATE A GENERATION. But even today, girls are not allowed to pursue higher education as they are married off early. And the million little hopes that bride has , a vision of what her life should be like, her own thoughts on the kind of life she wants to live are killed there only and actually celeberated.

PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WOMEN

There are many but to begin with lets talk about the most difficult one. Every time we see a news regarding domestic violence, rape cases, physical or mental harassment or abuse ,we feel bad ,then news channels cover it for a week or month depending on whether people still want to watch it or not basically depending on their TRP rate. Instagram , Facebook, Whatsapp are flooded with messages of women empowerment ,education and respect. People in thousands come on streets and protest with catchy slogans and demand for justice. AND IN THE MIDST OF FORGETTING THAT ONE INCIDENT ANOTHER INCIDENT COMES IN THE LIMELIGHT THAT SHAKES THE SOUL OF EVERY LITTLE GIRL ON THIS EARTH.

GROWING UP AS BOYS AND GIRLS

Society makes clear differences between boys and girls. And if we think about it ,this difference is created in the smallest and most everyday things. How girls must behave, what games they should play or how they should talk gently or how boys need to be tough and then there are things like boys don’t cry . All these are ways of telling boys that the opposite gender is different, is weak and will need their support to survive. There are still places in INDIA and across the world where the birth of a boy is greeted with great joy while the birth of a girl is seen as something to be sorry about.

STATISTICS AND DATA

TIMES USE SURVEY 2019 revealed that 92% Indian women take part in unpaid domestic work; only 27% men do so. On the other hand , only 22% of women participated in employment and related activities compared to 71% of men.

83.6% of working women in INDIA are engaged in agricultural work. Their work includes planting, weeding, harvesting and threshing. Yet, when we think of a farmer we only think of a man.——-NSS 61ST ROUND (2004-05).

WAY FORWARD

The social system that existed in INDIA always attributed a secondary and sub ordinate position to women. With the continued efforts of feminist activism after independance, the government has come up with a lot of laws that protect women but there is still a lot to be done .The department of women and child development( DWCD) has taken up various projects directed towards advancement of women.

Women’s education at the university and college levels have been diversified and reoriented in tune with the changing requirements of society , industry and trade. Women’s empowerment has become a significant topic of discussion in development and economics .

So, slowly and gradually things are changing and we hope for better things to come up in the future .