Kaavish Post

  When India was suffering through the initial phase of Covid -19 in the year 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined the term ‘Vocal for Local’ by which he must have meant, to not only buy local products but also be vocal about promoting them proudly. It aimed at achieving the goal of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' (self-reliant India), another term propagated by the present regime. While Indian citizens were still facing the heat of Covid-19 and Hospitals still trying to restore normalcy after the dangerous phase of Covid-19 was over (as we believed), this deadly virus took a U-turn for which we weren’t prepared. The government, which had the responsibility to control this deadly virus, in its sheer negligence and messed up priorities, failed to protect India from the Tsunami of Covid-19. This Tsunami of Covid-19, brought to fore the inefficiency, indifference, and ignorance of administration which failed in its basic duty of saving the lives of people. While we were manipulated...

  By Deeptish Thapa (the author is a  student of  11th class)                                                                                                          Source: BBC News The total number of cases, which shows a worrying rise in the second wave of the pandemic, now stands at more than fifteen million. In the last few days itself, India is registering thousands of Covid-19 deaths and millions of new cases. The basic healthcare infrastructure in India is crippling causing a situation of anxiety among the citizens and we are witnessing both the citizens and the government at fault for it. While it is the need of the hour to find the solution of this healthcare crisis, it is also important to fix the re...

On this eve of Ambedkar’s Jayanti before celebrating or chanting the praises of Ambedkar, we should introspect if this society is really what Ambedkar wanted? Are we able to follow what Ambedkar architected through the Constitution? There are many claims of delivering Justice but… He who thinks to end caste-based reservation thinks not to end caste-based discrimination. He who regards reservation as a privilege does not regard the pain of exclusion. He who feels that reservation deprives equality feels no deprivation of acceptance. Most people claim that they do not practice casteism, however, when it comes to marriage, they choose to marry a girl belonging to the same caste. The wedding takes place with Brahmnical rituals even among modern and well-educated men who understand caste discrimination but make their decision contrary to it. Practices such as Brahman Bhoj, which are imbibed with caste discrimination, are never condemned, in the fact they participant in them at ever...

The recent incident of Leopard sneaking into the Jammu City has again raised eyebrows, particularly against the development in the Forest land, i.e. the project of the new High Court on the Protected Raika Forest in Jammu. Unsurprisingly It is not the only project which is bypassing nature, in the name of development in the State. Another project, which relates to building a Dam, is also being cleared on Ujh river near Jasrota Wildlife sanctuary in Kathua, paving the way for cutting of 214,000 trees, and notably, there’s already the Ranjit Sagar Dam existing in Kathua which was also a national-level project. But It’s depressing that instead of opposing the projects on basis of environmental concern, the debate in Jammu Legal fraternity revolves around the question of either shifting both District and High Court or only High Court. The major concern of the Legal fraternity here is that the shifting of only High Court will affect their ease of business. All these developments, again brin...