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  The Supreme Court's five-judge bench on same-sex or equal marriage, led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, S Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasimha, has given the freedom to all Indians to engage in same-sex relationships while also ensuring constitutional safeguards for all. At the same time, the court did not offer legal recognition for same-sex marriage. The majority of the court verdict (2:3) of the court decided against same-sex marriage. The court mentioned that we have no power to draft any law.   Whereas, the law should be drafted by Parliament only. In addition to marriage, the court declined to give unmarried and queer persons with adoption rights. But there is no bar on Trans-persons entering into heterosexual marriages as the court announced that   “ If a transgender person wishes to marry a heterosexual person such marriage will be recognized as one would be a man and another would be a woman, transgender man

The govt. has brought a bill for the inclusion of four communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes in J&K UT namely Gadda Brahmin, Koli, Paddri tribe, and Pahari ethnic group. The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023 is one of the four bills relating to the UT that were introduced in Lok Sabha on 26 July. Gujjar and Bakarwal are akin communities that make up around 10 percent of the J&K population and the largest ST community in the UT. Why in the news? A bill introduced in Lok Sabha has become an anathema to the Gujjar and Bakarwal ST communities fearing a dilution of their tribal rights and their empowerment and therefore was castigated by the former community. Gujjars & Bakarwals have disputed the Pahari claim of being tribal alleging that the latter has no similarities with the tribals and comprise diverse caste group, including upper caste Hindus and Muslims. Background of demand for Pahari ST reservation This is not

Every day he wakes up to the ‘kachra song’ and amidst the struggle of getting up, he spells out one or two cuss words. Everyday struggle, only to empty the garbage bins and then thinking some invention must be made so that ‘we do not have to go outside to dump the garbage’ and through some pipelines, it can be collected. But he fails to realize, even then there’ll be a particular category of people who’ll be appointed to do the job just like earlier times. He rushes to empty his stomach as he cannot empty his mind stuck in ‘old customary thoughts disguised in modern-day inventions’.  He keeps scrolling his mobile in order to get the latest piece of news or tending social media posts until he hears his mother calling for breakfast. Having done his duty of ‘Being an aware-informed citizen’ while in the seat, he feels proud of his multitasking skills and thanks the inventor of ‘Modern toilet seats’. What a struggle it would’ve been for his elders who didn’t have access to modern washroom

                                       We were introduced to this leisure activity in our childhood and we learnt by listening, observing and indulging in the act of flying a kite. Slowly we understood the significance of this activity- the goal of flying a kite so high that no other kite flyer comes closer to us or the happiness of chasing another’s kite until it appears to fall down. It also taught us the art of loosening the string or getting the grip tight as per our convenience- the goal remains the same!    Didn’t we learn to develop the defence moves and secure our hands with cello tape so that our fingers don’t bear the brunt of cutting more kite strings? We also understood that many times the falling kite shall be ours, yet we never stopped buying bigger and more beautiful kites. We loved it because we enjoyed the possession of fallen kites or somehow it reinforced our sense of accomplishment or perhaps it established our superiority over other kite flyers in the neighborhoo

"The desire to live is a political decision ."  - Raoul Vaneigem (The revolution of everyday life)  The dichotomy between self and society has been keeping us all awake in the middle of night. Perhaps the question of this contradiction between self and society emerges only when we have been able to sustain or survive this self. Without physical existence is it possible to think beyond the hunger? Though both society and self goes hand in hand but is it possible to just bifurcate both these institutions. Can we self-survive without the society or vice-versa?  These are no new questions, ongoing debates always give rise to new interpretations to explain the existing facts. But to me these questions were again flashed while having a conversation with a mate from Poland on the Ganga Ghat. He states that being here on Ganga gives him peace the water flowing, the ghats the crowds, the whole atmosphere of the city has given him peace and it is a smoothening relief to be here. It has

  “Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man. One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man. One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead. Freedom of mind is the proof of one’s existence. ” --- Babasaheb Dr. BR Ambedkar After reading this long quote by a great Indian, one may wonder why Ambedkar is saying paradoxical things. To be clear, what Dr. Ambedkar has said might be paradoxical in the way the quote is structured, but it is the reality that one might witness in present India, i.e., India@75. In today’s India, we the people of India aren’t truly free in the sense that though we have constitutional guarantees, we are still discriminated against and our liberties are curtailed. This is the point at which the imagined/ideal India of our constitutional framers and various freedom fighters fails. There is no doubt that India has achieve

India is into its 75th year of independence. People are into a celebratory mood. Are they indeed celebrating or just appear to be celebrating?  The question arises as the very thing, i.e., ‘the Freedom', that they are celebrating or are 'supposed' to celebrate is quite difficult to find there. Because, their physical, mental, emotional, or financial freedom is getting curtailed each passing day on one pretext or the other. Their lives have become a kind of capital for the political and the business class which can be exploited at the whims and fancies of these groups. Their emotions, innermost feelings towards themselves, their families, society or country, caste, and religious affiliations or political leanings, for that matter, are on the display and are getting marketed by and for the benefit of such groups. They are not putting themselves on display voluntarily rather being forced to do so to avoid any name-calling or being judged. All sorts of media have become tools f

The last few days have been hailed as what amount to be an achievement of identity politics in India, Droupadi Murmu, a Tribal woman, was elected as the 15 th President of India. It is for the first time that a Tribal or what we can say an indigenous person has become the first person of the country. But what comes after this is an appreciation and glorification of the victimhood of the first person. The whole politics of the oppositions have been divided into many stands some stating it as tokenism, others as the emancipation of the marginalized, and rest either confused to support because of her identity or not to support because of her party. The third stand is what is needed to be explored because it is the point that always brings us to a dead end, identity pessimism. What happens here is that they neither fully accept the criticism of their politics nor can criticize when the exploiters and oppressors are from the same identity. The loop goes on and in between what they do is tr

 “At some point, we have to conclude that enough is enough. I believe that point is now. The problem starts at the top.” This is the statement by Sajid Javed, the senior cabinet health minister who resigned. Another   senior cabinet finance minister,  Rishi Sunak said, " The public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. We recognize this may be my last ministerial job, but we believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning.” These s resignation s clearly reflect that ministers in Britain still believe in collectively responsible government instead of strong man politics. The cronyism and corruption along with happazrdous handling of Covid-19 pandemic were the main reasons for Boris Johnson's failure in the Conservative Party's  government. The criticism from within the party reflects that despite  being Tories there is, in comparison to their rightwing equivalents in India, some elements of internal demo

In this pendulum of the pandemic apart from masks and physical distancing, the other change that we have noticed is how every means of action has been diverted towards the virtual mode. Earlier, the use of virtual or online mode was only restricted to the services like shopping, entertainment, and some other services which were in private control. It had nothing to do with the State functions rather than filling feedback or checking queries but with the unavoidable circumstances created by the pandemic, the State function of administration of Justice i.e., functioning of Courts has also shifted to the virtual mode which might be a normal thing in the coming future. It is quite clear that survival is the real motive for creating new ideas to sustain human existence and evolution of these ideas is inevitable till the goal is existence. No one before the present time had thought about attending school and college lectures online, away from the classroom atmosphere, which has been emphasiz

हालांकि राहत इंदोरी साहब ने असल में कहा था - ‘सरहदों पर बहुत तनाव है क्या, कुछ पता करो कहीं चुनाव है क्या’। मगर राहत जी का सरहद का तनाव चुनाव के चुम्बक से बच नहीं पाता और सरहद के अंदर आ जाता है। चुनाव सरहदों के उस तनाव को इस प्रकार अंदर खींचता है कि दो देशों की सेनाएं नहीं लड़ती बल्कि लोग आपस में युद्ध करने लगते हैं। चुनाव के समय की सामान्य विशेषता यही है कि वह कभी सरहद पर तो कभी सरहद के भीतर तनाव पैदा कर ही देता है। यानि चुनाव का तनाव से ऐसा रिश्ता है जिसने राहत साहब को भी राहत की सांस नहीं लेने दी और उनसे कलम उठवा दी। राहत साहब ने भी कलम उठा दी और इस तनाव का जिक्र कर दिया। पर सभी राहत नहीं होते कि राहत से सोचें और शायराना अंदाज में इसका जिक्र मात्र कर दें। कईंयों को राहत तभी मिलती है जब वो इस तनाव से निकले लहू से उस फसल कि सिंचाई करते हैं, जिसे वे चुनाव के दौरान काटते हैं और अपना राजनीतिक पेट भरते हैं।  यमक अलंकार का इस्तेमाल बंद कर सीधी बात करता हूं। किसान आंदोलन के आखिरी समय से अब तक फासीवादियों ने समाज में अल्पसंख्यकों के खिलाफ तनाव पैदा करने की एक और मुहिम को संगठित तौर पर छेड़ा है

Nanak nanhe he raho jaise nanhi Duv, aur rukh sukh jaati hai nanhe khoob ke khoob  ---- Baba Nanak             Allama Iqbal's ' Nanak' https://sikhri.org/articles/allama-iqbal-and-the-sikhs The phrase is still relevant today in the time of turmoil when thousands/millions of the farmers and activists are resisting the farm laws from the past one year. The masses didn’t give up, they kept their spirit alive, irrespective of the wholesale of atrocities inflicted upon them by either Centre or State authorities or by the hordes backed by these authorities. The teachings of Baba Nanak have still not lost their ground to the reality of this digital society, the society which on the technological aspects is looking to conquer the Moon and Mars but on the social aspects is not capable enough to give equality to the species of their own kind. On the other hand, It is using these technologies to further expand the gap between those who are controlling it and those who are being cont