On 7th December, an Uyghur woman named Asiye Abdulaheb gave a horrific account to the New York Times on life inside China’s concentration camps. She described that these camps, in which over a million Uyghurs were imprisoned and indoctrinated, were an attempt to detach them from their language, religion and … Continue Reading
Cognizant Citizen: The Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi Land Title Dispute
History Behind the Babri Masjid
Since the partition of India in 1947, probably the most polarising issue that India has seen is the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Land Title dispute in the city of Ayodhya in India.
To truly understand the political, legal, religious, and ideological aspects of an issue that … Continue Reading
The Cognizant Citizen: The Sudan Uprising
The Republic of Sudan is a small country situated in Northeast Africa backed up by colossal oil production and agriculture. The country—hiding behind the ‘high’ GDP and growth—is facing one of the biggest and escalating humanitarian crisis. Under the rule of President Omar al-Bashir, the people suffered from rising … Continue Reading
The Cognizant Citizen: The Pulwama Attacks
On the fourteenth of February 2019, a cowardly suicide attack on a convoy of vehicles carrying Central Reserve Police Forces(CRPF) personnel in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir shocked citizens in every corner of the country. Hours later, Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammed(JeM) claimed responsibility.
The carnage claimed the lives … Continue Reading
The Cognizant Citizen: The Aadhar That Couldn’t
Multi-purpose National Identity Card. National Authority for Unique Identification. Unique Identification of Authority of India. Many names, one ID— Aadhar, the world’s largest biometric initiative. The seemingly harmless card that an Indian citizen is expected to acquire holds vital information such as the name, date of birth, and address, but … Continue Reading