Ever since the Farm Bills 2020 that constitute three agricultural bills were passed by the Indian Parliament in September this year, farmers across the country have been protesting against them. These protests have seen burning of tractors and blocking of railway tracks. The latest in this series of protests has … Continue Reading
The Cognizant Citizen: Citizenship Amendment Bill
The Citizenship Amendment Bill, on Thursday, got the President’s assent, making it an Act. Over the last few days, CAB’s presence in the news has been prominent. With protests widespread across the North East, why does it hold the importance it does? Here is a breakdown of the entire issue.… Continue Reading
The Cognizant Citizen: March for an Equal Democracy
The last two weeks have been monumental in changing the course of Hong Kong’s history. Millions have come out to protest against an extradition bill.
This bill allows Hong Kong to detain and transfer people wanted in countries and territories with which it has no formal extradition agreements, including Taiwan … 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: Bangladesh Protests
“There’s blanket media censorship, and cellular data is down. Everyone all over the world should write to their local and national news and urge them to cover this. Don’t let this ‘Night of Pencils’ of our generation go unnoticed.”
- u/saad_z06 [Reddit]
On the 29th of July, two Bangladeshi students … Continue Reading